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Its common practice for larger devices as well. E.G. construction equipment will often have an inexpensive rubber coupling between the very expensive 250 HP die
by Arrath 4y ago
Its common practice for larger devices as well. E.G. construction equipment will often have an inexpensive rubber coupling between the very expensive 250 HP diesel motor and the hydraulic pump or air compressor that provide useful working fluids to the tools.
Sometimes they can be a right bastard to replace, but its still cheaper and much quicker than replacing a blown hydraulic pump and flushing the system to ensure no filings escaped the filters.
- hasmanean 4y agoYes, this is the moral of the story behind the “one boss shay.” https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45280/45280-h/45280-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45280/45280-h/45280-h.htm A deacon designed a horse cart where all the parts were designed to last a hundred years. Most cart had a weak spot which meant the cart wore out but never broke down. This thing was built with no weak spots. So on the hundredth and one year to the day, all of a sudden everything failed at the same time and it collapsed into a cloud of dust.