One a day the personnel of a particular process facility were quite taken by surprise, by the news, that new equipment has just arrived in Stores and they have the Honor of erecting, commissioning and using it.
Since it happened to be a pet project of blue-eyed boy, pressure was mounted on the facility staff to complete the works as early as possible. Day and night work was ordered and the blue-eyed boy himself supervised the works with vigour. He had already booked a flight ticket to meet and personally break the news to the Chairman.
A small gathering was on hand to witness the trial run. On went the equipment. It vibrated and shook a bit initially and then settled to a nice rhythm. Anxious faces were seen around the work area as a staff member collected a sample from the ensuing stream of crystalline material.
The big man instructed him to immediately take it to the laboratory for particle size analysis. Not stopping with this, he moved over to a telephone and instructed the lab technician to give the result in 5 minutes. The five minute wait was stretching to 10 minutes and the big man could not hide his impatience. When the result came over phone, the enthusiasm drained from his face and voice.
He immediately chaired an emergency technical meeting. He wanted to know why there is a size reduction instead of particle classification.
A dim-wit picked up courage and philosophically said “Sir we have lost nothing. This new equipment could be used as a standby grinder”.
[The narrative though set in a specific environment , could have taken place in an organic chemical industry. This setting helps the reader spin their own yarn :) ]
No comments:
Post a Comment