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(man)
Komar Industries
manufactures heavy duty
shredding equipment,
and they process
waste material.
They process medical,
hazardous waste.
We can supply systems that
you only have to handle it
off of the truck
and onto a conveyor,
and then it processes itself
until it feeds
through the machine
and is ready for waste disposal
or recycling.
I was a welder when I started.
I have an associate's degree
in welding and fabrication.
I'm an operating engineer.
After I graduated
from college,
I moved here
and got this job.
To advance from a welder,
you need to show
that you have the initiative
to become a fitter,
and then there are several
levels of being a fitter.
You could be a fitter
for parts,
you could be a fitter for the
main components of the machine.
From there, then you
would go to inspection.
A high school student
that wants to go into
the manufacturing industry
needs to be
in a welding program,
trying to advance
their skills
so that they have
a better opportunity
of becoming a welder
in the state of Ohio.
A typical component
of Komar is,
if we're going to make a piece,
first we'd have to have
the materials ready.
We'd make sure we had
the print in front of us
so that we can double check
that we make sure
that we're tacking the part
together correctly,
and then check the print
to make sure that we're using
the proper weld sequence
and putting the proper
amount of weld on the part.
Then it will be inspected,
and from there, it'll go
to our paint department,
which I oversee that as well.
From there, the paint
preparation will take place,
and then it'll be painted.
Then we will inspect the paint
after it comes out,
then it goes to the assembly
area to be put together.
At Komar, we manufacture
shredding equipment
for the waste industry,
the recycling industry,
and the hazardous waste
industry.
The size is really relative to
what industry we're servicing.
Pilkington,
their equipment shreds up--
they have boxes,
and they have a lot of pallets
because they process--
they do a lot of automotive
industry-type things.
When they purchased our machine,
they went from having to dump
their material ten times a day,
to now having to dump
their material once a day
because our equipment
shreds up the pallets
and puts it into a container,
and they've reduced
their hauling costs
by a factor of ten.
Funding to purchase and make
this educational production
accessible was provided by the
U.S. Department of Education:
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