Hi Guys,
Today I got a chance to go to the
Gerdau Steel Plant at the humble town of
Midlothian, Texas.
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| Midlothian, Texas |
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Midlothian, Texas
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Highway through Midlothian, Texas
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The plant is one of the largest concrete reinforcement steel facilities in North America. their products range from I beam, C channel, Angles and Flats. My university students as wells as some other universities' students were invited on the occasion of World Steel Day to visit the plant.
The management of Gerdau Steels arranged for our ride from the University of Texas at Arlington to the site. We boarded the bus at 6.45 am. We first taken to the
Midlethian Conference Center. Where we had our breakfast and were given some introduction and given a brief overview of the plant as well as the Gerdau international presence.
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| Interiors of Midlothian Conference Center |
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A clock in the Midlothian Conference Center
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| Panoramic View around the Midlothian Conference Center |
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| Specimen for show at the Midlothian Conference Center |
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Exhibit in the Midlothian Conference Center
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| Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center |
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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Exhibits at the Midlothian Conference Center
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After this we had time to interact with the employees from the plant. As many of us were from engineering background we were interested in the technical stuffs.
After this we were taken to the plant. First we were shown the shredder that shreds the cars and other stuffs to make the raw material for steel. The plant uses 99% of recycled materials for its production.
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| Cars waiting to get shred |
A crane load the cars and other stuffs to be shred on to a large conveyor. Following is a video of the crane and the conveyor:
Then later we were taken to the main office of Gerdau Plant and given safety gears like the coats, gloves, hard hat, glasses and an earphone which would let us later hear what our tour guided was saying. Safety was the prime focus of the company and they claim to have no work hindrance due to any injury from a long time, thus showing their safety concerns
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Main Office Gerdau Steel
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Later we were taken the tour of the inside of the plant. Photography is not allowed inside the plant so I couldn't take any pictures :(
We were shown the manufacturing, quality assurance, maintenance facilities. The plant was na interesting one and the tour guides were really curious to answer our questions.
After an hour or so we were taken back to the Conference center where a big gun waited for us. This was the big barbecue grill which was shaped like a gun it was pretty cool. We had a quiz about guessing how much cars went to make a section of I beam that was displayed at the center. The answer was 7.81 cars. A guys won a Kinfle fire as he gave the closest answer as 7.77. We had hot dogs and burgers grilled on the big gun grill. And hence the tour had ended and we headed back to the campus.
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| Big Smoke Gun |
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| Big Smoke Gun |
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| Big Smoke Gun |
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| Big Smoke Gun |
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| Bus that commuted us back and forth |
This was really an interesting field trip that I had ever taken. I really enjoyed it and so did all of us. I would give the field trip a 4.5/5 and a 5/5 for the safety standards of this plant.
So that's all for this time folks. Hope you enjoyed reading the blog. Come back soon for more stuffs.
This your यार, मित्र, friend, दोस्त,
ami, amicus, amigo signing out,
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