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Pacific Steel Casting CompanyEst. 1934Est. 1934
Robert MurilloPacific Steel Casting Company
Facilities ManagerMarch 8th, 2012
Facilities Management of a Facilities Management of a Steel Casting CompanySteel Casting Company
Carbon Steel vs Cast Iron
• Carbon content <2%• Steel is an alloy of iron,
carbon, nickel, chrome, vanadium, etc…
• Types: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra-High Strengths
• Carbon Content >2%• Cast Iron is basically
carbon, iron, silicon.• Types: Gray, White,
Malleable, and Ductile.
Pacific Steel CastingIn a Nut Shell
• Plant 1 opened in 1934.• Plant 2 opened in 1975.• Plant 3 opened in 1982.• Each plant equipped with state of the art environmental controls.• 3 Carbon filtration systems to remove VOC from process.• Facility has the ability to demand 9+ Mega Watts during steel
production.• Recycles over 2,000+ tons of scrap metal a month.• Recycles all process materials either internally or through outside
vendors.• Largest industries serviced are Oil Tool and Industrial Trucking.• Combined plant production capacity of 2000+ tons/month.
3 Production Facilities
Sand Molding Types:• Green Sand• Shell• Air-Set
Overview of Steel Casting Production Process
My Background• Completed trade school and
became a Certified Welder.• Graduated Butte College with
an AS Degree in Welding Technology.
• Graduated CSUChico with a BS in Manufacturing Technology with a minor in Production Operations Management.
• Worked through college as a Fabricator/Machinist.
• Hired by Pacific Steel Casting in 2004 as a CAD operator.
• Promoted to Robotics Engineer.• Promoted to Plant Engineer.• Promoted to Facilities Manager.
Professional Organizations-•American Welding Society (AWS)•Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)•American Foundry Society (AFS)•Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA)
Western Division Chairman
Awards and Achievements-•Westec College Challenge – Grand Prize•Technical Paper Published in Modern Casting Magazine ‘Minimizing Power Demand on Electric Arc Furnaces’.
Facilities Management
• Maintenance Departments• Operating Budget• Equipment Design and
Engineering• Environmental Responsibility• Capital Equipment
Installation/Project Management• CalOSHA Compliance• Safety/Technical Training• City of Berkeley• Energy Management• Facility Security
Projects• EAF Dust Collector
Projects• EAF Energy Demand Reduction
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Furnace#2
Furnace#3
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Plant 3 Furnace Contro ller
P lant 2 Furnace Contro ller
P lant 1 Furnace Contro ller
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RheostatContro ller
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Energy D irector
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Projects• LN8 Shot Blast Machine
Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing Implementation• 5S Projects• TPM – Total Productive
Maintenance
• Preventative Maintenance• Predictive Maintenance• Root Cause Analysis
Quiz
• What year did PSC first open for business?
• What is PSC’s combined production capacity (tons)?
• How much power demand does this facility require?
• What does PSC call our VOC filtering equipment?
• What are the two main industries PSC services?