A Trip To Honeywell

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1^st of March 2012 we went to Honeywell. We are the 6^th class of St. Declans B.N.S. The plant is in Waterford’s industrial estate and they were kind enough to take 2 hours out of their day to invite us in for a tour. We were brought up to the boardroom to wait until they were ready. While we were waiting in the boardroom they showed us the different types of compressor wheels. Compressor wheels are pieces that go into turbo boosters and turbo boosters are parts that make your car work. Some are big and heavy and others are small and light. There made from types of steel, aluminium and rubber. When we went into the tour we were shown how the compressor wheels are made. They were five groups and we were split up. We had to wear goggles and ear plugs for safety reasons. They also had first aid burn kits around because all the machines were boiling hot.  After we saw the compressor wheels we were brought to the part of the factory where they only construct parts for Ford cars. After all the parts are formed into compressor wheels there are little scraps of metal left over called swarf. The leftover swarf is recycled when there finished with it. After constructing all of the parts they are shipped all over the world to other Honeywell factories. A couple of months later the compressor wheels are sent back in turbo boosters which Honeywell sell to customers to make cars. After we were shown all that they took us to see their automatic robots which they programmed to work for them. They had three robots that never stopped working during the week but they switched off the robots on weekends. Next they took us to the place where the compressor wheels were heated up to bending point and then cooled instantly so the shape didn’t bend back to its original shape. They also had a colour code for each day of the week so if some of the compressor wheels are faulty they can track it back to the day it was made and dispose of the other faulty parts. Honeywell produce millions of types of compressor wheels each year.  

 

This is a Ford car. Ford is one of Honeywell’s many great customers. 

At the end of the tour we were brought up to the boardroom again and we were given snacks and they raffled off some T-shirts and eleven boys in our class got free T-shirts. And then we went back to school.