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A little bit tangential, but if the reader is interested in steelmaking, ironmaking, and blacksmithing, then I would like to draw their attention to my business
by fdm-hn-hiring 6y ago
A little bit tangential, but if the reader is interested in steelmaking, ironmaking, and blacksmithing, then I would like to draw their attention to my business - which is hiring [1]!
There is incredible complexity involved in performing these processes on an industrial scale in the modern day. This means that many important control decisions are made using approximate heuristics. And this leads to huge inefficiencies.
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- csours 6y agoThis seems like the kind of problem where the upside is small per each batch, but the potential downside is large per batch.
- bluGill 6y agoBut the down sides should be worked out in their prototype stage, once they sell this to manufactures the process should be worked leaving only upside. If they can make even a small improvement it will be adopted just because the first that does will see the improvement in their bottom line.
- nickik 6y agoWhat is your opinion on what Boston Metal is doing? Seem like a totally new way of refining iron and producing steel that should also be more efficient.