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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 3058425" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>I also worked as a mill wright to pay for my addiction to predator control so that I didn't have to charge as much for it and could then just allow it to pay its way. I got called one Friday and told that I needed to do a short turnaround and be back in the morning by 6:00 after getting off at midnight, to work with a factory rep from G.E. on a steam turbine stop valve. They aren't overly complicated but have some things that aren't seen every day, they have a hydraulic system that does a few things so that they operate smooth and steady. One of the brass bellows was not working correctly, and they wanted it replaced. To do the job properly the turbine needed to be cool enough to shut down the slow turning of it so that the lubricating oil could be shut off and not put the babbit bearings at risk. No, you are going to have to do it faster and only allowed to turn the oil pump off for a couple of minutes at a time the temperature of the metal is going to be a little over one hundred degrees. The area you are working in is only 120 degrees. We got everything ready opened as much as we could got the new part ready, the part costs 35000.00 dollars. I followed the reps directions got the old part out and was trying to put the new part in, but it wasn't fitting right, the rep said just push it a little harder, I did and heard a bad sound come from it, the new bellows had kinked and was now just scrap metal. The rep started to get panicky we had to get the oil pump going again or there would be a few million dollars' worth of damage done to the turbine. I grabbed some 16-gauge tie wire wired the pilot valve in place and told the operator to fire up the oil pump. The rep said it's going to be two weeks to get a new bellows made, I told him I worked in a Radiator repair shop when I was a kid, I can fix the old one. He looked at me and said okay you can see if you can we don't have anything to lose we can only gain if you can. I got a coffee can , they were metal at that time, set the bellows down in the can with the end that was leaking at the solder joint up, filled the can with water to just below the joint and fired up a rosebud torch got my vice grip pilers on the top of the bellows and put just slight amount of upward pressure on it then started heating it. Pretty soon I saw a little shinney solder start to flow and the top popped off. I let it cool off then cleaned everything. I then tinned the top with new solder, you heat it just enough that new solder will flow and adhere to it in a thin layer, set it on the bellows in the coffee can of water and heated it till it dropped down into place. Things had cooled enough that they thought they could let the turbine set for ten minutes by that time, so we got the repaired bellows installed, tried it out and put everything back together. A sixteen-hour day after a couple hours of sleep, a factory rep that wanted to panic till I got him to take a step back and look at things from a little different perspective, he added some more knowledge to his collection. I came in Monday afternoon and was told I was fired for ruining 35000.00 dollars in new parts, The factory rep told them in some loud and a few profane words that they were fools and that because I knew how to fix what he had me break they should give me a bonus not terminate me and the next time they wanted to do things without taking the time to do it properly not to call him. I got to keep my job they got a bonus and three weeks later they took the time to let the machine cool down so that the factory rep and another mechanic could properly install a new bellows. Another example of taking the time to step back slow down and let yourself see other options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 3058425, member: 91783"] I also worked as a mill wright to pay for my addiction to predator control so that I didn't have to charge as much for it and could then just allow it to pay its way. I got called one Friday and told that I needed to do a short turnaround and be back in the morning by 6:00 after getting off at midnight, to work with a factory rep from G.E. on a steam turbine stop valve. They aren't overly complicated but have some things that aren't seen every day, they have a hydraulic system that does a few things so that they operate smooth and steady. One of the brass bellows was not working correctly, and they wanted it replaced. To do the job properly the turbine needed to be cool enough to shut down the slow turning of it so that the lubricating oil could be shut off and not put the babbit bearings at risk. No, you are going to have to do it faster and only allowed to turn the oil pump off for a couple of minutes at a time the temperature of the metal is going to be a little over one hundred degrees. The area you are working in is only 120 degrees. We got everything ready opened as much as we could got the new part ready, the part costs 35000.00 dollars. I followed the reps directions got the old part out and was trying to put the new part in, but it wasn't fitting right, the rep said just push it a little harder, I did and heard a bad sound come from it, the new bellows had kinked and was now just scrap metal. The rep started to get panicky we had to get the oil pump going again or there would be a few million dollars' worth of damage done to the turbine. I grabbed some 16-gauge tie wire wired the pilot valve in place and told the operator to fire up the oil pump. The rep said it's going to be two weeks to get a new bellows made, I told him I worked in a Radiator repair shop when I was a kid, I can fix the old one. He looked at me and said okay you can see if you can we don't have anything to lose we can only gain if you can. I got a coffee can , they were metal at that time, set the bellows down in the can with the end that was leaking at the solder joint up, filled the can with water to just below the joint and fired up a rosebud torch got my vice grip pilers on the top of the bellows and put just slight amount of upward pressure on it then started heating it. Pretty soon I saw a little shinney solder start to flow and the top popped off. I let it cool off then cleaned everything. I then tinned the top with new solder, you heat it just enough that new solder will flow and adhere to it in a thin layer, set it on the bellows in the coffee can of water and heated it till it dropped down into place. Things had cooled enough that they thought they could let the turbine set for ten minutes by that time, so we got the repaired bellows installed, tried it out and put everything back together. A sixteen-hour day after a couple hours of sleep, a factory rep that wanted to panic till I got him to take a step back and look at things from a little different perspective, he added some more knowledge to his collection. I came in Monday afternoon and was told I was fired for ruining 35000.00 dollars in new parts, The factory rep told them in some loud and a few profane words that they were fools and that because I knew how to fix what he had me break they should give me a bonus not terminate me and the next time they wanted to do things without taking the time to do it properly not to call him. I got to keep my job they got a bonus and three weeks later they took the time to let the machine cool down so that the factory rep and another mechanic could properly install a new bellows. Another example of taking the time to step back slow down and let yourself see other options. [/QUOTE]
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