I was a CNC Underwater gantry Plasma operator,....allong with cutting big steel and alloy,
had to do ultrasound and other inspection metallurgy wise for Consortiums.
Crunching numbers on plate from around the world....phone calls to U.S. to see if engineers would accept % differences in matrix of plate chem.
worked around Nuclear x ray....was also a shift rescue first aid.
Light Speed knows major blood flow : )
BP and Chevron really screwed up on a 3 year North Slope Alaska project....[Badami]
We kept getting work from Chevron after....but BP vanished off the radar.
I think there was a falling out after Badami.
Some of my shifts started with....
"We just got this Inconel alloy plate in......its worth $20,000....you have 3/8's margin for mistake....don't screw up"
plasma cut takes an 1/8th....not much room left....lots of nail biting and prayer : )
"We just got this Inconel alloy plate in......its worth $20,000....you have 3/8's margin for mistake....don't screw up
plasma cut takes an 1/8th....not much room left....lots of nail biting and prayer : )"
The inverse of plasm cutting; emersion arc welding.
You got to lay the track before you do the tack.
My ex FIL welded six inch plate most of his life.