Reel

Pullman Power Hot Reheat Pipe

Pullman Power Hot Reheat Pipe
Clip: 371445_1_1
Year Shot: 1986 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1179
Original Film: FFS-AA1303
HD: N/A
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Timecode: -

Filmed at Williamsport, PA and Georgia Power's Austell plant, Rome, GA, replacing 10' dia pipe in atomic power plant, per F. Carter Dreves, Adv Mgr Pullman Power... cut in on hunched welder, zoom in on hard hat near him. LS, including the welder, a tilt u & d the area where the hot reheat pipe is being welded. Tilt D to 4 workmen at the base of the pipe. CU workman adjusting yellow fabrication. High spot on the reheat pipe, showing the Y end, men gathered around it. Men push the pipe out of the picture out of the picture. High shot of men at base, working w. pipe. CU man w. blue helmet & pull back to see group tugging the pipe into place. Yellow-hatted nab pulls on chain hoist. CU welder, LS spark shower falling as cam tilts to follow sparks. The pipe, now sheathed in shiny stainless steel. Cam tilts U, all pipes now sheathed. CU joint, tilt D, follow pipes up. CU joint in pipe; zoom in to detail metal sheath. Second take. ow level shot of the hot reheat pipe on floor, reday for installation. Workman checks the protective caps which keep the joints clean. Tracking shot along the pipe, cam circles to reverse angle. Shots of hoists being prepared, rigging to pipe. High shot of men on platform, cam tilts D to man operating hoist. CU hoist. CU circular operation as machine cuts the old pipe out. Second take of same. Shot of the new pipe, hoisted above the old. Welder at work on pipe. High shot of inspector checking the weld. Sparks fly. High shot as a group of workers prepare to hoist pipe into place. ECU pipe & CU man w/ hoist. Side view of new pipe in place. Old pipe joint is replaced. New and Old sections are mated by workers; shots of welders mating joints. Engineer at control panel adjusting the heating elements. Workman inspects final assembly. More welding. CU graph paper in console, recording the temperatures. CU workman w/ grinding tool finishing the weld. Ground level pans of installation, including the finished pipes, others in BG yet to be replaced. CAUTION RESTRICTED: RADIATION sign, cam following engineer making radiation tests. Cu electrodes going to the heat seal for tempering. Welder at work on Y branch. CU radiation man's equipment and meter. Engineer inserts radioactive cabke tip forX-Ray. Workman buffs the final weld. Green-hatted engineer places x-ray film in place around the weld.