Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
Pj the cold units were I guess the easiest way to say this were actually a building inside of the building
Kind of assumed that based on the size of the building. I did similar when I did the move project there, consolidating 5 buildings into two. One room for the foaming operations with "special" Bamquad (BAAQMD/Fed-Cal Oshia) rules, one for the He mass-spec testing with drop down tents and 4 Veeco pump/test systems, one for the new 8 bay final test/burn-in with DAQ using Atari 1040ST's, that each would test any unit up to max load, one for the tool room/inventory, plus overhead gantries in several places to move the larger units to different stations or onto custom roll around's, and a Jib crane for shipping.

Probably a gnat compared to your project Frank, but we took an 18mo. backlog down to zero in a month in a half and did it in 1/3 the space. Plus it was my first foray (mid 80's) into the fire of wearing 14 hats, Safety Officer, Mfg. Engineer, CAD IT, Facilities manager, Plant design & Liaison to Architect team & contractors, CryoCoil Designer, R&D new/custom units (Demo unit had All of our Tech in it and then some), etc...simultaneously.

All that pale's to the simplicity of using golf balls for handles. Too to Rule!

PJ