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Ford Plant size vs Tesla Gigafactory 3
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 16198864" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>I've been everywhere, man</p><p>I've been everywhere, man</p><p></p><p>I've been to engine plants where the whole facility is a large P&F pallet conveyor system complete with EOL dyno / startup system.</p><p>I've been to frame/BIW plants where there's a thick fog hovering around near the ceiling from hundreds of arc weld systems running simultaneously</p><p>I've been to food processing plants the size of a small town</p><p>I've been in Class 100 medical facilities, and medical facilities that <em>should </em>be at least class 100,000</p><p>I've been in chemical plants where your shoes literally melt to the floor if you don't wear slip covers on them</p><p></p><p>A lot of equipment I designed years ago is still running in a lot of those factories- especially automotive. They chuck the tooling but keep the base systems with midyear cycle enhancements and 4/5 year design cycles. </p><p></p><p>The scariest plant I've ever been to would make Freddy Krueger scared for his life. I swear it was a dungeon. Massive plant, half the place wasn't even lit. Imagine standing in a facility so large that you can't see the back of the place because it's so dark and cavernous. It's literally just this empty void.</p><p></p><p>Another plant, similar size, was doing frame components. They had a conveyor system located under the facility that all scrap fell into. Large 6x6 pits fall down into a shredder and out the garbage conveyor. They had simple rail guarding around the pits, with no mesh or foot catch. Just a rail. Like waiting in line at the bank. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes I'm shocked at how some of these places are even in business. Safety standards that weren't even good in the 60's, somehow still operating nowadays where every operator is just waiting to lose a fingernail so they can sue you to oblivion. Open flames. Molten steel. Spinning blades. No guarding. Then, when I work on a system and have to add $30,000 worth of safety devices (light curtains, scanners, safety relays, etc) they do "whoa whoa whoa that's so expensive!!!" Yeah, well, if I install a system without that "stuff," and someone gets hurt, I can get sued. Me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 16198864, member: 181885"] I've been everywhere, man I've been everywhere, man I've been to engine plants where the whole facility is a large P&F pallet conveyor system complete with EOL dyno / startup system. I've been to frame/BIW plants where there's a thick fog hovering around near the ceiling from hundreds of arc weld systems running simultaneously I've been to food processing plants the size of a small town I've been in Class 100 medical facilities, and medical facilities that [i]should [/i]be at least class 100,000 I've been in chemical plants where your shoes literally melt to the floor if you don't wear slip covers on them A lot of equipment I designed years ago is still running in a lot of those factories- especially automotive. They chuck the tooling but keep the base systems with midyear cycle enhancements and 4/5 year design cycles. The scariest plant I've ever been to would make Freddy Krueger scared for his life. I swear it was a dungeon. Massive plant, half the place wasn't even lit. Imagine standing in a facility so large that you can't see the back of the place because it's so dark and cavernous. It's literally just this empty void. Another plant, similar size, was doing frame components. They had a conveyor system located under the facility that all scrap fell into. Large 6x6 pits fall down into a shredder and out the garbage conveyor. They had simple rail guarding around the pits, with no mesh or foot catch. Just a rail. Like waiting in line at the bank. Sometimes I'm shocked at how some of these places are even in business. Safety standards that weren't even good in the 60's, somehow still operating nowadays where every operator is just waiting to lose a fingernail so they can sue you to oblivion. Open flames. Molten steel. Spinning blades. No guarding. Then, when I work on a system and have to add $30,000 worth of safety devices (light curtains, scanners, safety relays, etc) they do "whoa whoa whoa that's so expensive!!!" Yeah, well, if I install a system without that "stuff," and someone gets hurt, I can get sued. Me. [/QUOTE]
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