Randolph Community College Welding Students Fabricate Hay Feeders for N.C. Zoo Elephants

Randolph Community College’s Welding Technology program housed at the College’s Archdale Center and the N.C. Zoo may seem miles apart—24.2 miles to be exact. But the RCC Welding students and the Zoo closed that gap recently with a collaborative project that resulted in a better feeding situation for the Zoo’s elephants.
           
RCC Welding instructor Allan Bechel said Zoo officials initially approached RCC Welding Department Head David Holcomb about RCC students taking on the project, and the Zoo provided the supplies. The problem: when zoo elephants consumed hay from the ground, a good bit of sand got swept up with the food. The solution: a feeder that would keep hay off the ground.

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