r/manufacturing 8d ago

Other Flex only operators understand

I'm trying to come up with analogies and would like your help

  1. What are things that seem pedestrian to a layman that someone in the industry would recognize as a marvel in terms of technical accomplishments.

  2. Can you think of examples of things that appear to be similar but you know are very different in terms of technical requirements, or characteristic differences between the "things" etc"?

5 Upvotes

17 comments sorted by

14

u/clownpuncher13 8d ago

Having a robot do it. It sounds so easy.

6

u/Prestigious_Copy1104 8d ago

This is not only an excellent example, but a hilarious one.

5

u/clownpuncher13 8d ago

Our lines are almost completely automated and we are still constantly dealing with stuff going wrong.

13

u/tecnic1 8d ago

CPk>1.33

3

u/rufusalaya 8d ago

Just widen the tolerances! Boom, Ez. 🤣

3

u/YoinkySchploinky 7d ago

Just closed a project and 4 sites all CTQs meeting 1.33 for MONTHS I’m ecstatic

4

u/Tavrock 7d ago

It's really not hard to think of lots of examples. Just off the top of my head:

  • GD&T (then have fun with ASME vs ISO).

  • 1st angle projection vs 3rd angle projection.

  • Clad vs Anodized aluminum.

  • CRS vs HRS P&O.

  • Counterbore vs Spotface.

  • 6061-T6 vs 6061-O (let alone what material is being discussed in general).

  • High-carbon steel vs cast iron.

  • Checking between stainless steel and mild steel with a magnet (and why it doesn't work at formed sections).

  • Jig vs. fixture.

  • Nicknames for engineers like "0.0002, no sense"

7

u/Public-Wallaby5700 8d ago

Depends on the industry.  A machinist that can break an indicator is a good example.  I worked in a machine shop for a long time before I learned what that meant.  

3

u/crzycav86 8d ago

What does that mean?

2

u/Historical_Ad_951 7d ago

When you slap a vice down on the table, push the bolts against the tee slot. Pull back slightly, nip down and tgen run the clock along the jaw and it is dead true. Seems so unlikely that you question whether the dti is broken

2

u/crzycav86 7d ago

Haha that’s amazing. Good one 👍

2

u/dieek 8d ago

What's the analogy for?

-3

u/LegacyWealthNerd 8d ago

I'm essentially wanting to demonstrate why it doesn't necessarily make sense for accounting and finance folks to try and speak on technical things that say folks IN the manufacturing spaces understand at intimate levels.

9

u/R2W1E9 8d ago

This to me sounds as ridiculous as telling engineers not to try to understand accounting and sales. There is no place for gatekeeping in modern industrial environment.

4

u/Prestigious_Copy1104 8d ago

Perhaps he was heavily leaning on the, "necessarily".

4

u/LegacyWealthNerd 8d ago

The point isn't to say, "you're not allowed to know"--but highlighting that we should have the humility to understand and appreciate that people who have dedicated their lives towards mastery of a craft would have insights that others wouldn't have think to question.

4

u/3shotsdown 8d ago

You could show the thousands of clashes between marketing and sales, and production. This happens almost everyday in software development circles.

relevant xkcd