kcm.MN
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Texasmark1
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Well, it's just numbers. The requirement comes into the engineering department for XYZ object to do this or that with these basic requirements. The
"lead" sits down with his crew and kicks around their ideas. They come up with a design and the team goes to work....no biggie, just numbers..... Get
out the K&E Deci-Lon (slide rule) (er ah computer) and get after a design. When finished tweaking, run it by management and nods get a trip to the
manufacturing dept. They look at it and you say, "Here...build it".
I've seen a couple of very large engines off and on. One was for a Super sized Container Ship. Amazing....... but what I find more than the actual
amazing things that are built are the tools and equipment used to build them. Somebody has to design and build such. Considering some requirements,
that takes some sort of genius.....but, it's just numbers.....get out the K&E......................
"lead" sits down with his crew and kicks around their ideas. They come up with a design and the team goes to work....no biggie, just numbers..... Get
out the K&E Deci-Lon (slide rule) (er ah computer) and get after a design. When finished tweaking, run it by management and nods get a trip to the
manufacturing dept. They look at it and you say, "Here...build it".
I've seen a couple of very large engines off and on. One was for a Super sized Container Ship. Amazing....... but what I find more than the actual
amazing things that are built are the tools and equipment used to build them. Somebody has to design and build such. Considering some requirements,
that takes some sort of genius.....but, it's just numbers.....get out the K&E......................
Steve@Advance
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I just can't imagine taking on something like that, or even being a part of it.
One mistake would be career ending, followed by judgments and lawsuits that would take away everything!
One mistake would be career ending, followed by judgments and lawsuits that would take away everything!
We didn't build diesels, but what we did was complex. We had thick manuals of standards, which documented lessons learned over many years. In the drafting department, we had standards "checkers", with long experience, that made sure things were in adherence. The draftsman signed the drawing and so did his supervising engineer. The drawings were also signed by the metallurgy expert, and the gear (power transmission) expert. There were very accelerated schedules and the "prototype" had to be sold. Sometimes that involved some last minute "desperation engineering" to make it work, but that added a page or two to the Standards Manual.
We rested on the shoulders of giants from the distant past. Now called "institutional memory", which is lost when companies close or move overseas.
We rested on the shoulders of giants from the distant past. Now called "institutional memory", which is lost when companies close or move overseas.
Farmall Charlie
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What would you use a engine that is that big for?
flying belgian
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Yeah, them two chains should hold it.
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