MORE random pics......

[CJFusco]

Originally Posted by Komenda Fan

HOLY CRAP, WE HAVE THIS EXACT SAME PICTURE FRAMED IN OUR BATHROOM! I never thought it existed outside our pathetic reality.

I will take a pic tomorrow...

[VaSteve]

Not enough guys are doing the "Col. Sander's" goatee or mutton chops. That really should be the next big thing.

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[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

Not enough guys are doing the "Col. Sander's" goatee or mutton chops. That really should be the next big thing.

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I did the goat for a while, but some told me that it made me mean

[onlycafe]

[k9handler]

Originally Posted by URY914

Would love to watch these guys smack around some NASCAR butt.

[Don Plumley]

Originally Posted by Laneco

MRI's use nitrogen to cool just wire one in a few months back that bottle has a flamable sticker on it so it must be somthing that goes booooom!!!!!!!!!

1.5T and above MRI's typically use 1G Superconductor wire that is cooled by Liquid Helium (4K) in a cryostat. This is the most common type of MRI installation.

[CJFusco]

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by Don Plumley

1.5T and above MRI's typically use 1G Superconductor wire that is cooled by Liquid Helium (4K) in a cryostat. This is the most common type of MRI installation.

Yup, that's right. The pic I posted was from an install we were doing. A contractor was working on the sprinkler system. Had the sprinkler lines charged with air and was locating/repairing leaks. He took this bottle into the room and got too close. I took the pic with my phone.
Here's some I took before we ramped down the magnet to remove the bottle. The rope was to keep it from falling to the floor once the field was too weak to hold it up.




Never worked on the .3T systems much but all .7T, 1.5T and 3T use Nitrogen to cool the cryostat during manufacturing till temps are low enough for helium to "pool". Then we add liqiud helium to keep the wire superconductive.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Cool house, I love those old homes!!

Hmmm, a black AmEx card. Business must be good Byron!

[Jim Bremner]

tuff set of 40 year olds that you hang out with!

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

tuff set of 40 year olds that you hang out with!

Actually Grace is under 30, Nancy mid-30's, Christina is under 30 and Natalie again mid-30's or so. The last two are black belts and can kick just about any guys assets, and Nat rides a "Paris to Dakar" motocross motorcycle to work most of the time until it snows. Tough gal but melts with flowers or chocolate...

[ls23h]

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Yup, that's right. The pic I posted was from an install we were doing. A contractor was working on the sprinkler system. Had the sprinkler lines charged with air and was locating/repairing leaks. He took this bottle into the room and got too close. I took the pic with my phone.
Here's some I took before we ramped down the magnet to remove the bottle. The rope was to keep it from falling to the floor once the field was too weak to hold it up.

Is the magnet always on???

[rcecale]

Randy

[SLO-BOB]

I better see NOTHING but 964s on this page!

Mine-

[SLO-BOB]

[SLO-BOB]

[SLO-BOB]

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

Is the magnet always on???

YES!! Never assume a hospital's MRI is not "at field". 1.5Tesla systems are roughly 15,000 times the gravitational pull of the earth. Older magnets are not shielded and the field can be felt as far away as 10 feet. Newer ones are shielded but the that means no real warning. Once the magnet gets a hold of something, it's going to keep it! When that happens, it's usually over before you know it. I was once working a system and had to screw in about 50 screws on raceway covers under the floor. I thought I would be slick and took a small screw gun into the room. It was my system and was alway VERY careful using ferrous materials. I was almost finished and was standing at the rear of the magnet. Much in the same area as the bottle pic I posted. I heard a bang and thought "What the hell was that?" I then realized I was no longer holding my screw gun! It pulled it into the bore! We were lucky and I was able remove it without ramping down the magnet. The ramping up or down process is an all day affair and requires special power supplies/cables etc. NOT something we want to do unless ABSOLUTELY necessary.


randomness resumed....

Originally Posted by SLO-BOB

I better see NOTHING but 964s on this page!

General George Washington's sarcophagus is about the same weight as a 964, right? I kid. I kid!
There are some really great 964 pics here.

[rcecale]

Originally Posted by SLO-BOB

I better see NOTHING but 964s on this page!

Bob, you want I should take this guy out back and straighten him out?

Randy