Past few days

Hello everyone!

We haven't had wifi for the past couple of days, so now we are playing catchup with posts! We visited Schaeffer Rolls and MWN rolls on Tuesday which was incredible. It was really cool to see the machinery up close and personal. Wednesday we visited SKF and BASF. SKF specializes in lubrication systems. I never realized how intricate it can be until we heard the presentations. SKF will be sending us some information by mail later which will include the lubrication system in the pulp and paper industry and an explanation on their different bearings. I can't wait to read up and learn about this process. Later that day and today we toured BASF. Just to give you an idea of how big this place is, the number of employees they have at this facility is equivalent to the population of Bangor. They have three power facilities just to power the plant and we had to take a bus tour to see the entire plant. It was huge!

I've learned so much over the last few days. I didn't have a lot of knowledge regarding the mechanical aspect of the paper industry, so I'm glad we have had a wide variety of tours. We will continue to keep you updated throughout the trip!

Thanks for the continued support-
Katrina