Chilean Mine rescue
>From a Canadian friend
While the White House may not believe in American exceptionalism, there are
a whole lot of people in Chile who do. Regarding that mine rescue, did you
know:
* The guy that designed the rescue module was a NASA Engineer?
* The drill was made by Schramm, Inc. of Pennsylvania.
* The drill bits were made by Center Rock, Inc. located in Berlin,
Pennsylvania.
* The lead driller, Jeff Hart, and his team are from Denver, Colorado.
They are on loan from the U.S. Military in Afghanistan where they are
drilling water wells for our Forward Operating Bases.
Jeff spent 33 days on his feet, operating the drill that finally provided a
way out Saturday for 33 trapped miners. "You have to feel through your feet
what the drill is doing; it's a vibration you get so that you know what's
happening," explained Hart. Hart was called in from Afghanistan, "simply
because he's the best" at drilling larger holes with the T130's
wide-diameter drill bits.
Standing before the levers, pressure meters, and gauges on the T130's
control panel, Hart and the rest of the team faced many challenges in
drilling the shaft. At one point, the drill struck a metal support beam in
the poorly mapped mine, shattering its hammers. Fresh equipment had to be
flown in from the United States, and progress was delayed for days as
powerful magnets were lowered to pull out the pieces.
The mine's veins of gold and copper ran through quartzite with a high level
of abrasive silica, rock so tough that it took all their expertise to keep
the drill's hammers from curving off in unwanted directions. "It was
horrible," said Center Rock President Brandon Fisher, exhausted after
limited sleep throughout the effort. Hart called it the most difficult hole
they had ever drilled, because of the lives at stake.
"If you're drilling for oil and you lose the hole, it's different. This time
there's people down below. We ruined some bits, worked through the problems
as a team, and broke through," Hart said. "I'm very happy now."
Miners' relatives crowded around Hart on Saturday, hugging and posing for
pictures with him as he walked down from the rescue operation into the tent
camp where families had anxiously followed his work. "He's become the hero
of the day," said Dayana Olivares, whose friend, Carlos Bugueno, was one of
the miners stuck below.
In a different day and age, Jeff Hart would be the most famous American
in our country right now. He would be honored at the White House.
Schoolchildren would learn of his skill and heroism. But because Jeff Hart
works in an industry currently being demonized by (insert name for the
clowns currently running our country) more people in Chile will celebrate
this symbol of American greatness than America itself.
And I would have to add that the circumferential ultrasound examination
of every weld in the tube that the rescue capsule moved in---all 2200 ft. of
it, and ultimate clearance for lowering the capsule, was provided by
Edmonton's "Metalogic Inspection Services"---using procedures they perfected
in that place the libruls so love to deride---the Alberta oilpatch.
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