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Wouldn't you also want to have a factory? Having recently run one, I would suggest you just contact one near you. We had an XP machine running the plasma cutter
by gregpilling 16y ago
Wouldn't you also want to have a factory? Having recently run one, I would suggest you just contact one near you. We had an XP machine running the plasma cutter, a Windows CE powered welding robot and a Intel powered (MS-DOS I think) CNC milling machine and a bunch of other homebrewed things. I would dream of the ability to link them all together easily and do better production planning. If you are in a higher wage country, technology is your main defense against lower wage competition. I am very confident that almost any factory around would welcome being a test subject for Factory 2.0 (and they often have mechanical engineers on staff)
- nickpinkston 16y agoWell with MTConnect - the latest factories will have the ability to be networked like this, but we're a long way from this. It's pretty hard to get the manufacturing industry to change their ways - we fight this everyday. However, I think this is what the article is talking about with these un-sexy physical industries.
- ehsanul 16y agoIs there a niche for a mechanical engineer who can also program decently in this space? I recently graduated as a mechanical engineer, and have a passion for programming, so I've been looking for ways to combine the two,. But honestly, I haven't found much outside of robotics.
- pingswept 16y agoOh, hell, yes! I'm in the same boat. I can't say the work is always interesting, but people who can cross that line are invaluable. Looks like you're in New Jersey. Try some of the solar startups-- they're open to new tech, and they need to scale up rapidly. Petra Solar? Komax in York, PA?