Hot & Steamy Field Service
G'day everyone,
Well it's been a very long time since I updated my blog spot! I have been very busy working all over Queensland and even overseas since my last entry.
During July (20th to 23rd), I had to go to Tanjungpinang on Bintan in Indonesia to do a field service visit. I travelled via plane to Singapore (Changi airport) and then by sea ferry for 2 hours to the island of Bintan. Bintan is nowhere near Bali or Bandah Aceh, so I was pretty safe. It was to do final commissioning of a belt weigher and loss-in-weight system at a pipe coating factory.
The weighing systems weighed the sand and aggregate as well as the cement to make concrete. This concrete is then sprayed onto 12 metre long steel pipes. This increases the weight of the pipe from 2.5 to 8 tonnes! They can then be used to carry fresh water under the sea (they are heavy enough to sit on the sea bed).
I didn't have much time to look around, but one of the guys I worked with, Eric, was an Indonesian and he took me out for a traditional Indonesian seafood dinner. This consisted of chilli prawns, crunchy deep fried white fish (not sure of its type), and sea snails. The snails were actually very tasty.
I didn't get an upset stomach from the Indonesian food, but from the Korean food I ate. The Korean's actually own the pipe factory; and they supplied lunch for all the Westerners helping with the commissioning. I must have had a bit too much chilli :-(
Most people get around on small motorbikes that they run on benzine. I saw one motorbike with 6 passengers! Dad driving, 2 small children sitting on fuel tank, mum sitting side saddle, small child standing at dad's back and mum nursing a baby! Crazy stuff.
Anyway I really enjoyed my time there, and it would be nice to go back again some day. But I guess we'll have to wait to see how safe it will be to travel there.
Yes the weather was very muggy, especially after the huge down-pour in an afternoon storm and temperature around about 35°C!
Well there are a few pictures here, but I didn't get much of a chance to take many.
Cheers for now,
Damo
Well it's been a very long time since I updated my blog spot! I have been very busy working all over Queensland and even overseas since my last entry.
During July (20th to 23rd), I had to go to Tanjungpinang on Bintan in Indonesia to do a field service visit. I travelled via plane to Singapore (Changi airport) and then by sea ferry for 2 hours to the island of Bintan. Bintan is nowhere near Bali or Bandah Aceh, so I was pretty safe. It was to do final commissioning of a belt weigher and loss-in-weight system at a pipe coating factory.
The weighing systems weighed the sand and aggregate as well as the cement to make concrete. This concrete is then sprayed onto 12 metre long steel pipes. This increases the weight of the pipe from 2.5 to 8 tonnes! They can then be used to carry fresh water under the sea (they are heavy enough to sit on the sea bed).
I didn't have much time to look around, but one of the guys I worked with, Eric, was an Indonesian and he took me out for a traditional Indonesian seafood dinner. This consisted of chilli prawns, crunchy deep fried white fish (not sure of its type), and sea snails. The snails were actually very tasty.
I didn't get an upset stomach from the Indonesian food, but from the Korean food I ate. The Korean's actually own the pipe factory; and they supplied lunch for all the Westerners helping with the commissioning. I must have had a bit too much chilli :-(
Most people get around on small motorbikes that they run on benzine. I saw one motorbike with 6 passengers! Dad driving, 2 small children sitting on fuel tank, mum sitting side saddle, small child standing at dad's back and mum nursing a baby! Crazy stuff.
Anyway I really enjoyed my time there, and it would be nice to go back again some day. But I guess we'll have to wait to see how safe it will be to travel there.
Yes the weather was very muggy, especially after the huge down-pour in an afternoon storm and temperature around about 35°C!
Well there are a few pictures here, but I didn't get much of a chance to take many.
Cheers for now,
Damo
posted by Unknown @ 7:11 pm
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