This steel facade at a Shenton Way building is not Corten Material, looks okay but doesnt have the same texture or even rusting look of corten. Nice try anyway!
Its not Corten Plate, its Mild Steel
This steel facade at a Shenton Way building is not Corten Material, looks okay but doesnt have the same texture or even rusting look of corten. Nice try anyway!
DIVERT PULLEY FOR RWS SENTOSA THEATRE
Another special design by one of the British Engineers (Brits are good in theatre work design) for the Resort World Sentosa in Singapore called for a special Divert Pulley design. Fabricated from the plans by Mr Chia of Scoripo Engineering, the leading fabricator for Theatre parts in Singapore.
A diverting pulley unit, which includes attached to support structure in this case onto the ceiling where there is a I beam.The pulley allows the rope ( perhaps a steel wire in this case )forward and reverse direction.
The pulley swivels on a platform that goes round 360 degrees so its really convenient. Amazingly, it only took one ball bearing to make the head unit swivel around. A special secret design by Mr Chia
This divert pulley is heavy, around 4-5 kg made of Mild Steel. Even the round pulley is made of steel. The two sides are specially measured and spaced out to allow the pulley to spin on the axis freely. All sides are buffered down so there are no sharp edges. Safety first!
A diverting pulley unit, which includes attached to support structure in this case onto the ceiling where there is a I beam.The pulley allows the rope ( perhaps a steel wire in this case )forward and reverse direction.
The pulley swivels on a platform that goes round 360 degrees so its really convenient. Amazingly, it only took one ball bearing to make the head unit swivel around. A special secret design by Mr Chia
Electric Motorized Outdoor Cover with Steel Wire Pulleys with Scorpio Engineering Part 1
This particular project was to install a motorised cover for outdoor cover at the Esplanade, it is a bit hard to explain as there are so many components to it, and it is still ongoing but basically the steps are below
Install Electric Motor
Attach Pole to Motor
Attach Pulley to Poles
Wire Rope loop around Pulleys
Wire Rope attached to rectangular Cover
Wire up all electric cables
Cover lowers up and down on existing Esplanade Outdoor Control Station
Hopefully it will be clear with the above representation, what you see is a rectangular flat cover that will be motorized so that it goes up and down on an existing structure at the Esplanade
This is the view of the control room on the right
It is an existing structure of metal pipes with canvas stretched across it. The original drawings were not available, thus Mr Chia had to measure every single point and angle by hand. Tiring Work!
The view on the left shows how bendy the structure is, as all the support pillars were curved, it made the job of attaching the pulleys and motor quite difficult as it was uneven. To make sure the cover could move up and down properly, Mr Chia had to fabricate additional brackets to attach it on the existing support structures.
The motor from Europe is a beauty, it was weighed a lot! Above, you can see that Mr Chia fabricated U shaped bracket and attached it to the existing white pipe structure. The motor was then attached to another plate which was welded on to the black color bracket. The bracket will probably be painted white once the job is completed to make sure it blends perfectly to the existing white color structure
You can see that it is basically an open shed complex. The picture above showed one of the crew climbing up to attach a bracket on the white pipe support structure. Although the pillars look straight, they are actually curved which made the attachment of pulley difficult. The Pulley had to be set in the right position or else when it is attached to the wire rope, the cover will not be even.
A crew is attaching the bracket Mr Chia fabricated onto the existing pillar structure.
Safety is important and he had so much gear like a mountain climber
This is the one of the 4 pulleys that was already installed, You can see that it is attached to a pole which joins the motor.
Another angle of the pulley, in total 2 pulleys are attached, and 2 more will be attached soon.
Chinese Flag Pole Fabrication with Scorpio Engineering
A certain Sentosa based theater has asked Scorpio to build them a few Flag Poles. Now these are not pole dancing equipment as they have uprooted from the theater floor once the performance has been finished. That means it has to have a solid heavy base to support a 3 meter plus pole that can swivel on the base.
Just enter HUMAN FLAG POLE into youtube if you are not too sure what it looks like.
This is the base of the flag pole, with a solid steel flat square plate, 4 fins for strength and support and a Square Hollow Section to receive the swivel block and pole. You can see the clamp on the left as Mr Chia was welding it together
Rectangular base of the flag pole, fits perfectly into the Square Hollow Section base
The base has ball bearings inside that allows the pole to swivel freely on the solid aluminum block that was specially fabricated down from a solid block. Good workmanship as you can see that it has no problems fitting into the SHS base plate
Final welding work being done and the base has to have full weld for strong support 
The final product was painted to make sure it has a uniform color and sent off to the customer.
Just enter HUMAN FLAG POLE into youtube if you are not too sure what it looks like.
This is the base of the flag pole, with a solid steel flat square plate, 4 fins for strength and support and a Square Hollow Section to receive the swivel block and pole. You can see the clamp on the left as Mr Chia was welding it together
Rectangular base of the flag pole, fits perfectly into the Square Hollow Section base
The base has ball bearings inside that allows the pole to swivel freely on the solid aluminum block that was specially fabricated down from a solid block. Good workmanship as you can see that it has no problems fitting into the SHS base plate Tricky part is making sure if fits together, if its a bit loose, there will be a problem as the performer's weight added to the pole's weight will be quite heavy. But testament to the skill of Mr Chia, the SHS and the rectangular base of the pole fits perfectly with no gap
Final welding work being done and the base has to have full weld for strong supportYou can see eight holes on the base plate in the earlier pictures, those are for the screws that will attach the theater flag pole down on the floor stage when its ready to be used
The final product was painted to make sure it has a uniform color and sent off to the customer.
Freedom Love Forever now available at KINOKUNIYA!
Its at the main store. Thanks to Cheng Tju!
391b Orchard Road
#13-06 Ngee Ann City Tower B, Singapore,
391b Orchard Road
#13-06 Ngee Ann City Tower B, Singapore,
Freedom Love Forever now available at these shops!
G & B COMICS BLK 1 ROCHOR CENTER # 02-500 SINGAPORE 180001
Freedom Love Forever Project
Our new project Freedom Love Forever Graphic Novel by Ken Foo is out. Our publishing division managed to secure a print and distribution contract. Please contact me Adrian 81395417 if you would like to know more information
Why buy this book?
- For yourself
- A gift for someone else
- Because it is the best graphic novel in the world
How can you buy this book?
- Comic Shops - 3 local shops have agreed to stock
- Book Stores - Still pending negotiation
Payment terms
- Cash
Joint Marketing
- Book launch release
- Promotional events
- Book Signing
- Advertising
Industry Information
- Subsidiary Rights belong to the artist, Ken Foo
- film rights
- audio books
- foreign translation rights
- periodical rights
- anthology rights
- electronic rights
Meatrack Trolley Project with Scorpio Engineering
The trolleys, called "Meatracks" are large movable racks that can hold up 120kg of heavy items. This project was constructed by Scorpio Engineering and steel was chosen to be the materials as aluminum is too weak.
Wheels had to be purchased, we bought Japanese originals. These wheels are huge, larger than my hand because they have to take the weight
Mr Chia drew out the diagram on the floor, fabricating a frame is not easy, you have to get everything exactly right or else it will not fit. We used angles, pipes, hollow sections, meshes and plates all customised cut and fitted.
Base frame, all fabricated by Mr Chia, getting ready to assemble the supportive frame. Some grinding had to be done to smooth all sides down
Use of clamps to secure the sides
More than one index finger thick, thats how strong the frame is. Plus it's all made out of steel.
Mr Chia getting ready to weld the sides together
The exterior frame is ready, time to put the mesh expanded metal in.
Base plate for the wheels, drilled holes for the screws. Painted original army green, looks really good
Load it up, ready to go
Two reducers on top so that other meatracks can be stacked on top to save space
Expanded metal, painted green as well
Wayland Smith Lorry Ladder Project
One of the trucks we have needed a way for workers to safely reach the truck bed, which is around 1.7 meters in height
Although these ladders are not uncommon, to make one was harder than envisioned. For this project, Mr Chia from Scorpio Engineering was roped in for help. You can see the ladder below already
A metal smith's tools above. Measuring tape, wood, welding tools and mask
Here you see Mr Chia who has already measured and cut out the rebars. The rebars was chosen instead of normal flat surfaced metal pieces because they had grooves in it, which allowed the work boots the workers wear to get better traction. Safety is a big concern
The ladder was welded together, although it looks simple enough, welding 2 pieces of rod to 2 pieces of angle bars. It is definitely not as easy as it seems. Getting the angles right, the 4 pieces of metal to fit perfectly takes more than proper measurement. You sometimes have to pound the metal into submission and it's correct shape. Here, Mr Chia is using a heavy sledgehammer to pound the angle sides into the steps after a welding session
He latter attached the ladder onto the truck. Here we can see he used a lot of arc welding to melt the electrodes to attach the small but heavy ladder onto the the truck frame
Here we see the end product. A metal ladder around 4-5 kg attach to the frame of the truck bed, supporting my weight while I climb up. The ladder had to be slim because there were space constraints as well as fears that a ladder too big and heavy would not be feasible, but the end product is both functional and safe to use.
Although these ladders are not uncommon, to make one was harder than envisioned. For this project, Mr Chia from Scorpio Engineering was roped in for help. You can see the ladder below already
A metal smith's tools above. Measuring tape, wood, welding tools and mask
Here you see Mr Chia who has already measured and cut out the rebars. The rebars was chosen instead of normal flat surfaced metal pieces because they had grooves in it, which allowed the work boots the workers wear to get better traction. Safety is a big concern
The ladder was welded together, although it looks simple enough, welding 2 pieces of rod to 2 pieces of angle bars. It is definitely not as easy as it seems. Getting the angles right, the 4 pieces of metal to fit perfectly takes more than proper measurement. You sometimes have to pound the metal into submission and it's correct shape. Here, Mr Chia is using a heavy sledgehammer to pound the angle sides into the steps after a welding session
He latter attached the ladder onto the truck. Here we can see he used a lot of arc welding to melt the electrodes to attach the small but heavy ladder onto the the truck frame
Here we see the end product. A metal ladder around 4-5 kg attach to the frame of the truck bed, supporting my weight while I climb up. The ladder had to be slim because there were space constraints as well as fears that a ladder too big and heavy would not be feasible, but the end product is both functional and safe to use.
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