The industrial exhibits at the China-ASEAN Expo were the most interesting, and the most plentiful it seemed. I took so many photos, which really disappointed the vendors. Having an American come to their booth was apparently quite a thrill. They all read my name tag to see what industry I worked in. Unfortunately I wasn't looking to buy any industrial machinery, and their faces fell rather obviously. They gave me tons of literature on their products (which I threw away at the next garbage can that the vendor couldn't see) and several took photos of me looking at their exhibit. I guess a photo of a Westerner examining a product makes for good marketing material in Southeast Asia. I wonder how many catalogs and ads I will end up in!

It takes a really long time to put captions under each photo so this is the caption list for the industrial machine photo album. My brother can probably tell you a lot more about these machines. Machines are just cool, especially the big ones.

1- a rebar joining machine

2- large generator with encasing panels removed

3- small generators

4- large generators in their encasements

5- transformers?

6- a huge insulated connector for high voltage power

7- transmission

8- a toothpick machine

9- some sort of automated machine

10- wood carving machine up close

11- wood carving machine

12- log stripping machine, it strips logs into continuous flat sheets of desired width

13- laser cutter making cloth bears

14- not sure what this one is, some sort of bending mechanism?

15- back-hoe type construction accessories

16- drum printing press

17- some huge pump component

18- a huge pump impeller assembly, conveniently open for us to view

19- the log stripping machine making wood sheets, about 2-3mm thick

20- metal press

21- gas powered landscape maintenance equipment

22- automated rotary cutting machine

23- rotary cutting machine close up, cutting Chinese characters into a medallion like object

24- rotary machine cutting stone close up

25- rotary machine cutting stone

26- rotary cutting machine simultaneously making two relief carvings

27- wood relief carving close up

28- wood cutting machine that is like a big automated router cutting patterns into wood

29- pattern cutting close up

30- chipped ice machine

31- bubble pill packing machine

32- recesses (bubbles) and pills

33- applying the foil backing to the bubble packs

34- bubble pack cutter and used foil spool

35- some sort of food extruder

36- interior of the extruder

37- oil bag filling machine

38- oil bottle filling machine conveyor view

39- oil bottles on the conveyor

40- oil bottle lid applicator

41- condom packaging machine

42- condom packing machine

43- condom packing machine

44- cellophane wrapping machine

45- cellophane wrapped boxes

46- plastic bag food packaging machine

47- not sure what this does but it was beautiful

48- this machine makes a continuous tube of plastic and collects it on a reel

49- the entire plastic tube machine

50- mega size deep fryer

51- mega size mixer

52- label applicator

53- pill bottle label applicator

54- food packaging machine (mmm, cookies)

55- some sort of grinder with an interesting grinding bit

56- potato chip bag packager/sorter

57- the sorting part of the packager

58- packaged goods

59- vegetable bubble washer?!!

60- the most beautiful machine, this one draws thread from dozens of independent spools and weaves a continuous tube of stretchy fabric, which is collected on a reel underneath

61- threads feeding into the machine

62- threads going down into the weaver

63- active spools

64- more active spools

65- multiple tool machine, shown with five different tool attachments

66- plastic sheet in the laser cutter

67- plastic sheet being laser cut close up

68- laser engraver decorating a gourd shaped piece of wood

69- carving machine working on plastic, example product at left

70- plastic bag machine making grocery bags, very loud

71- bone crusher/grinder