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With custom-built mechanical equipment it absolutely doesn't work that way. Doubtless, someone in China will build you your piece from drawings, and six weeks l
by HarryHirsch 8y ago
With custom-built mechanical equipment it absolutely doesn't work that way. Doubtless, someone in China will build you your piece from drawings, and six weeks later it arrives, and you find that it needs modifications to work as intended. Wash, repeat. The slow feedback loop is the biggest problem with outsoucing. It already doesn't work particularly well with custom synthesis.
- magduf 8y agoAlso, when you order PCBs from China, you're doing all the CAD work yourself, and they're building those parts exactly according to the engineering drawings (called "gerbers"). With glassware, the chemist isn't using AutoCAD to create detailed engineering drawings of what he wants. The glassblower is taking on much of the design role. I suppose you could just get the university to hire a mechanical engineer to do the CAD work, and send CAD drawings to China to manufacture the glassware according to spec, but that's not going to be cheap.