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conoco Interoffice Communication To R. E. Lehmkuhl From c. R. Miller Date December 28, 1978 Subject ABERDEEN WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT WEEK No. 51 WEEK OF 12/20/78 THRU 12/26/78 SAFETY: There were no injuries recored for the reporting period. There have been no recorded injuries since November 7, 1978. PRODUCTION SUMMARY: (MM Lbs.) Actual Production 1978 Weekly Average Monthly Cumulative Thru 12/26/78 1978 YearTo-Date 1978 Previous Month Resin Off-Grade Plasticizer Dry Blend Compound Off-Grade 5.42 1.4% .13 1.42 .62 0% 5.11 2.5% .22 1.15 .78 3.3% 20.90 2.1% 1.00 5.57 2.86 .4% 260.56 2.5% 11.04 58.75 39.74 3.3% 26.75 2.9% .81 7.14 3.25 4.4% VINYL UNIT: Rate at 775 M Lbs. per day at 98.6% customer grade. Made 139 batches of 5425, 5305, 5465, and 5385. The major items limiting productivity for the week included: 1. Downtime on No. 1 dryer to replace the centrifuge gearbox and thrust bearings. (19.0 hours) 2. Downtime on No. 5 dryer to trouble shoot and repair temperature control problems. (10.0 hours) 3. Downtime to clean 5425 and 5465 dryers to maintain contamination specifications. (9.5hours) 4. Dryer centrifuge limitations on 5385 resin due to a particle size shift on 12/26. Adjustments are being made to correct the problem. 5. Dryer rate limitations beginning 12/25/78 due to low transfer air supply pressure. #DTH 000050929 R. E, Lehmkuhl Aberdeen Weekly Progress Report December 28, 1978 Page 2 Repair of one of the plant's air compressors and a reduction in non-essential air uaers ham minimized the prohimm. The plant aim compressor triUefe failed on 12/10/7t is to be returned and installed hg 1/5/79. .. . .. . .-- I r - .1, I ! I .. __ . . , .... -_ , M Pounds Resin Produced Compound/Dry Blend Usage Bagged Sifter Overflow Resin Shipments Resin Inventory: Packaged Bulk Loaded Cars (35) TOTAL 5,425 2,107 231 55 2,021 2,601 2,651 5,315 10,565 COMPOUND UNIT: Line I operated five days averaging 62 M pounds per day. Line III averaged 113 M pounds per day operating five days during the week. Production on Line III included a railcar of 36861 Nat. for Western Electric. Compound Inventory M Pounds Packaged Bulk Loaded Cars "BC" "H" Mill Scrap 5464 267 900 779 211 60 Dry Blend averaged 198 M pounds per day. Rates were affected by low pressure and increased heat-up times due to cold weather conditions. Dry Blend Inventory M Pounds Packaged Bulk Loaded Cars 354 415 875 Plasticizer operated two days averaging 64 M pounds per day. C. R. Miller tap C: GGD, CLS, MR, DARLENE HOWELL - HOUSTON ELK, CRM, JEB, RGG, JEM, RAF, RRM, JCC, GDB, JES - ABERDEEN DTH 000050930