Bolton-Emerson Americas: Artie
Artie works in the Heat Treat Shop at Bolton Emerson. Here he’s operating a punch press. A giant flywheel in the back of the machine provides enough torque to punch a hole through piece of steel 3/8 inch.
Bolton Emerson Americas: Bits
This is an image from the “tool crib” at Bolton Emerson Americas. It’s a detail shot of one of the shelves containing drill bits and other tools and parts which, back in the day, employees would sign out to use and sign back in on return. It’s all about accountability. Back in the day was a long time ago. Today, [...]
Bolton Emerson Americas: Cradle
Once the iron bars that will become the “knives” of the pulping machines are forged in the oven, they are placed on this cradle and lowered into the vat of oil to be cooled. Moving them is a three man task.
Bolton Emerson Americas: Littler Things
For those of you counting, this is day 10 of this series of images from Bolton Emerson Americas. Hope you are enjoying the images as much as I am enjoying presenting them. Todays image is another shot from the small machine section of the shop. Another glimpse into the working day of the shop. Lots of drill bits and some [...]
Bolton Emerson Americas: Alchemy
The second day I shot at the machine shop, two of the gigantic King Milling Machines were busy at work, spinning metal into ‘gold’ for Bolton Emerson Americas. When shooting HDR, I usually try to avoid motion. It means lots of masking (at least) and it can result in unusable images. This is different. The blur of the motion creates [...]
