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For anyone in the know (or who wants to guess): What tools/technology is this trying to replace? Are there cranes or other tools in use at this kind of a high t
by netcan 12y ago
For anyone in the know (or who wants to guess): What tools/technology is this trying to replace? Are there cranes or other tools in use at this kind of a high tech shipyard that would normally be used to lift a 30kg piece of metal while welding it into place?
I assume we're not going to see strongmen in the unemployment line after being replaced by skinnyfat geeks with exosuits…
- rwallace 12y agoI think the technique this is trying to replace is, 'Cranes and forklift trucks haven't the flexibility for this task? Then the workers will just have to lift the 30kg pieces of metal into place by hand. Some of them end up wrecking their backs after a few years on the job? Oh well, sucks to be them.'
- oilg 12y agoI've been in DSME for a while now and this yard is massive and consists of probably near a thousand forklifts of all sizes and types, along with hundreds of cranes and mobile heavy lift cranes but I don't see technology like this replacing any of those things any time soon. You still need to bring material from workshops and storage areas to the projects like ships getting built which would be done with a forklift and/or truck. I could see these being used inside of workshops to stack materials and maybe replace a few jobs that forklift operators or a crane would normally take care of. So only thing you'd probably see this in is fabrication shops building pipe spools or cutting large pieces of metal.