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“SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO”

October 27, 2021 by Adept Engineering Leave a Comment

(IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, THEN?…)

I’ve decided to shift gears and speak to something a bit different than previous blogs. It is centered around a simple yet very important lesson I enjoy teaching and reviewing with my Robotics club students. It’s also taught to all first-year engineering students but I don’t believe enough emphasis is placed upon this straightforward principle. Especially since it’s the basis of all machines, assemblies, and parts. Whereas without the proper implementation, most machines would not assemble or work properly.

George and the Forest

May 24, 2016 by Adept Engineering Leave a Comment

Previously I’ve been discussing the engineering process and prototyping… important subjects… dry… but hey, it’s engineering. Not so dry for those of us that live it.

I’d like to thank everyone who has appreciated and contributed to follow-up, discussion and praise. However, I’m going to shift gears and share with you an anecdotal experience that I believe taught me a very important Engineering lesson.

As many of you know, I worked for a major aircraft manufacturer for many years and truly believe that my experiences there made me the engineer I am today. I have many fond memories of those experiences.

To Prototype or not to Prototype?

May 2, 2016 by Adept Engineering Leave a Comment

Previously we spoke about 3D printers, their promise or lack thereof! I will admit I have been a bit cynical of their reliability, accuracy and actual usefulness. There is absolutely no doubt that 3D printers are here to stay and promise great things for our future. Sadly, for most of us, it still remains in the future. Despite the fact that Adept designs 100’s of parts per month we don’t own a 3D printer and don’t expect to purchase one anytime soon. That’s not to say we don’t utilize rapid manufacturing a great deal. However, by not bringing a single technology in house we are not bound or tempted to fit our process into the single technology we own. Prototyping companies put out a horde of advertising displaying complex assemblies that have been 3D printed in order to entice us towards their machines and services, but beware, (we’ll talk about that a little later). I don’t want to necessarily talk about 3D printers but more about prototyping as a whole. Specifically about when to prototype and when not to prototype, a sort of Shakespearean… “to Prototype or not to Prototype”.

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