What I Did At Work This Week....

[mikey]

Amazing! You can almost see how the inventor must have approached this - okay, this gets the twine here and now I need to twist it to form the knot ... form follows function and you have the next piece in the train. Fascinating!

Thank you, John and Mike

 

[mikey]

Hi Mikey,
thanks for your interest.
the 2 blades that come in from the sides are folders, they are responsible for folding and tucking the film in on the sides if the package.
there is a (brown) teflon belt that runs over a 1200watt heating plate, heated to 125*C, that fuses the film on the bottom side of the package and prevents unwrap

Oh, okay. That makes even more sense.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Now that you've figured that out watch the knotters on a square baler.
The guy that invented that knotter carved his prototype out of wood.

I also work on roast tying machines (Bunn Mfg)
they are a PITA to bring back from the dead

 

[Ulma Doctor]

I installed the retrofitted machine into its new home yesterday, at a facility 4 hours south of my office.
here's a picture of the machine on the trailer ready for the trip.

the installation was uneventful, the retrofit worked as expected.
there were some mechanical production adjustments that took an hour to complete.
but as you can see the package looks great!
the foam tray is a 9L,
dimensions without product:
12.13" long X 9.25" wide X .75" tall
(this package was a sample and not intended for consumption)



with product this tray can exceed 5" height for roasts and other large cuts

thanks for your interest

 

[chips&more]

UD, and you didn’t find any toys for your shop during your trip down south??? What happened? That’s a lot of miles and nothing? You need a pep talk! Next time, don’t come home empty handed! Get out there and dig!...Dave

 

[Ulma Doctor]

UD, and you didn’t find any toys for your shop during your trip down south??? What happened? That’s a lot of miles and nothing? You need a pep talk! Next time, don’t come home empty handed! Get out there and dig!...Dave

Well Chips,
just because i didn't drag nothin' home doesn't mean i wasn't lookin'
i'll have you know that i passed on a leblond lathe and an enco 10x24 that i saw on CL
although i almost made a trip down to Lompoc for some high end lathe accy's a guy was offering, also on CL
but to be honest, i wanted to do my work and get the heck out of Dodge City ASAP!

 

[John Hasler]

Amazing! You can almost see how the inventor must have approached this - okay, this gets the twine here and now I need to twist it to form the knot ... form follows function and you have the next piece in the train. Fascinating!

Thank you, John and Mike

The most amazing thing about those knotters is how robust and forgiving they are (at least the New Holland ones. IH knotters not so much).

 

[Ulma Doctor]

.....and THAT'S why they call him "Ulma Doctor"!
Nice work Mike.
-brino

Thank you very much Brino!
i really try to do good work, it's nice when things work out .
the customer goes back to full production, and my immediate emergency ends

He really is a true Doctor! I've often wondered why he used this handle.
CHuck the Grunpy old Guy

Thank You Chuck!
the machines are very well built but have some pretty complicated electrical control systems.
this machine was the equivalent of comatose upon arrival, the customer wanted a 2 week process scrunched into less than 5 days

 

[Ulma Doctor]

here is the condensed story, en emoji

 

[ch2co]

Alma Doctor said "the customer wanted a 2 week process scrunched into less than 5 days"

WOW! A Doctor and a magician to boot!