Friday, January 29, 2010

A Show of Strength

Meet Stanley.

"Hi."

Stanley has been away for quite some time now, kept in a dark corner of our storage room. Its time we bring him out for a bit of fresh air, and some bolt and metal cutting action! 


UnoLock 1.5 and UnoLock 3.5


This is AluLock.  It is used in various industries and applications, namely shipping containers, valves in petrochemical industries, and plastic box and cases. This variable length high security barrier seal comes with various sizes. The smallest of them all, sized at Ø1.5mm, requires smaller cutter tools, as compared to its bigger (and badder) brother, the AluLock 5.0mm. With a shear strength of more than 900 kg-f, the AluLock 5.0 requires bigger bolt cutters (like Stanley) to be removed.


AluLock 5.0


Lets start it off easy for Stanley, against the AluLock 1.5, and AluLock 3.5.

Like a knife through butter.

Its not as easy as it looks.

But the real challenge lies ahead. This is the EinLock 8.0. A high security bolt seal, the EinLock's barrel is made of high quality ABS material to withstand impact, giving its shear strength of more than 1000kg-f! It is typically used in shipping industries, sealing cargo containers, and trucks.


When EinLock meets Stanley.

Except for the AluLock 1.5 and 3.5, most of ABRIC's barrier seals require cutting tools such as Stanley to remove. This provides great security for cargo and containers which are being held and stored and exposed to theft at a location for long periods of time, capable of withstanding harsh climatic and environmental conditions. A perfect solution for many shipping, and oil and gas industries.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Fire Drill

*Fire bell rings*


The signal for the fire drill goes off. Declan paused, turned to me and said, "Sounded like a flight announcement." 


Today our building management have arranged for a fire drill. In order to smoothly execute the drill, two unit wardens were elected before hand from each unit, in charge of checking the attendance and guiding us safely to the assembly area.



Mike: "Where are you going?"
Mary: "I left my candies."


...to follow me.

So our unit warden puts on his vest, and instructs everyone to gather around for a short brief regarding the drill. Drill is, unit warden will do an attendance check, lead us to stairs. Then unit wardens will make sure lights are off, doors and windows are locked, and no one is left behind.


"Ok team... heres the plan:
Evacuate."



"Nurafidah... Suzana... Me..."





"Wait for me. I am your unit warden too."

After an attendance check, we proceed to the stairs. Slowly. Except for Mary. She's was psyched.


So down the stairs we go, towards the assembly area, greeted by the rest of the block. First to arrive was Mr. Mike. Casually awaiting the rest of the crew to gather around for the second round of attendance check. Clearly he deserves a medal.



First!


The fire drill was a success. Although I believe there are some room for improvements, in terms of the time taken to gather and move down together as a unit. Practice makes perfect.




Time to head back to our units. Back to work.







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