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Using Time-Lapse Photography to Save Money on Construction Projects

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Time lapse photography and time lapse footage can help save money and increase profit on both large scale and small scale construction projects. Its a bold claim, given that timelapse photography seems remote and far removed from the construction world, but lets think about this together, and see if we can reach any conclusions.

Time-lapse photography is a lengthy and difficult process, but essentially its where a series of photographs are taken from a fixed point at prescribed intervals, and then the individual shots or frames are edited together. When this edit is played back at 25 frames per second, it has the effect of condensing the passage of time into manageable chunks, where the viewer can easily see and appreciate large scale changes in only a couple of minutes.

How can this be of benefit to you if you are the construction manager or project manager on a building site? Well, any sufficiently complex construction project will have a well-defined, and rigidly adhered to, schedule of work. This schedule of work will tell the management team everything they need to know in terms of getting materials, plant and labour to the right place at the right time.

But how closely is this plan monitored against actual events? And how reliable is the information you have received? Having time-lapse footage of the entire project can give you an invaluable resource to compare against your schedule of work. You will be able to tell, visually, whether the materials, plant and labour arrived at the correct location, in the right order and at the right time. It will obviously be too late to do anything about it by this point. However, next time you have to write your schedule of work for the next project, you will have better knowledge and will be able to make a more informed choice about when to order what you need. That timelapse footage will enable you to get the equipment, materials and labour on site just-in-time, meaning that you wont be tying up valuable resources wastefully. That means more profit on the job, or the ability to offer services more cost effectively than your competitors.

One other way in which such services can not only save you money, but are very useful, is in the area of ultra high definition site monitoring. The best time-lapse companies offering time-lapse services also allow you to view your project through on-line viewers from desktops, smartphones and tablets. This means that you, your surveyors, architects, etc can view very clear images (much better than any webcam) to discuss and share etc. You can also offer this service to your clients and stake-holders etc. These images, taken with the correct HD equipment (Again NOT just webcams) can allow you to zoom into particular areas of your site/project to scrutinise particular detail. This makes any monitoring and discussions about the site very convenient, even for those who cannot get to the actual location of the project.

Plus.If all this wasnt enough any marketing people can use either the individual still frames, or even the live feed to websites in order to communicate to broader publics.

Durasolid Carrier Bearing Puller A Boon For Differential Installers

admin  Automotive  , , ,

DURASOLID differential carrier bearing puller is a specialty tool that every automotive differential installer must have. The original as well as other branded differential bearings are quite expensive and often in short supply. Saving the same for reuse becomes quite important to save some money in these bad times.

Differential installers often face situations where after having set up the gears and replacing bearings they find that the shims under carrier bearings need to be changed to adjust the backlash. The conventional tools would end up in damaging the bearings or the seal surface and to save the same you have no choice but to live with the problem.

Now the installers dont need to compromise or be afraid of damaging the carrier bearing if they own a Durasolid carrier bearing puller kit as the clamshell design wont let the bearings damage while pulling them out and also save your expensive differential locker or carrier from damaging.

There were times when these differential carrier bearing pullers used to be very expensive and thus unaffordable and the automotive differential installers had no choice but to use the conventional tools or at the most commercial bearing pullers to pull the bearings from differential carriers, air lockers or pinions and end up spending too much of their expensive time and also damaging the carrier bearings or the seal surface in case of air lockers. Differential Installers who could not afford to buy the Clam shell design bearing pullers used to get it on rent as high as $100.

DURASOLID upon realizing this fact launched their clamshell design bearing puller in the range of $200.

DURASOLID carrier bearing puller further comes in two versions :

DBP DFF001 works on most standard size carrier bearing bearings / pinion bearings on differentials up to & including Dana 70, Dana 70 HD and Ford 10.25.

DBP DFF002 is to save money for those who do not work on Dana 70 HD, DANA 80 and FORD 10.25

The parts of the bearing puller that undergo heavy loads or wear and tear are made from alloy steel and heat treated to give a very long life. Majority of the parts are powder coated for good aesthetics and corrosion resistance. A sleek stand takes care of proper storage of all parts of this bearing puller.

Most of the light duty differential carriers do not have access or relief cut under the seating face of the bearing cone or the relief cut is too small and conventional bearing pullers mostly end up damaging the bearing and sometimes even the differential carrier / Air Locker ground face or the seal housing. The improved clamshell design of this bearing puller easily pulls out the carrier bearings from most of the light duty differential carriers and does not let the differential bearings damage.

While you enjoy this special tool at special price, DURASOLID is committed to bring to you an affordable range of differential service / installation equipments in days to come and make your work easy.