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Last Friday I spent 6 hours fixing a fitting that should have taken 20 minutes
We were doing a pressure test on a new drum at the plant near Gary and this 2 inch threaded connection kept weeping. Turned out the threads were galled from the factory and I had to re-tap it on the ladder in the rain. Has anyone else dealt with brand new equipment that comes with garbage threads?
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emery19921d ago
Nah, I'm gonna push back a little. If you're doing pressure tests on new drums you gotta check the threads before you start. A quick run through with a tap gauge saves hours. That's just basic prep.
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laura_allen20d ago
The 3 shops I've worked at over the years never once checked threads on new drums before pressure testing. Emery, I get that you're a stickler for prep work, but is it really "hours" of savings? I've run hundreds of tests on brand new drums straight from the manufacturer and maybe had a thread issue once or twice. A tap gauge is like ten minutes max for the whole thing, not hours. I think you might be overstating how common the problem actually is.
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Right, because nothing says "quality manufacturing" like threads that look like they were cut with a butter knife on a wet Friday afternoon. I swear, half the "new" equipment I've seen lately probably spent more time in shipping than it did in quality control. A tap gauge is a ten minute fix if you're doing it on a bench, but try that hanging off a ladder in the rain, and suddenly it's a whole afternoon event. It's like the factory thinks nobody will ever actually try to use their parts, you know? Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather spend a few minutes checking beforehand than six hours re-tapping in the dark.
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