Posted on 03/28/2020 11:01:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Edited on 03/29/2020 6:54:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country
(Excerpt) Read more at kxly.com ...
Interesting.
I thought that tooling up high volume plastic parts took months.
its largely metal look at the images
Can’t see the images, but assembly kick off time is governed by the slowest part to get to the plant.
Not necessarily, if you have the gear for rapid prototyping including 3D metal printing, you can crank out a few molds fairly fast as well as simpler metal parts. Anything up to and including a 1911.
Now, if you want to go into really high volume high speed production, yes, you will have to get dies, molds, etc., purpose made the old fashioned way or at least use CNC machining.
Should also be pointed out that he is probably reusing a lot of pre-existing parts from his vacuum cleaners and blower systems.
What is the current volume break point on protoype vs. real parts?
Hopefully it is much higher than when I retired >10 yr ago.
Great news.
Who doesn’t love a Connie?
Ping
Oh that’s gonna trigger the liberals.
Good work.
Doesn’t shock me...anyone that owns a Dyson vacuum cleaner will tell you that it’s the best vacuum on the face of the Earth. This guy is a genius.
Yup. It ain’t like making a pizza. Design, engineering, stamping and extrusion dies, production assembly, and distribution channels.
LOL! Where can I buy that poster?
It greatly depends on a number of factors - material, required production rate, what exact CNC/3D printer/other rapid prototyping gear you have, and the design of the product.
There are current mainstream production cars (not exotics, one offs, limited production or prototype cars) today that use parts made by various forms of 3D printing, so in some cases, prototyping *is* production, in the hundreds of thousands of units per year range. It’s still far cheaper to make simple shapes like a plastic promotional keyfob or a slab panel of plastic through injection molding and such, but for complex multipart shapes, it is slowly becoming cheaper to just make one big 3D printed part. Metal parts are lagging a bit in additive manufacture because the 3D printing of metal is still a relatively expensive process and often requires significant hand finishing - but CNC machining from billet has gotten far cheaper over time and has led to cheaper die and mold costs as well as cheaper metal parts.
One of the most beautiful planes ever designed, the Lockheed Constellation.
Had a short service life as jets were just coming into their own.
Rockwell was a treasure!
I love his famous Thanksgiving painting.
Yours is a Classic! Keep them coming!
Based on my friends in the US Medical device manufacturing industry a “band new” medical device design required months of FDA testing/approval before it can be sold. The story is about sales to the UK, so that may be the difference.
Still, I think that there is some apples to oranges comparisons going on. Not saying that the regulatory agencies shouldn’t be shaken up, but still something seems off.
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