No ke kōkua ʻana i kahi kaiāulu liʻiliʻi ma Kaleponi, ua hui pū ʻo METALfx a me Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital i ka wā maʻi maʻi COVID-19.Getty Images
Ua like ka noho ʻana ma Willitz, Kaleponi i ke ola ma kekahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi mamao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka mea ʻaʻole he lālā ʻohana ua aneane like ia me kahi lālā o ka ʻohana, no ka mea, ʻike maopopo ʻoe iā lākou.
He kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Willits ma kahi o 5,000 poʻe ma ke kikowaena o Mendocino County, ma kahi o ʻelua hola kaʻa ma ka ʻākau o Kapalakiko. holo 20 mile ma ka hema ma ke Alanui US 101 a hiki i Ukiah, he kulanakauhale nui nona ka heluna kanaka he 16,000.
He mea kupanaha ka METALfx me 176 mau limahana, a ʻo Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital nā mea hana ʻelua ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo METALfx ma 1976. Ma ka roller coaster o ka mākeke dynamics, he nui nā mea hana me nā ʻano like ʻole. i ka manawa, i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ka mea kūʻai nui e neʻe i kāna hana hana ma waho, ua emi ka hui a ua nui nā limahana i nalowale i kā lākou mau hana. Ua luku ʻia ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa.
No nā makahiki he nui, ua hana ikaika ʻo METALfx e pale i kēia kūlana. I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kānāwai gula o ka hui ʻaʻole hiki i kahi mea kūʻai aku ke helu no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 15% o ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā o ka hui. ʻO nā mea kūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka hui 10. ʻAʻole ʻike nā limahana METALfx i ka mea a lākou e hana nei, akā ʻike pū nō hoʻi ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana e hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha pilikua.
Hāʻawi ka mea hana i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻenehana, ka hana a me nā lawelawe hana, e like me ka ʻoki ʻana i ka laser, stamping, stamping, bending machine bending, a me gas metal arc a me gas tungsten arc welding. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo METALfx hoʻomohala pāʻoihana a me ka luna kūʻai kūʻai ʻo Connie Bates ua lako ka laina pena a me ka pauka me kahi laina pretreatment multi-stage a ua hōʻike ʻia hoʻi i kaulana i nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi ana i kahi hale kūʻai hoʻokahi e hāʻawi i nā ʻāpana i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bates, ua kōkua kēia mau lawelawe a me nā huahana waiwai ʻē aʻe, e like me ka lawe ʻana i ka manawa a me ka hoʻolālā hana hana, i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka waihona mea kūʻai aku o ka mea hana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.
Hoʻopili ʻia ka ulu ʻana e nā mea kūʻai aku lōʻihi, ʻo kekahi o nā makahiki he 25, a ʻo kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku hou. Ua loaʻa ʻo METALfx i kahi mea kūʻai nui ma ka ʻoihana kaʻa i kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, a ua lilo ia i mea kūʻai nui loa. .
"He 55 mau ʻāpana hou e hāʻule ana ma luna o mākou i hoʻokahi mahina," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Bates. Ua hina ʻo METALfx i ka wā e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i nā hana hou a pau, akā ua manaʻo ka mea kūʻai aku i kekahi mau lohi i ka pane ʻana, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i nā hana he nui i ka fab i ka manawa, ua hoʻohui ʻo Bates.
I ka pūnāwai mua o 2020, ua hoʻokomo ka mea hana i kahi Bystronic BySmart 6 kW fiber laser cutting machine hou, i hoʻopili ʻia i ka hale mālama a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hale kiaʻi a me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele waiwai ʻo ByTrans Cross e hoʻomau i ka wikiwiki o ka wikiwiki o ka fiber laser. .Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bates e kōkua ka laser hou i ka hui e hālāwai me nā manawa hoʻopuka pōkole o nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoki ʻelima manawa wikiwiki ma mua o ka mīkini ʻoki laser 4 kW CO2, a hana i nā ʻāpana me nā ʻaoʻao maʻemaʻe. ʻO nā mīkini ʻoki laser. E mālama ʻia kekahi no nā ʻāpana prototype/wikiwiki hoʻololi.) ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu palena o nā mīkini ʻoki laser he kūpono loa no ka hui, wahi a ia, no ka mea, makemake nui ka mea hoʻolako uila o Pacific Gas & Energy i ka hoʻēmi ʻana. ke koi ʻana o ka grid, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pōʻino kūlohelohe (e like me ke ahi o ka nahele kokoke i ka makahiki i hala).
Ua hāʻawi ka hoʻokele METALfx i nā pahu hoʻopakele ola COVID-19 i nā limahana i ka mahina o Mei e mahalo iā lākou no ka hele ʻana i ka hana, ma ke ʻano he ala e kākoʻo ai i nā ʻoihana kūloko. hale ʻaina.
Ua loaʻa i ka METALfx ka manawa kūpono i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, me ka piʻi ʻana ma kahi o 12% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like ma 2019. aole e pau.
Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Kaleponi e pane i ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus o Malaki, ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo METALfx e noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻomau ai. i kāna ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea kūʻai aku he mea hana i nā lako hoʻāʻo lāʻau, hoʻohana ʻia kekahi o kāna mau huahana no ke kaua ʻana i ka coronavirus. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Bates i nā lā e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻopili kekahi mea kūʻai aku i ka hale kūʻai a ʻōlelo mai he mea nui hoʻi kā lākou huahana.METALfx ʻaʻole e pani ʻia i kēia wā maʻi maʻi.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e noʻonoʻo i kā mākou mea e hana ai," wahi a Henry Moss, ka pelekikena o METALfx.ʻAʻole au i kākau i kēia manawa.
No ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻoholo kūpono no ka pale ʻana i nā limahana a hiki i ka hui ke hoʻokō i kāna mau kuleana kaulahao, ua hoʻopili ʻo Moss i ka Adventist Health Howard Memorial kokoke. ʻO ka mea kūʻai aku i kēlā manawa a me ka mea nona ka lio heihei kaulana ʻo Seabiscuit. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kahua ma ke keiki a Howard i kapa ʻia ʻo Frank R. Howard (Frank R. Howard), i make i kahi ulia kaʻa.) Ua pane koke ka haukapila.Ua hui ka hoʻokele METALfx me ʻelua mau alakaʻi lapaʻau o ka haukapila no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hana a lākou e hana ai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā lākou iho i kēia manawa Palekana a me ke olakino o nā limahana.
E nānā ka poʻe limahana i ko lākou wela kino ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka hale e ʻike ai inā loaʻa paha lākou i ke kuni. Nīnau ʻia lākou i kēlā me kēia lā inā e hōʻike ana lākou i nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka coronavirus. ʻO ka coronavirus, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia ko lākou ola, a ua kauoha pū ʻia nā limahana e kū nei i ko lākou kūlana olakino e noho ma ka home.
Me ka pani ʻana o nā hale kula a ua hoʻohuli ʻia ke aʻo ʻana i kahi honua virtual, ua hopohopo koke nā mākua e pili ana i ka mālama keiki i ka lā.
No ka leʻaleʻa i kekahi mea hana wīwī, hoʻohana ʻo METALfx i nā mea hana ʻike maka i kāna hoʻolālā pale COVID-19. Ke hala ka poʻe limahana i ka wahi hoʻopaʻa wela a komo i ka pae nīnau a pane, e loaʻa iā lākou kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni me kahi hōʻailona maʻalahi ke ʻike. ia. Inā he lā kalakala uliuli a nānā ka limahana ʻaʻohe kuni a me nā hōʻailona, e loaʻa iā ia kahi lāʻau polū.
"Inā maikaʻi ke aniau a ʻike ka luna i kekahi kanaka me ka pelemele melemele, a laila pono ka luna e kiʻi i kēlā kanaka," wahi a Bates.
Ma kēia manawa, loaʻa i ka METALfx ka manawa e hāʻawi aku ai i kā lākou mau hoa hana ma ka haukapila. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bates ua hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻopili i nā luna o ka haukapila e hoʻolako iā lākou i nā masks N95. nā maka polū a me ke keʻokeʻo i maʻa mau i nā kaiapuni o loko.
Ua hāpai ʻo Henry Moss, Pelekikena o METALfx, i ʻelua ʻōwili pepa toilet, a ua kōkua kahi hui e hōʻuluʻulu i nā pahu ola 170 COVID-19.
Ua aʻo pū ʻo METALfx e pili ana i ka manawa kūpono e kōkua ai i ka Frank R. Howard Foundation, kahi hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā halemai a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kaiāulu Willits. a me nā mea hoihoi i ke kaiāulu. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hāʻawi kēia mau masks i kahi pale ihu metala a puni ka ihu, e maʻalahi ai ka mālama ʻana i ka mask ma kahi a me ka hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he pale e pale ai i ka kaʻana ʻana o nā kulu coronavirus a inhalation. o lakou.
Ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe i komo i ka hana hoʻolaha mask e hana lima i kēia mau maka metala ihu, akā ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa kēia. Ua kāhea ʻia e aʻo iā ia. Ua ʻike ʻia aia ka hui i kahi mea hana stamping e hiki ke hana i kahi ʻano oval i aneane like me ke ʻano i makemake ʻia, a he alumini ma ka lima e hana i kahi alahaka ihu. Me ke kōkua o kekahi o ka Amada Vipros turret punch presses, METALfx i hana i 9,000 mau alahaka ihu i ka auina la hookahi.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kekahi hale kūʻai ma ke kūlanakauhale i kēia manawa, a hiki i ka mea makemake ke kūʻai aku," wahi a Moss.
No laila, ke hoʻomau nei kēia mau mea a pau, ke hana nei ʻo METALfx i nā ʻāpana no kāna mau mea kūʻai nui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bates ma muli o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi a me ka ʻike ʻole o ka maʻi maʻi a me nā hopena, hopohopo iki ka poʻe i kā lākou hana i ka wā. keia manawa.
A laila hiki mai ka nalowale o ka pepa toilet, kahi i holoi ai i ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai.
Ua hōʻoia ka hui me kāna mau mea hoʻolako huahana ʻoihana hiki iā ia ke hoʻopuka i ka pepa toilet.
Akā i kēia manawa, ke koi nei nā kānaka i nā kamaʻāina Willits kūloko e kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana ma ke kaona.
Ma ka lā 1 o Mei, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Mendocino County i kahi kauoha lehulehu e koi ana i nā kamaʻāina e ʻaʻahu i nā masks i ka wā o kekahi mau kamaʻilio lehulehu.
ʻO kēia mau mea a pau i hoʻoikaika i ka hui hoʻokele METALfx e hana i kahi pahu ola COVID-19 no kāna poʻe limahana. Loaʻa iā ia ʻelua ʻōwili pepa lua;ʻekolu masks (he mask N95, kahi pale lole, a me kahi pale lole pālua e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi kānana);a me ka palapala makana no ka hale ʻaina Willett.
"No ka mama wale," wahi a Moss.I koʻu lawe ʻana i ka pepa toilet mai kēlā me kēia set, ʻakaʻaka nā mea a pau a ʻoi aku ka māmā o koʻu naʻau.
ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, akā ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka hapa nui o nā mea hana i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻomau i ka hana a hoʻonui i nā kauoha ʻāpana. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka METALfx.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Moss, ʻo nā hana e like me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana hui, ka pālua ʻana i ka hiki o ka laina pani pauda, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mīkini ʻoki laser hou i kahi kūlana kūpono e hana ai i ka rebound i ka ʻoihana hana. ʻO nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e ʻae i ka holo ʻana o nā ʻāpana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kōkua pū kekahi.
"Ua loaʻa mākou a hoʻokau i kahi backlog nui o ka hana," wahi a Moss. "Ua mākaukau mākou e hoʻokipa i nā manawa hou."
He mau hoʻolālā nui kēia hui kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi no ka wā e hiki mai ana. He nūhou maikaʻi kēia no nā limahana METALfx a me nā kamaʻāina Willits.
ʻO Dan Davis ka luna hoʻoponopono o The FABRICATOR, ka ʻoihana i hoʻolaha nui ʻia i ka hana metala a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka makasina, a me kāna mau puke kaikuahine STAMPING Journal, The Tube & Pipe Journal, a me The Welder. Ua hana ʻo ia i kēia mau puke mai ʻApelila 2002.
No nā makahiki he 20, ua kākau ʻo ia i nā ʻatikala e pili ana i nā ʻano hana a me nā pilikia ʻAmelika. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka FABRICATOR, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana hale, ka ʻoihana hoʻopau, ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā polokalamu kalepa. ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa, ke kipa ʻana i nā hale hana hana a me ke komo ʻana i nā hanana hana nui loa o ka honua.
Ua puka 'o ia ma ke Kulanui o Louisiana State me ke kēkelē ma ka nūpepa ma 1990. Noho 'o ia ma Crystal Lake, Illinois me kāna wahine a me kāna mau keiki 'elua.
ʻO FABRICATOR ka makasina alakaʻi no ka ʻoihana hana metala a ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Hāʻawi ka makasina i nā nūhou, nā ʻatikala ʻenehana a me nā moʻolelo hihia e hiki ai i nā mea hana ke hoʻopau pono i kā lākou hana. Ua lawelawe ʻo FABRICATOR i ka ʻoihana mai 1970
I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke komo piha i ka mana kikohoʻe o The FABRICATOR a maʻalahi ke komo i nā kumuwaiwai waiwai waiwai.
Hiki ke komo maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai waiwai waiwai ma o ke komo piha ʻana i ka mana kikohoʻe o The Tube & Pipe Journal.
E hauʻoli i ke komo piha i ka paʻi kikohoʻe o STAMPING Journal, e hāʻawi ana i nā holomua ʻenehana hou, nā hana maikaʻi loa a me nā nūhou ʻoihana no ka mākeke stamping metal.
E hauʻoli i ke komo piha ʻana i ka mana kikohoʻe o The Additive Report a e aʻo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana hana additive e hoʻonui i ka pono hana a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka laina lalo.
I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke komo piha i ka mana kikohoʻe o The Fabricator en Español, hiki ke komo maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai waiwai waiwai.
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