Bronco production line equipment suffers fire

[cyberbro]

I hope they keep the doors shut at the plant, you know with the way this is going the locust swarm is on the way.

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[Wanted33]

I also heard the building manufacturing specifically the 2.7L engine caught fire. Time to cancel those orders boys and girls.

Oh my, hush your mouth child. Don't even kid about that. I would like to get my Bronco before the DMV takes my license for being to old to drive.

 

[yeet]

I used to work at Dearborn Stamping. All press lines have backup cranes. If the one on fire was damaged, it was moved out of the way and the plant is running the backup. Settle down everybody

 

[Used2jeep]

Better be "historical:". It is certainly a hot topic here.

 

[swooshdave]

I used to work at Dearborn Stamping. All press lines have backup cranes. If the one on fire was damaged, it was moved out of the way and the plant is running the backup. Settle down everybody

With months or years before anyone sees their Bronco it's just best to either get use to the mindless banter or just come back to the forum after you get your Bronco. To gloat, of course.

 

[LSBronco13]

I pulled it. And you're right, I'd hate to get him in trouble he's been there for over 20 years.

Well you just narrowed down the whistle blower. "Bob" can you come into my office a sec"?
"Thanks, Bronco6G", signed "Bob".

 

[Deleted member 3063]

Was an electrician in a automotive stamping plant for a while, hated it, couldn't wait to get back in assembly. One fine day a loading robot puked a arm and the die ate it. Blew out the whole side of the die, a 4dr side panel die. It was on a truck in less than a hour and back to the plant in less than 48hrs. Dies are way more complicated to repair than a crane.
Some here think Ford just started making trucks lol. Down time at a truck assembly plant is measured in thousands of dollars per minute. $7,000 at my plant, ten years ago. Crane fire, a blip on the radar.

 

[Kos]

My guess, they have more than one. No Company would operate without back-up equipment and risk million$ in lost sales due to failure of one piece of equipment.

You would think so and that's usually the case, but there is always the exception. Once, I was in a Chrysler facility dealing with a quality issue. While we were working, the entire facility shutdown because of one single broken robot. When we talked to our contact, he informed us that it was the only robot in the entire factory that couldn't be worked around. Took them 12 hrs to replace the robot and restart production.

 

[Used2jeep]

You would think so and that's usually the case, but there is always the exception. Once, I was in a Chrysler facility dealing with a quality issue. While we were working, the entire facility shutdown because of one single broken robot. When we talked to our contact, he informed us that it was the only robot in the entire factory that couldn't be worked around. Took them 12 hrs to replace the robot and restart production.

Someone needed to tell that robot "Do your job".

 

[Kitty’sBack]

This is my thought. I have a friend who works in the machine repair shop at a manufacturing business and everyday he posts about something breaking, catching on fire, eating itself, etc.

And every day he follows up with what it took to get them back up and running.

A problem that I would assume is terminal, is an hour job with some electrical work and some time on a lathe for him.

“Eating itself” such a great description

 

[Desert_6G]

Oh my, hush your mouth child. Don't even kid about that. I would like to get my Bronco before the DMV takes my license for being to old to drive.

Mine expires in like 40 years.

 

[texmln]

I pulled it. And you're right, I'd hate to get him in trouble he's been there for over 20 years.

Well, at least we're narrowing it down for them. Only men with 20 years in we need to look at now.

 

[rtsherry73]

I used to work at Dearborn Stamping. All press lines have backup cranes. If the one on fire was damaged, it was moved out of the way and the plant is running the backup. Settle down everybody

Interesting, that with 190,000 people (Reservation holders) watching, they would not make a statement on the matter? Possibly the PR guy is stuck in the snow somewhere.

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