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Handling, storage and introductory quality control · Lesson 3 of 4

Handling, storage and introductory quality control: methods and worked application

A step-by-step method from delivery to shipment, with worked examples for cold metal, sheet and bundle weight, stock age and safe handling.

You will be able to: Apply a receive, identify, store, rotate, handle and record method to a delivery, working the dew point, sheet weight, bundle weight and stock age examples with units and sources.

15 min · 12 slides · 13 questions

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Receive and look first

The diagram is a teaching order, not an AFS procedure. First, count what arrived against the order paperwork.

The Aluminum Association says damage on skids, packaging or metal should be noted on the receiving papers, and a torn package with significant water treated as suspect.

TR-3 says if metal feels cold, tell your supervisor and let it warm up slowly in a cool area away from drafts.

From delivery to shipment, with a stop-and-report branchFlow chart in a teaching order: delivery arrives, count against the order, a decision on damaged or wet with a yes branch to a stop-and-report box, warm cold metal slowly, identify and tag, store raised tilted and dry, issue oldest stock first, handle without dragging, fabricate, check against the order at the AFS stage called Quality Check, then pack and ship.Delivery arrivesCount against the orderDamaged or wet?Cold? Warm it slowlyIdentify and tagStore raised, tilted, dryIssue oldest stock firstHandle: lift, don't dragFabricateCheck against the orderAFS stage: Quality CheckPack and shipnoAny step:StopSeparatewet materialPhotographTag and holdTell yoursupervisorWrite it downyes

Flow chart in a teaching order: delivery arrives, count against the order, a decision on damaged or wet with a yes branch to a stop-and-report box, warm cold metal slowly, identify and tag, store raised tilted and dry, issue oldest stock first, handle without dragging, fabricate, check against the order at the AFS stage called Quality Check, then pack and ship.

A teaching order built from this module's sources, not an AFS procedure. Quality Check is the name of a stage in AFS's order system; what is recorded there is set by the supervisor.

Sources

Videos for this lesson

What this video shows: A panel supplier shows carrying panels, lifting them to a roof and protecting them in long-term storage. These are standing seam panels, not AFS flashing.

Video: How to Safely Handle & Store Standing Seam Metal Roofing Panels by The Metal Roofing Channel, on YouTube. Chosen from the video's published description.

Glossary

Receiving check
Looking over a delivery for damage, wetness and cold metal, counting it against the paperwork and noting any problem on the receiving papers before the carrier leaves.
Dunnage
The lumber or spacers a bundle rests on and is separated by, which keep it off the ground and let air move between bundles.
Acclimatize
To let cold metal warm up slowly, packaging unopened, so it is no longer below the dew point of the air when the package is opened.
Load constant
The 51 lb starting value in the NIOSH lifting equation, which holds only under ideal conditions and is reduced for real tasks.
Lifting index
The weight lifted compared with the NIOSH recommended weight limit for the task; the goal is 1.0 or less.