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08 November 2007

Overheard at work [More:]

"...we need a new vibrator for the bag house..."

o_O
So, is bag house the new vajayjay?
posted by pieisexactlythree 08 November | 16:54
A bag house is part of a sawmill. I do not know of any other context. It's where the sawdust is sucked to.
posted by danf 08 November | 17:34
danf, you're quite close. I'm working at a chemical manufacturing plant. In this case the 'bag house' in question is part of one of the big enclosed packaging units used for sterile packaging of powdery materials (similar to sawdust, yea) . Imagine a giant sausage casing / crimper dealie. The bag house is where the casings (i.e. 'bags') come from.

Apparently in order to get all the fine powder from the final product container into the packaging chute, they attach a big, er, 'vibrator' to it. There is no more technical description than 'vibrator' on the drawings, either.

but indeed, overhearing that snippet out of context was rather, um...

lol
posted by lonefrontranger 08 November | 17:58
any math aficionados out there? || Her voice gives me goosebumps...

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