CAD CAM
Computer aided design
Computer aided manufacturing
In 1989 a client considered buying a CAD/CAM setup for their one piece of automation. $90,000 for the hardware and software. "You know small scale CAD is much further along than CAM! No we need them both!
Do you know you can AutoCad on a PC this week for under $4,000? They had it the next today and were creating drawings before the end of that week. Within 3 months it became a natural and valuable part of the engineering and production department.
It is 2007 and they still do not have CAM, glad they did CAD
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Louis Poncetran Disease
UN BUNDLE
Our factory in Belgium was looking at alternative technologies for our most significant quality issue. Louis, typical of the Flemish, was an exceptional manufacturing engineer and requested $10,000 for a test laser. Great Idea
Six weeks later I am in Belgium and asked Louis " Where is the laser? - Not here yet!
Six Weeks later I am in Belgium again and asked Louis "Where is the Laser" - We sent it to Switzerland first." Louis answered. 'We need to see if it could be automated to the production line." Oh no
We complicated a very direct test with a second mission at the same time. It prevented our basic understanding of the possibilities for almost four months and triple the expense. Louis original idea did work
Identify and Solve one problem at a time
Our factory in Belgium was looking at alternative technologies for our most significant quality issue. Louis, typical of the Flemish, was an exceptional manufacturing engineer and requested $10,000 for a test laser. Great Idea
Six weeks later I am in Belgium and asked Louis " Where is the laser? - Not here yet!
Six Weeks later I am in Belgium again and asked Louis "Where is the Laser" - We sent it to Switzerland first." Louis answered. 'We need to see if it could be automated to the production line." Oh no
We complicated a very direct test with a second mission at the same time. It prevented our basic understanding of the possibilities for almost four months and triple the expense. Louis original idea did work
Identify and Solve one problem at a time
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