Jedok Granite Quarry Wire Sawing

At 0400 hour, i started the long journey to Kelantan to fulfil a job task: testing Hilti CH Wire at a granite quarry. the task is set up by Darryl Fong, Key Account Manager for Hilti Malaysia, you're the man, bro. if we succeed this task, we are blessed with infinite sales of diamond wire for the next 47 years. My task is solely to see if the wire are up to the quary standard. this is a new experience to me and to Hilti Malaysia generally as we never have experience on granite 100%. all we encounter all these time is concrete and this CH wire are the best for this application. now, its show time.
A windy and breezy morning greets me as i exit Kuala Kangsar PLUS exit and enter Jalan Grik - Pasir Puteh. I open the window and enjoy the breeze. You'll never get this at KL.

I stopped at one of the peak of the mountain road. Later i discover there are a better stop with better view but i'm driving too fast that time to stop.

Getting into the quarry, at last. After 8 hours driving, i still need to do some work before i can rest. Delivering the CH wire to the Site Manager. The granite hill greets me gracely.

Breakfast next morning. Ayam Bakar and Nasik Lemak. Really nice food. Kelantan is well known for their exotic food and i agree with the statement. You'll never get hungry here.


A granite block after finish cutting will be broken into smaller pieces. Seen here the worker are already drilled holes before they pouring the expansion mortar so the block will crack itself.

Some view. you can see also the smaller pieces ready for shipment.

Myself with Marini Quarry Sawing Machine. MAde In Italy. Price? Merc E200 Kompressor.

The granite that already sawed off. nice cut eh?

Overall picture of the setup. Be a distance away when the wire start cutting. safety precaution. Why? Leave Comment to ask, TQ.

Myself with smaller granite pieces. Even this small, it is 6-7 ton heavy.

About the performance, i need to wait until this friday before i get my answer. One cut used up 3 - 5 days. Damn, i never expect it will be this long. Roger and Out, i'm coming back at Wednesday, Dec 17 at 0200 hours.

Plus Crash Pole Installation

Last wednesday night i went to Sungai Buloh Plus Toll Booth as one of Hilti's customer, Nakhoda Construction are installing crash pole at the toll booth. you see, recently, there was a lot of accidents happening and they are crashing to the toll attendant and actually when a 10 tonne lorry come crashing to the toll booth, the attendant have no chance to escape.
1. he was busy and focusly attending current highway user who are paying so he are not aware of danger incoming.
2. to up and run from the toll booth in a few second is quite hard to do. the booth are small FYI.
so PLUS come with a solution, install a crash pole good enough to barricade the toll booth from potential danger. the fastening to the concrete structure was done with Hilti HSL Anchoring System.
The contractor using Hilti TE 70 Combi Hammer to drill the hole but bith a lot of reinforcement, they switch to Hilti DD EC 1 Diamond Coring Machine.
i'm there as Nakhoda encounter stuck core bit inside the concrete. this is a common problem as we never know what are we hitting inside the concrete.
I instruct them to put water hose inside the core bit and use a spanner to turn it side way until it can move. then only the removal can be done.
Hilti - Solution Provider for Construction Industry.

Masjid Baru Klang

this location was preserved for many years before the mosque start to construct. it's been 2 years i think and now it's almost completed. quite a nice mosque and a very good location ( beside the klang river) although the color of the color of the river is not a good sight to look at "sigh".
anyhow i see maybe later klang folks will have congestion problem in Friday as even the road already widened and changed to one way traffic, lack of parking space will bottle neck the road again...

Square One Cutting Job

khamis lepas aku melawat satu jobsite di batu pahat. square one dah pun siap dah selmaat diduduki tetapi parkson telah membeli ruang parking tingkat atas. oleh itu, kerja kerja demolition perlu dijalankan untuk menepati kehendak pihak parkson. Jin Sheng construction & engineering, applicator diamond cutting hilti (M) telahpun runnign the job dalam 3 minggu, dimulai dengan slab cutting dan masa aku datang, kerja2 beam cutting baru mula dijalankan. rebar agak besar dan rapat sepertimana yang dapat dilihat dalam gambar dan ini melambatkan kerja2 cutting. tetapi dengan menggunakan Hilti DLP32/ DSTS32 wall saw ianya agak mudah kerana Hilti DLP32/ DSTS32 dilengkapi dengan Active Torque Control dimana jika ia mengesan ia sedang memotong benda keras seperti rebar, ia akan adjust speed dan forward force sendiri menjadikan saw blade tidak stuck dalam base material dan cutting dengan lebih efisyen.
dengan jumlah beam yang banyak, mereka akan stay dalam jangka masa 1 bulan setengah di jobsite ni.
satu lagi supermarket untuk warga batu pahat.

University of Nottingham

last week aku pergi ke satu jobsite di semenyih untuk buat demo pada customer bagaimana menggunakan Hilti DD200 diamond coring machine untuk core 600mm depth. purpose of job is to install a bolting to fix lab machinery for university of nottingham. agak besar kapasiti universiti ini. pasni student xyah g ke negland lagi untuk dapat same certificate.
dari picture, kengkawan dapat lihat riak wajah customer yang puas hati dengan performance DD200 ini.

Petronas Penapisan Melaka

last monday aku berada di petronas penapisan melaka, refinery point untuk minyak dan gas asli. selepas menghadiri safety briefing dan mendapatkan safety visa, clearance untuk masuk telahpun aku perolehi.
yang xbest nye, masuk dlm refinery kena tinggalkan hp & kamera and aku xdpt amik gambar untuk ditunjukkan. yang ada cuma pic ni, dgn main con, VSL engineering.
pengalaman di penapisan adalah pengalaman yang baru untuk aku lebih lebih lagi safety amat dititik beratkan di sini...

Prai TNB Chimney Demolition

15 - 18 Mei lepas aku kt Penang utk site visit one of Hilti DSC (Diamond Service Contractor) yang diawardkan kontrak dismantling tnb prai chimney. chimney ni setinggi 104 m dari aras laut n aku dahpun naik sampai atas. mak oi gayat gle dari atas tu. angin kuat, panas matahari direct n sebagainye la... tapi kt malaysia ni banyak mana je chimney ni yg boleh naik sampai atas ni ryt?

safety talk tiap pagi

chimney yang tinggi lampai aku kt atas chimney, pakai safety harness utk keselamatan...
Hilti DD200 Diamond Coring... coring on top of the world...
aku n sample saw blade testing kt site ni... direct dtg dr schaan ni utk aku test...

Hilti DLP32/DSTS32 Diamond Wall Saw. guna utk potong chimney tu to smaller pieces.

makanan angkut guna tower crane. diorg xturun seharian sampai mlm...

aku n SMK (contractor diamond cutting) team.

Tahun Kawin

tahun 2008 adalah tahun aku n 2 orang kawan baik aku kawin. dimulai dgn Zaaba n isteri dia nor akma (nama penuh xingat) pada Januari lepas, then lagi sorang, Fazimi n isteri dia Izanorhafiza pada 25 Mei lepas.

then turn aku plak jadi suami pd 21 Jun ni hehe.... xsbr jadi suami ni....