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HRE Wheels | Your best guess. What is this?

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  1. HRE_Jurrian

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    #1 HRE_Jurrian, Feb 9, 2017
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    Some of you may already know we've been undergoing new projects and new improvements all around HRE. I wanted to have a little fun though so I'm curious if you guys know what's up our sleeve with this. Best guesses what is shown in the photo below?
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  2. Roupin

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    #2 Roupin, Feb 9, 2017
    A giant HRE logo.
     
  3. KM1959

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    #3 KM1959, Feb 9, 2017
    ...on an even bigger CNC machine.
     
  4. HRE_Jurrian

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    #4 HRE_Jurrian, Feb 9, 2017
    Haha! Well I can't say you're wrong.

    Getting warmer, but not quite.
     
  5. KM1959

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    #5 KM1959, Feb 9, 2017
    The last time I saw that many men staring through Plexiglas was in Times Square around 1979. They weren't looking at wheels though.
     
  6. B R

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    #6 B R, Feb 9, 2017
    Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
    We're so glad you could attend
    Come inside! Come inside!
    There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
    be careful as you pass.
    Move along! Move along!
     
  7. SoCal1

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    #7 SoCal1, Feb 10, 2017
    Pizza and beer?
     
  8. h22gordo

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    #8 h22gordo, Feb 11, 2017
    Those look like HRE employees. They do look intrigued.
    It doesn't look big enough to be a real forging machine.
     
  9. miketuason

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    #9 miketuason, Feb 11, 2017
    Stress test?
     
  10. Streetsurfer

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    #10 Streetsurfer, Feb 11, 2017
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    Paint booth, or air flow chamber for media blasting?
     
  11. Red 27

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    #11 Red 27, Feb 13, 2017
    Looks like a load the aluminum block at one end and a finished wheel comes out at the other end and viewing area for each step in the process.

    Second guess, influenced by the guys standing in lines would be double stacked Port A Potty system for the next USGP. Full plumbing and air conditioned
     
  12. HRE_Jurrian

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    #12 HRE_Jurrian, Feb 14, 2017
    You would be right, it's not big enough to be a real forging machine.

    I'm sure these guys would have hopped the wall if pizza and beer were on the other side!

    Nope.

    Nope, both of those are on the opposite side of the building, good guess though.

    You're on the right track with at least your first sentence, haha! Getting warmer!
     
  13. Streetsurfer

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    #13 Streetsurfer, Feb 14, 2017
    I think I now know what process takes place in there, but will let others post their guesses and see if I have it correct when it's revealed.
     
  14. JimEakin

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    #14 JimEakin, Feb 14, 2017
    3D printer.
     
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    #15 TestShoot, Feb 15, 2017
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  16. bjwhite

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    #16 bjwhite, Feb 15, 2017
    Overly polished wheels? :)
     
  17. Streetsurfer

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    #17 Streetsurfer, Mar 8, 2017
    It's been a while with no replies, so I am going to throw mine in. Is it where your carbon wheel barrels are made? Spools of fiber and resin on the materials end and RTM barrels out the other?
     
  18. HRE_Jurrian

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    #18 HRE_Jurrian, Mar 8, 2017
    Nope!

    Once it's fully up and running it'll be fun to watch, but for now since I've left you guys in the dark long enough... It's a cell system, an automated system which picks up the blank forgings and feeds it into our 4-axis machines. Once the wheel has been cut, the cell system would remove the newly cut wheel, place it in a holding area for us to pick up and take to the next station, while a new blank forging is placed into the 4-axis. Once the construction is finally complete, we'll have some videos posted up so you can see it in action!
     

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