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Mesmerizing... sent this to my metal working Dad and he was harsh in his criticism: - complete lack of safety gear for the workers, especially against hearing
by rabboRubble 10y ago
Mesmerizing... sent this to my metal working Dad and he was harsh in his criticism:
- complete lack of safety gear for the workers, especially against hearing loss
- open coke burning contributing to air pollution
- no quality control with obvious cold working of the metal
- no noise or pollution abatement for the neighbors
There were more criticisms, but he was extremely dubious about the claim that the final product met US production standards.
- beachstartup 10y agothis is almost certainly illegal, but they paid someone to look the other way, because it's cheaper, and faster (and hence more dangerous/problematic) to do it this way.
- kurthr 10y agoI agree with the comment as far as it goes... but it's only cheaper and faster, if you need a relatively small number of these parts. If you can standardize the forged part (before mill/lathe), then it's almost certainly cheaper, faster (per part), and more repeatable/efficient to build an automated forge to do it. That's even ignoring legality or safety.
- JorgeGT 10y ago> he was extremely dubious about the claim that the final product met US production standards. I have my doubts about backyard foundry guys having traceable calibration paperwork for their ultrasonic testing equipment (which is the only standard they mention; there are many many more).
- cylinder 10y agoPretty sure this scene is straight out of the American frontier in the industrial revolution.
- loukrazy 10y agoholy cow that open fire was smoking like hell. No wonder Beijing is a smoggy mess with production like this happening.