Galvanizing plant tours

[tom2207]

By chance I spoke with someone local who made up stuff that needed dipping.

They hated our local plant so much that they would load all their stuff onto a truck and drive it half way across the country to a plant that they considered did a decent job.

I got a landrover bulkhead done by my local plant. First time it went there it came back hissing. They had not even left it in the zinc long enough to boil off the acid.

It went back to them, still hissing, and they did it again, and it was fine second time around. So it was possible to do, just not without a "conversation".

I hate to see bulkheads galvanized ,, you can have the best repairs there are , invisible and just perfect , the bulkhead sitting true straight and level ,,,, then they dip it ,, if its not kicked round the yard by the forklift driver , as they wont get off the truck to load anything by hand , or ratchet strapped to a truck for delivery like a Quaver ,,, its left distorted by the heat and every weld stands out like a Greyhounds balls ,,,
but farmers want them done ,,,,, do I sound bitter , and nearly as twisted as the bulkheads end up

yep .

 

[8ob]

Wessex know their stuff, they will take you on a tour of the place just to show you the process. Had lots of chassis`s,frames and steel sections done there in the past, never had anything come back twisted/distorted from them.

Bob

 

[tom2207]

Wessex know their stuff, they will take you on a tour of the place just to show you the process. Had lots of chassis`s,frames and steel sections done there in the past, never had anything come back twisted/distorted from them.

Bob

Your lucky , by the sounds youve a good un .

I saw the lorry driver from our local plant ratchet strap a trailer down as the last piece on his load , by the time he was finished the ladder rack was at about 45 degrees from where it started ,,, did he give a toss ,, nope

get the loader out and the battery grinder cut off the ladder rack and send both parts to get dipped and just have it as a removable rack as he didnt have time to wait for it to be straightened and next load was two weeks time ....

 

[500e]

The Zinc affects them, we had a ladder done you needed welding gloves to climb it it was so rough, send it somewhere else now

 

[stuvy]

Iv booked to go with one of the lads will claim a wfh day

 

[Revs1972]

Make sure they supply you with the correct PPE on the visit

 

[stuvy]

Make sure they supply you with the correct PPE on the visit

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I can tell your from the south west

 

[The Artilleryman]

Thank you chrisg3103 for the heads up.
Very interesting tour of East Anglian Galvanising this morning.

 

[stuvy]

I was too busy with work and couldn’t get the day off

Any welding days coming up?
The fronius day is exceptional, I highly recommend it