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  1. MJTaylor

    Isolation / Lockout of ROM bins (Dump Hoppers)

    G'day, I work at an open cut coal mine. We are currently looking for ways to isolate / lock out our ROM bins (Dump hoppers) on Plant Maintenance days, when we may have people working in the hoppers and we don't want trucks to dump in them. Does anyone have any experience from their operating...
  2. MJTaylor

    New truck tray rusting away after 4 months? Quality issue?

    Thanks guys, After talking to the truck owner and explaining teh above points to him I have some additional information that makes things a little less clear. Seems after 4 months he had the worst section of rust cut out of the tray, and a new piece of steel welded in (approx 400 x 400mm...
  3. MJTaylor

    New truck tray rusting away after 4 months? Quality issue?

    Oh, sorry, should have clarified, I am talking about the tray off the back of a tipper truck. Like a tray on the back of a ute, but a bit bigger.
  4. MJTaylor

    New truck tray rusting away after 4 months? Quality issue?

    Good day people, I have a question for the learned regarding a steel truck tray. The truck and tray were purchased brand new two years ago. After 4 months the tray had started to scale / rust quite badly in the bottom of the tray where the paint was scratched. The tray has been used to carry...
  5. MJTaylor

    Bug in VBA Editor Stepping through code??

    G'day learned friends, Has anyone else encountered the following apparent bug while stepping through code in the VBA editor: Specifically using Excel 2000, I often step though code line by line (using the F8 key) to check what is happening in Excel is exactly as I want. On occasion while...
  6. MJTaylor

    Automatic Floor cleaning spray

    Greetings, I'm trialing some wash monitors for cleaning fine material from a concrete floor in my plant. They are a rotating spray similar to those rotating srays you see used to water parks and fields. The only identification on the sprays is the work "skipper" stamped on the side...
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    Galvanic corrision betwen brass and galvanized steel

    G’day, Can anyone tell me if it is practically acceptable to use brass and galvanized steel fittings in contact with each other, or will this lead to excessive galvanic corrosion? The fluid passing through the fittings is water and it is not a particularly corrosive atmosphere (coal prep...

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