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Behind the Scenes of System76: Industrial Design

Since moving into a factory space in 2018, System76 has delved deeper and deeper into manufacturing hardware in-house. Three years later, we’ve introduced five Thelio desktops, fine-tuned the hardware, developed our fully configurable Launch keyboard, and optimized our production processes. Helming the design process is Mechanical Engineer John Grano, who wears a number of different hats here. We sat down with John this week to discuss industrial design and the team behind our beautiful open source hardware.

How would you describe industrial design for people unfamiliar with the term?

To me, industrial design is basically the art of making something into a usable product. In industrial design, you have to balance looks and function, and that drives your form. It’s kind of like hardware UX in that it’s really important to have the right feel. If you can make the system connect better with people, they’ll like it more. Adding that softness we do with Thelio, like slightly rounded edges and darker wood, it makes it a little more approachable to have a semi-natural looking system and not something that’s blinking at you with red lights all the time.

System76 itself is a group of hardcore programmers and people that are really into Linux, but I think the idea of trying to democratize Linux is extremely important. If you can create something that doesn’t have that robotic aesthetic, it will provide people with something that feels more familiar and usable. No one really wants to go sit in a car that looks like a square with wheels on it. They want something that makes them feel something, maybe openness or comfort, when they’re in it.

What inspired you to get into mechanical engineering, and how did you end up at System76?

The way my brain works lends itself well to engineering, for better or for worse. There’s a lot of really solid engineers who don’t have much creativity, and then there are a lot of people who have great creative ability, but can’t do math. I kind of fluctuate in the middle; I wouldn’t say I’m the best at math or the most creative person in the entire world, but I have enough of each that the combination pushed me towards mechanical engineering. I like working with my hands, and it’s more of a study of how things work in the real world versus computer science, which is a purely digital and nontangible practice.

During school I worked mainly as a bike mechanic, and that helped me to think about how to build things better. That led me to my first internship at a bike company working in a wind tunnel, which was really fun. Realizing that I could probably never get a job there—or at least one that would pay me enough to live—I started working at an environmental engineering company, where I prototyped scientific sampling systems for R&D that would process materials with all these gasses at really high heat and tried not to die. It was kind of fun making these large-scale systems that were basically just gigantic science experiments, but I didn’t really have the creative outlet I wanted in terms of making something that looks good.

One of the main things that drew me to System76 was being able to have a solid influence on what tools we were able to use and how we were going to push the design. In the past three years, it’s pretty wild to see what we’ve been able to accomplish coming from a completely empty warehouse to being able to crank out parts.

I had also previously, while working at these scientific instrument companies, been working with a local company to design and develop a cargo bicycle, so I had that experience as well in terms of consumer product development with overseas manufacturing. I think that helped get me in the door here.

Let’s talk a bit about your team. Who do you collaborate with on a typical day?

It’s a very small team and everyone does a lot. I pretty much lead the mechanical engineering team slash design team...slash manufacturing team. Being a small company, we are all wearing a bunch of different hats. Aside from doing the initial design work on all of our Thelio desktops and the Launch keyboard, I also program our laser-punch machine and our brake press and run through all of the design for manufacturing hang ups that show up. Those changes tend to be a result of our current tools, and internal capabilities.

Crystal came on last August as our first CNC Machinist. She heads up all of the machining, trains our operators, makes sure our parts are coming out in a nice clean fashion, and has done a lot of work on minimizing machine time and maximizing the parts we can get out. She also provides really great feedback on what's possible and what kind of special fixtures or tools we'll need to make for a specific part. Around the same time we picked up our first Haas 3-axis CNC mill to start working on the Launch project. That led to some other opportunities to make parts for Thelio and improve the feel of some of the parts that we were pumping out.

We just hired Cary, who came from a similar background as me in consumer product development, as well as low-scale scientific machine development. He’s going to help build manufacturing tools for us, and he’s only been here now for two or three weeks. Going forward, Cary will be heading up the Thelio line long-term, and I’ll be moving to some interesting R&D work.

And Zooey?

Zooey doesn’t really do much. She just kind of sits there and waits for people to feed her their lunch. I take her out for walks during the day so she can get away from everyone petting her. She doesn’t like when they do that.

What was the R&D process like for Launch?

Launch is a less complicated product in that we don’t have to deal with things like cooling. Even dropping a PCB into aluminum housing deals with multiple processes, like using the laser and CNC machine. This was a start to looking at those processes to see how much time it takes to produce parts, the costs going into making them, and monitoring the cutting quality. You have to be familiar with the machines and know what you’re looking for when you see a tool going dull.

We first let the software experts do their thing and optimize a layout they wanted for their programming life. Then I was given that template, built a couple of sheet metal chassis that we wired up to test that layout, and made a bunch of little changes to that to get that right secret sauce for our keyboard-centric workflow in Pop!_OS. Once we got a sheet metal product that we were sure was going to be usable, we decided officially that we were going to pursue making a keyboard. That came with a whole new set of manufacturing requirements that we would have to look into.

We spent a ton of time working on pocket profile. When you look at a Launch, you’ll see that it’s not a perfect rectangle. That’s because when you’re using a mill, you have a round tool, so you can go through and get close to a pretty small radius on the corner, but you can never make it exact. If we wanted to get a very small, tight pocket, we’d have to use a very small cutter that takes an extremely long period of time.

We’re taking raw billet, which are these huge 12-foot-long sticks of aluminum that we cut down to get our final product. We went with a rounded rectangle so that we could use our cutter and decrease the overall time to machine that part. There was a lot of work in that and making sure the pockets were all 13.95mm versus 13.9mm versus 14.1mm.

We also did a lot of R&D on how we go about putting the angle bar on. Magnetic assembly seemed to be a good idea. We went from trying to glue magnets in to doing what's called press fitting. The bars come right out of powder coating while they’re nice and warm, when the aluminum is slightly larger than when it cools down. Those magnets aren’t actually adhered to anything in the bars; they’re squeezed in nice and tight from the aluminum cooling and contracting around them. That’s called a press fit, and doing that makes the process faster and less expensive.

It’s similar with the bottoms of Launch; we have steel plates that we press fit into that part as opposed to gluing or screwing, but that we do before powder coating; steel rusts, and we don’t want someone opening up their keyboard in a year and finding a little bit of rust floating underneath their super high-end PCB. So we do that, sand it down, use our media blaster to clean off the surface from the tool paths you see from the mill, and then we powder coat it through and through.

Word on the Denver streets is that Thelio Major is getting a redesign soon. What does that entail?

We’re bringing Thelio Major a lot more in line with Thelio Mega in terms of a different PCI mount for graphics cards, because we know that’s been a pain point for a lot of our users. We want to provide a little bit more robust installation for these graphics cards, which continue to increase in size and weight. The NVIDIA 3000-series cards are almost a pound heavier in some instances, and that’s a lot of weight to be shipping across the country.

We also want to continue to make Thelio Major cooler and quieter when it’s running with these new GPUs. Our new brake press allows us to make radius bends on parts, so we’re starting to run through R&D of a laser-welded external. It’s a wholesale departure from us using custom brackets and 3M VHB tape. That will provide a nicer finished product to our end user, and it’ll allow us to make our product faster with less material and less steps.

What qualities do you look for when adding someone to the team?

Creativity is extremely important. As a small manufacturing company, our priorities can shift on a day or in an afternoon where we don’t have the full line of product anymore. There are all sorts of examples in the past few years of times where you have to react pretty quickly. The motherboard’s been EOL’d, or we have to change our sheet metal design, build a new part, things like that. Making sure that someone can adapt to those changes on a moment’s notice is one of the key parts of the job.

We also want people who get excited about a new challenge and have the desire to keep improving something. I look for people who like to make things and go back in and refine it and not hold it up on this pillar. It’s good to not look at something like it’s perfect.

You have a lot of love for your Audi. What do you love about it over other options?

I like German cars. We have a family of them. They’re high-performance and not too expensive if you do all the work on it yourself. There’s a huge after-market community that tunes and changes these cars, which is pretty fun. Plus I prefer the metric system. Having a standard system drives me nuts, because what the [REDACTED] are fractions?

My real love, though, is bikes. I love tuning and riding bikes, and I love that more than I like to work on cars. It comes out of tinkering. I work with carbon fiber, I’ve done a lot of repairs on bikes over the years—there’s a certain sense of freedom you get from riding a bike that you can’t get from anything else. Not motorcycles, not cars.

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markjsaterfiel66 · 7 years ago

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Perspectives on Pride

Note: As this is an ongoing cultural discussion and progress happens quickly and constantly, some terminology may fall in and out of favor. Please note that my choice in terminology such as LGBTQ+, Queer and Trans* come with only the best intentions and I apologize for any offense caused on present or future reading of this article. Thanks!

Photo Courtesy of 303Magazine.com

This past weekend was an excellent weekend to be in Denver! Not only had Denver Comic Con flooded the streets with characters from a wide selection of pop culture properties, but Denver Pride was in full swing, celebrating love and spreading good vibes. I was celebrating from the costume floor at Comic Con with a handful of other past and present ‘funions, and I have to say that I can’t imagine a better intermingling of events. I’ve written before about how much overlap there is between LGBTQ+ culture and geek culture at large, and nowhere is that more clear than Denver Comic Con during Pride weekend.

Hail and Well Met! A Taako Taaco Makeup Test the night before the con.

I cosplayed what I thought may be a slightly obscure character: an elven wizard named Taako from the fantasy adventure podcast The Adventure Zone — a character who happens to also be gay. On Saturday alone, I met no fewer than eight other Taakos of every possible description! People of every age, gender and sexual orientation, who had all spent hours making props and costume pieces to celebrate their favorite sassy wizard. It was… pretty cool.

I think it would be hard to argue that comic books and fantasy/sci-fi don’t have a huge influence on maker culture, or on the field of engineering. The worlds of fantasy and sci-fi, and the fandom surrounding them, leave an impression on people that shapes their work – even when that work has nothing to do with space marines or spellcasting, there’s a little bit of “geek” in it.

In that vein, it’s not unreasonable to think that as LGBT/queer folks, we also bring our culture to our work as well. To get a little more perspective on the intersection of queer identity and engineering/making, and how — if at all — Pride Month should be observed by companies like SparkFun, I asked a few friends (and long-time SparkFun customers) what they thought. Here’s what they had to say:

Why don’t you introduce yourselves?

C.S.: Hello fellow Sparkies! My name is C.S. - I grew up in Colorado, lived in Silicon Valley for a couple years, and currently live near Washington, D.C. I spend just about every waking second making something, be it for work, a crazy contraption for my parrots, or some new machine.

Gaston: I’m a retired electrical engineer and programmer. I worked for IBM for over 32 years. My career started out building robots and electrical test equipment as part of printed circuit board production, to writing software for the IBM PC Company, and finished as part of IBM’s Developer Support Team.

What kind of engineering or fabrication are you involved in? Is it professional, or a hobby, or a little of both?

C.S.: Professionally, I’m an electrical and software engineer. I designed and programmed industrial control systems for a number of years (I basically lived on the set of How It’s Made), but I now write drivers for embedded computing platforms.

At home, I’m in love with electromechanical machines. In the last couple years, I’ve built three separate CO2 laser cutters, a couple 3D printers, a CNC router and a bunch of other bits and bobs. I’m one of those crazy guys who makes machines for the sole purpose of making more machines.

Gaston: I enjoyed building electrical projects throughout my entire career, both at work and as a hobby. Believe it or not, I’ve made projects based on Raspberry Pi and Arduino within IBM as proof-of-concept devices for IBM’s Internet of Things and Cloud activities. Now that I’m retired, I hope to devote more of my time to my own hobby projects.

Have you noticed that people in your field treat you differently because you’re gay? Has that changed at all over the years?

C.S.: They used to. I used to deal with small things like folks giving me the evil eye and silent treatment, to more serious things like threats and actual physical harm.

I’m happy to say, however, that’s not really the case anymore. I’ve found that the vast majority of people don’t care about my sexuality, or are at least polite enough not to vocalize their distaste.

Comically enough, the biggest response I get nowadays are folks who maybe try a little too hard to be accepting. I’ll say something like, “My boyfriend and I went to the San Mateo Maker Faire last year….” and they’ll respond with something like, “I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE GAY!!!! I have a gay sibling/best friend/neighbor/chia pet!!!!!” and then proceed to tell me all about them. I can’t speak ill about anyone who tries like that - while I think it is somewhat funny given how frequently it happens, they are making a conscious effort to try to make me feel welcome. Can’t really complain about that.

Gaston: Yes, things have changed a lot for the better. It’s actually much better now. When I first started my career, I and everyone else who was gay that I knew at IBM was closeted. I didn’t know anyone else who was out at IBM. That’s just the way it was when I joined IBM in the early 80’s. Gradually, people began to come out, first in private to other gay employees, then to their managers, then to their co-workers. Honestly, the negative reactions were largely out-weighed by the positive reactions.

Coming out was a very positive experience for me at IBM. People learned that we were more alike than different. It actually helped strengthen the morale in our work groups. When you’re closeted, you are basically hiding an important part of yourself. People who are straight assume someone is not gay by default, and if one doesn’t do anything to correct that assumption, they can make a lot of careless mistakes and thoughtless remarks. Or perhaps they just wonder why one person never talks about their personal life. It’s unfair to both you and them.

When I first came out, a lot of people apologized for things they said, which honestly they never would have said or thought if they knew I was gay. A lot of people just didn’t know anyone who was gay until I came out at work, so their perceptions back in the early days of my career were pretty far off the mark. Plus, when someone is silent, that tends to be taken as an indication that they agree. So not speaking up caused many others to stay in the closet. Coming out helped others come out, and it helped change people’s perceptions and break down prejudices.

We hear all the time (and I’m sure you’ve heard) that bringing awareness to LGBT/queer issues and identities is “politicizing.” People may say that sexual orientation has nothing to do with engineering, so why bring it up? What are your feelings on that idea?

C.S.: There is bound to be at least one person reading this (who perhaps didn’t read this article and jumped straight to the comment section) who will say or think something along the lines of, “We shouldn’t bring sexuality or gender into engineering at all! What people do in bed has nothing to do with coding, wiring up LEDs, or [insert some geeky thing here].”

From the viewpoint of engineering being about numbers and equations and algorithms, there is a little bit of truth to that. Engineering at its surface is about taking things we’ve learned through scientific and mathematical rigor and applying them to solve a problem. If you were to look only through that lens, then yeah, there should be no mention of LGBTQQIA folk on any tech blog, site or article.

But, engineering isn’t just about formulas and math. It’s about people who come together over a common problem to solve it and improve the world in some goofy way or another. From that standpoint, it is extremely important for there to be awareness of LGBTQQIA folk in the workplace and in Maker communities. In order for folks to think clearly and be able to work with others, they need to feel a certain level of human respect and acceptance. Engineering isn’t done in a vacuum, it’s done as a community, and if people feel like they are not welcome, they won’t participate.

As an avid comment reader (for better or worse), the next common statement is something along the lines of, “If [they] really want to be treated equally, [they] shouldn’t be asking for special treatment.” In a perfect world, this type of commenter is 100% right. The most perfect state of equality is zero “special treatment” at all. The cruel reality is that the world isn’t perfect.

The reason it is important to recognize LGBTQQIA folk in STEM is the same reason it is important to recognize women and racial/ethnic minorities in STEM; we don’t want the best and brightest among us to fall the wayside because they didn’t think they’d be happy in a STEM career or that they didn’t think they belonged there. Engineering especially is viewed as an extremely conservative profession made up of stuffy, white, old guys who are so straight they make an arrow look bent - if a community or company is to thrive, they need to invite all walks. Again, if people feel like they are not welcome, they won’t contribute.

Gaston: I’ve heard that “you’re politicizing things” argument my whole career. It’s a standard put-down response to try and shut up someone who is coming out. My response has been that no one ever complains when a straight person talks about their personal life, including their spouse or children. But when a LGBTQ person shares their life, some people will immediately say that’s being political, immoral or demeaning.

Frankly, I’ve had to tell people bluntly I don’t care. If they think it’s political, then it’s their problem. Years ago, I remember people who would say it’s immoral or improper for IBM to recognize partners of LGBTQ along with other employee spouses at award events. IBM’s response was that they would recognize whomever the employee asked them to recognize. When I married my husband nine years ago, I sent wedding photos to everyone in my department. Someone asked me if it was a political act, and I just said no, I was just sharing a happy time in my life with everyone, like when that person had sent out baby pictures of his newborn daughter. I think he understood.

Another co-worker told me she hoped someday to see wedding photos like this for her son, who was gay as well. It is important to realize that there are more people validated by these actions than just other LGBTQ people themselves. There are many others who are allies and who know someone that is LGBTQ. I met people in IBM who were parents of LGBTQ children, and they were some of our strongest supporters when we were just coming out. They were always glad to see LGBTQ employees coming out. It gave them hope for their own kids.

There’s a lot of culture and shared experience among queer communities. Do you think that being gay impacts your work or your experience as an engineer and/or maker?

C.S.: This is a pretty massive question and the answer is going to be widely different for most people. For me, being openly gay allows me to open up a giant can of “I don’t give a f***” in my daily life. I get creative freedom with no apologies or shame.

While much of the world sees gay culture to mean “drag shows, glitter and gallons of lip gloss,” what gay culture boils down to is the idea that you are who you want to be. You don’t need to feel pressured to act a certain way or keep to some random societal rule. As a community, we were pushed aside so hard for so long that we decided to make our own rules: As long as you are kind to others, be yourself. If that means dressing in drag and showering crowds with glitter at a show, then go for it! That’s not to say that all gay men have a glitter addiction and dress in drag (trust me, we don’t), but we aren’t going to tell someone they shouldn’t because it doesn’t fit our bill.

This sentiment bleeds into engineering, believe it or not. There is a certain quality good engineers have where they are willing to think and test designs outside the box even though that box has been around four trillion years, has 20-foot-tall, steel-reinforced concrete walls and lead shielding. A good engineer knows enough to stick to some norms and completely obliterate the others. Progress does not come any other way.

Gaston: Absolutely. I think our personal experiences bring a lot to our work and shape who we are. That’s true for straight people as well as LGBTQ. I think my experiences have made me more creative and more willing to try new things. At the very least it’s helped me realize there’s more than one way of looking at things.

As we try to expand interest and opportunities in the field of engineering, do you think it’s important to focus on sexual and gender minorities in the same way we might focus on, say, women and racial minorities? Have you been involved in any of these efforts, and could you describe your involvement?

C.S.: Like I talked about before, I do think it is important to place a certain amount of focus on LGBTQQIA individuals in STEM, just like we do with women and racial/ethnic minorities.

I did try to organize outreach for the LGBT communities within my college of engineering many years ago, but I’m afraid I don’t know how far my efforts got. I know that a program was started a couple years after I got my degree, but not much else. I’ll have to follow up soon and see if the program is still up and running.

Gaston: I think it’s extremely important to focus on LGBTQ as well as other groups. Frankly, silence is often taken to imply disapproval, and in many places out-right, expressed disapproval from anti-gay groups can be quite high. The hardest part is not to internalize this hate and project it onto other situations, real or imagined. That’s why reaching out to diverse groups of people brings back great returns. It gives a positive message, and counteracts any preconceived notions.

When we first formed IBM’s LGBTQ diversity group, we made shirts (IBM approved) with the IBM logo and text that read, “IBM Gay and Lesbian Employee Alliance.” We were the first diversity group in IBM. This was before they were even called Diversity groups. I had several people stop me at work and ask if it was a joke. When I said no, the next response was, “Well I think it’s a great idea.” Our group was partly what we would now call a safe-space. But it was more than that. It was a place to network, to meet, even to socialize. It worked so well at IBM that IBM quickly expanded it to other groups.

Another important point, of which I’m quite proud, is that IBM expanded its anti-discrimination policy (IBM calls it their Respect for the Individual policy) to include LGBTQ employees, and they stuck by us. We had the complete support of our management and that was important. That was one reason I stayed with IBM so long. I had other offers from other companies over the years, but none had supported their LGBTQ employees like IBM.

IBM also started to market to LGBTQ audiences very early on, and the response was extremely positive. IBM not only got a lot of good will, but also a lot of business. I strongly believe that diversity marketing is a large net-positive for any company. We sponsored speakers at IBM social events, and we marched in the NC Pride parade carrying an IBM banner. That actually made the local news when we first did it back in the mid-90’s. All of our events were open to everyone in IBM and their guests. That’s an important point – open to everyone. One of the last things I was involved in was reverse mentoring; we made ourselves available to help managers that had questions or issues they wanted to discuss. It was actually quite effective, and probably helped defuse some situations before they occurred.

IBM’s Rainbow Diversity Logo

In a time when it seems to be both trendy and controversial to discuss LGBTQ rights, it sometimes seems that between the publicity and the backlash, the only people who benefit from corporate diversity initiatives are the companies themselves, and not necessarily the communities that they’re ostensibly “including.” I struggled to find a way for SparkFun to acknowledge Pride Month (after all, we have several queer/LGBTQ employees) without appearing disingenuous or exploitative. What do you think companies could do better in that respect?

C.S.: Yeah, I think this is a tricky subject myself. While I am sure there are a few companies that jump on the pro-LGBTQQIA bandwagon for financial reasons, I don’t think that is the case with most. I think that they recognized that a large chunk of the population was being subjected to a daily hell and decided to do what they could to try to help. While it may seem like ancient history, it wasn’t that long ago that LGBTQQIA folk were killed, beaten, disowned and shamed for simply being who they are. And while those hells are starting to diminish, it is still an issue in a lot of the world, and in the US.

As far as how to go about supporting the LGBTQQIA community, this is also tricky. There is no magical, perfect way to please everyone. For me, at least, just the public acknowledgment of our existence means a whole hell of a lot. When the It Gets Better Project took off a few years ago, I was absolutely BLOWN away that companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple and many, many others took part so publicly. I teared up a bit when I watched them. Why? Because even though I had come to accept myself in the years prior, there is something viscerally redeeming about being told you are a human being and you are valued without question.

Gaston: I’m really glad it’s trendy now. But there still are enough struggles and obstacles out there that reaching out to LGBTQ people is really important. Unfortunately, given today’s political state, it’s probably going to be just as important to reach out to women and other minority groups as well. One just can’t take anything for granted. Someone out there there is a LGBTQ SparkFun customer that’s going to be inspired to hear your story, Nick. It’s important and no more political than Nate telling customers he started out of his dorm room.

Maybe it’s because I remember the bad old days, but I’m really a tough guy to exploit. I don’t mind someone sticking a pride flag next to their logo. In fact I like it. I’ll buy two of that brand if I can. I remember Matt Shepard. I remember Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I remember people worried that they would get fired for having a pride sticker on their car. I remember the Aids Quilt in Washington, D.C. That’s actually when and where the first IBM LGBTQ meeting happened. Honestly, we’ve come too far to go back, and I’m not going to be intimidated anymore.

So hang in there, Nick. Tell your story, and be proud. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re being disingenuous or exploitative. Be yourself. For every hater you see in the comments on your blog post, there’s 10 who loved it, and probably 100 who didn’t really think anything of it more than, “Oh, gee, okay, that’s cool.”

Personal statements are very relevant. At one time, if you Googled (or used Yahoo at that time) “Gay IBM” you’d come across a web page with my IBM coming-out story and links to about 10 others. That was our employee LGBTQ diversity page, and we made it public so that anyone who wished to join IBM knew that it was a great place for LGBTQ people to work. The key thing was that it was like other pages IBM did at that time – it was part of IBM.com, with the same official IBM look and feel. So my advice for companies is to leverage their line of business knowledge to put their own personal touches on Pride. That connects most effectively with their LGBTQ customers and to their allies.

So please keep making pink breadboards, rainbow LED packs, a rainbow cloud-connected cloud and other Pride-related SparkFun products and projects (yeah I know, many groups can claim pink, but it’s interesting how many haters complained about SparkFun’s pink breadboard in the comments). Maybe ask your LGBTQ employees if they can share any Pride-themed projects, or heck, just slap a rainbow on it and call it a Pride version. You wouldn’t believe the response I got for a Rainbow Raspberry Pi enclosure I brought into work. Small things can make a big impact. It’s easy to be cynical now that Pride displays are more common in business, but please don’t let other’s cynicism get you down. Someone will see it and be happy.

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ne-dosta-je · 8 years ago

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Why Is metal fabrication So Famous?

If you need pot signs or danglers, they have them Structural (click the following web page http://precise-plans.com/2017/tips-to-know-before-hiring-a-company-for-structural-fabrication-of-steel-companies/) as well. For outdoors marketing they can offer you with home window decals, steel aesthetic signs, or banner tracks. An included advantage for the outside advertising and marketing technique is that they can provide graffiti proof signage! Do you require ceiling light dealers? What concerning second opportunity illustration boxes or register toppers? The alternatives are countless and also they have everything you require in stock or can do custom creating. If you are a real estate agent or in the insurance policy company, this is specifically just what you need. Learning more about about the heritage of metal discovering is something that could be of rate of interest to anybody. It was during the last component of the 1800s that researchers came to be interested with the detection of steels. Using their understanding concerning the concept of electro-mechanical procedures, people began to discover the suggestion of detecting gold in addition to other sort of steels. However this development has not really been totally successful. An example that may show this would certainly be the moment when Alexander Graham Bell aimed to utilize a tool to identify steels so that he could try to find a bullet discovered inside the American President, James Garfield. Log in or Create Account to publish a remark. Publisher: Daniel Stainless steel construction refers to the structure of metal frameworks by the process of cutting or bending. Stainless steel is among the favored metals utilized for this procedure due to it being resistant to stains, rust and corrosion. Publisher: Massoud Farazandeh The capability to personalized fabricate equipment in Los Angeles will certainly make it easier for business hoods business to supply more solutions to restaurant proprietors and also supervisors. The Los Angeles hood sales business remains to expand, and the raised job brings the need for the exact same specialty services it offers in Denver. The proprietors of Astro Engineering and Manufacturing dream to share their thankfulness right now for the chance to deal with many amazing people, making numerous great steel creations. As the year of 2011 ends, we intend to expand a big THANK YOU to every one of our clients, suppliers, and employees that encompassed us the self-confidence, the business, and their time. With this, our group produced an excellent amount of stainless steel food processing tools, various augers, as well as a big selection of other metal fabrications. Raise the setups dialog and pick the Advanced Settings section on the left. Under the Start and End areas you get in the axis values for A1 with A6. This obviously begs the concerns "how do I know what worths to utilize?". You can read these directly from the robotic necklace (smartPAD). That is, you jog the robotic into the start placement and also check out the worths from the pendant. Excellent client service is necessary. You need to know that you have an excellent relationship with the business, and they need to answer your inquiries promptly and also give you with any kind of support you need. You could frequently get a smart idea about customer care by talking with the people at the business prior to you decide. There are several metal makers to choose from, as well as these are a few of the major considerations you need to make when choosing one. So keep these issues in mind, as well as make the right choice when you employ a metal construction company. Mason Jones works in the manufacturing market as well as delights in composing posts where he can share his experience. His write-ups show up on a series of business blogs online. Right here are a few of the essential things to think about. This could be better fit to a huge business if you have a very huge task. You may want to pick a smaller steel manufacture company if a really small work. Production ability is essential, so you will have to exercise how soon they can get you just what you need. This will certainly assist you narrow down your search before you consider the better information. Metal construction is the structure of metal items and metal frameworks that are utilized in everyday applications. As a result of this, experienced metal fabricators like us are required to produce these products for an extensive variety of industries as well as customers. Some of the products that we could fabricate consist of, securing for equipment, carts, storage space racks as well as a lot a lot more. See our website for additional details on steel fabrication and the solutions we provide.

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Established in 1987, Prototek manufacturing is a top distributor of fast turn precision sheetmetal as well as machine products for the prototype market. In order to help conserve our customers money and time on their completed part requirements, Prototek Manufacturing has a team of 7 designers that aid in r & d, along with theoretical as well as element style. Our designers work carefully with customers to specify their requirements as well as layout assemblies as well as their parts for economical production. Usually metal fabricators quote on tasks by sending illustrations, as well as if they are granted the contract, they build the job. Many metal producers as well as factory share numerous of the very same capabilities, with fab shops focusing primarily on the developing and welding of steel. Once an agreement has been awarded, steel fabricators start the drawing board. This entails ordering the appropriate products and having a production engineer program CNC devices for the job. Dovetail: A joinery method noted for its resistance to being pulled apart. http://northsidesteelwork.ie/staircases This is an interlocking joint where a tilted male part matches an in a similar way shaped women pocket. Blind Joint: Refers to joinery with breeding surface areas not protruding with the visible faces of the pieces being joined. Half-Blind Joint: A joint where one part protrudes via the other item. This leads to completion of one piece noticeable on one surface area of the other piece. We make use of specialized and most recent innovation to bring china sheet metal manufacture with optimum advantages. We always try to satisfy as well as exceed your requirements and also assumptions. Steel Fabrication is the process that is associated with putting the sheet steel into the called for form with the help of the tool or the die surface. This manufacturing process could be made with the help of all the metal press and also the marking machines. China Metal Fabrication Company is a sheet steel fabricator/manufacturer happily offering production consumers in China Most the business use the metal marking to form the slim as well as flat sheet metal right into the desired shape. Most of the companies will aid with the metal stamping materials which can bring even more revenue to the business. This write-up will assist to learn about the various kinds of metal marking.

I like lemon juice of the two food store choices. A tortoise's front legs are wide and also level. I broke the legs up right into 3 areas - a front and also back below the knee, and a cylinder above the knee. After the created parts were bonded together I began messing around by placing them to discover a dynamic posture. I chose to include the ranges later on as well as proceeded making body parts. Prototek included Amada LC-C1 laser/punch combo manufacturing cell to their sheet steel prototype organisation! With the collapsing economy, Prototek certainly picked up numerous new consumers from various other sheet steel manufacturing shops. It got to the point where their Pulsar laser and Vipros Queen turret were running 90% of the day, each day! This being a terrific side result of an inadequate economic climate, the new trouble was merely not having the ability to take care of the work. After investigating a brand-new sheetmetal manufacturing cell, Prototek located the Amada LC-C1. It is the very first of its kind to be seen in the US, and also was the best device Prototek was seeking. Bruce Isabelle, CEO of Prototek. Prototek is the largest quick model supplier in the country that produces fast accuracy machining and stereolithography.

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Now Is The Time For You To Know The Truth About metal fabrication.

If you need pot signage or danglers, they have them Structural (click the following web page http://precise-plans.com/2017/tips-to-know-before-hiring-a-company-for-structural-fabrication-of-steel-companies/) too. For outside advertising and marketing they could supply you with home window stickers, metal curb indicators, or banner tracks. An added advantage for the outside marketing technique is that they can supply graffiti evidence signage! Do you need ceiling light distributors? Exactly what concerning second opportunity drawing boxes or register mattress toppers? The choices are unlimited and also they have everything you need in supply or can do personalized developing. If you are a real estate professional or in the insurance company, this is exactly what you need. Getting to understand regarding the heritage of metal finding is something that could be of passion to any person. It was during the last component of the 1800s that researchers ended up being interested with the detection of metals. Utilizing their understanding regarding the principle of electro-mechanical procedures, individuals began to discover the suggestion of spotting gold along with various other kinds of metals. But this technology has not truly been totally effective. An instance that may illustrate this would be the moment when Alexander Graham Bell aimed to make use of a gadget to find metals to make sure that he could seek a bullet found inside the American President, James Garfield. Visit or Create Account to upload a comment. Publisher: Daniel Stainless steel manufacture refers to the structure of metal frameworks by the procedure of cutting or flexing. Stainless steel is one of the recommended steels made use of for this procedure as a result of it being resistant to stains, deterioration and also corrosion. Publisher: Massoud Farazandeh The capacity to custom-made make devices in Los Angeles will certainly make it simpler for commercial hoods companies to provide even more services to dining establishment proprietors and also managers. The Los Angeles hood sales service continuouslies expand, and also the enhanced job brings the need for the exact same specialty services it supplies in Denver. The owners of Astro Engineering and Manufacturing wish to reveal their gratefulness at this time for the opportunity to collaborate with many amazing individuals, making so lots of amazing metal productions. As the year of 2011 comes to a close, we desire to expand a substantial THANK YOU to all our consumers, vendors, as well as employees that reached us the self-confidence, business, and also their time. With this, our group made a fantastic quantity of stainless-steel food processing tools, many augers, as well as a large selection of other steel constructions. Bring up the setups dialog and select the Advanced Settings section left wing. Under the Start as well as End areas you get in the axis values for A1 with A6. This of program pleads the inquiries “exactly how do I know just what worths to use?”. You could read these straight from the robotic pendant (smartPAD). That is, you run the robot right into the beginning position and also check out the values from the necklace. Great client service is necessary. You wish to know that you have an excellent partnership with the company, and also they should address your questions rapidly as well as provide you with any kind of assistance you require. You could commonly obtain an excellent idea about customer care by speaking with the people at the business before you decide. There are various metal makers to choose from, and also these are some of the primary considerations you have to make when picking one. So keep these concerns in mind, and also make the ideal choice when you employ a steel fabrication firm. Mason Jones operates in the manufacturing sector and delights in writing write-ups where he can share his experience. His short articles show up on a range of service blogs online. click for info Below are a few of the key things to think about. This might be much better fit to a huge business if you have an extremely huge job. If a very tiny job, you might want to choose a smaller sized metal manufacture business. Production capability is crucial, so you will certainly have to function out exactly how soon they can get you what you need. This will assist you narrow down your search before you look at the finer details. Steel fabrication is the structure of metal items and steel frameworks that are made use of in day-to-day applications. Due to this, experienced metal producers like us are required to create these items for a comprehensive variety of industries as well as clients. A few of the products that we could fabricate consist of, protecting for machinery, trolleys, storage space racks and also far more. Visit our website for further details on steel construction as well as the services we provide.

Diameter: 20 Feet (6 Meters)

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Market difficulties

Stress Die Setup

Wrist axis singularity

Base B: 0

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Founded in 1987, Prototek production is a prominent distributor of quick turn accuracy sheetmetal and device items for the model market. In order to help save our consumers money and time on their completed part requirements, Prototek Manufacturing has a group of seven designers that aid in research and growth, as well as conceptual as well as component style. Our designers work closely with customers to specify their requirements as well as style settings up as well as their components for affordable manufacturing. Frequently metal producers proposal on work by sending drawings, and also if they are granted the agreement, they build the task. Most metal producers and device stores share several of the very same abilities, with fab shops concentrating mainly on the creating and also welding of steel. Once a contract has been granted, metal producers begin the preparation phases. This entails getting the proper products as well as having a manufacturing designer program CNC machines for the task. Dovetail: A joinery strategy kept in mind for its resistance to being drew apart. This is an interlocking joint where a tilted male part suits a similarly formed female pocket. Blind Joint: Refers to joinery with mating surface areas not extending through the visible faces of the items being signed up with. Half-Blind Joint: A joint where one component protrudes with the other item. This leads to completion of one piece noticeable on one surface of the other piece. We use specialized and also most recent innovation to bring china sheet metal fabrication with maximum benefits. We always aim to please along with surpass your expectations as well as demands. Metal Fabrication is the procedure that is associated with positioning the sheet metal into the called for shape with the aid of the tool or the die surface area. This production procedure can be made with the help of all the metal press and also the stamping machines. China Metal Fabrication Company is a sheet steel fabricator/manufacturer happily offering manufacturing clients in China Most the companies use the steel stamping to form the level and also thin sheet metal right into the wanted shape. The majority of the firms will help with the metal stamping materials which could bring more revenue to the company. This article will certainly help to recognize regarding the different kinds of steel stamping.

I like lemon juice of both supermarket options. A tortoise’s front legs are level and broad. I broke the boosts into three areas - a front as well as back below the knee, and a cylinder above the knee. After the formed components were welded together I started messing around by placing them to locate a dynamic posture. I made a decision to include the ranges later on and also continued making body parts. Prototek added Amada LC-C1 laser/punch combination production cell to their sheet metal model service! With the crashing economic climate, Prototek certainly grabbed several brand-new customers from various other sheet steel manufacturing shops. It got to the point where their Pulsar laser and also Vipros Queen turret were running 90% of the day, everyday! This being an excellent negative effects of an inadequate economic situation, the brand-new trouble was merely not having the ability to manage the work. After researching a new sheetmetal production cell, Prototek found the Amada LC-C1. It is the first of its kind to be seen in the United States, as well as was the best device Prototek was looking for. Bruce Isabelle, CEO of Prototek. Prototek is the largest fast prototype producer in the nation that produces rapid precision machining and also stereolithography.

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Now Is The Time For You To Know The Truth About metal fabrication.

If you need pot signage or danglers, they have them Structural (click the following web page http://precise-plans.com/2017/tips-to-know-before-hiring-a-company-for-structural-fabrication-of-steel-companies/) too. For outside advertising and marketing they could supply you with home window stickers, metal curb indicators, or banner tracks. An added advantage for the outside marketing technique is that they can supply graffiti evidence signage! Do you need ceiling light distributors? Exactly what concerning second opportunity drawing boxes or register mattress toppers? The choices are unlimited and also they have everything you need in supply or can do personalized developing. If you are a real estate professional or in the insurance company, this is exactly what you need. Getting to understand regarding the heritage of metal finding is something that could be of passion to any person. It was during the last component of the 1800s that researchers ended up being interested with the detection of metals. Utilizing their understanding regarding the principle of electro-mechanical procedures, individuals began to discover the suggestion of spotting gold along with various other kinds of metals. But this technology has not truly been totally effective. An instance that may illustrate this would be the moment when Alexander Graham Bell aimed to make use of a gadget to find metals to make sure that he could seek a bullet found inside the American President, James Garfield. Visit or Create Account to upload a comment. Publisher: Daniel Stainless steel manufacture refers to the structure of metal frameworks by the procedure of cutting or flexing. Stainless steel is one of the recommended steels made use of for this procedure as a result of it being resistant to stains, deterioration and also corrosion. Publisher: Massoud Farazandeh The capacity to custom-made make devices in Los Angeles will certainly make it simpler for commercial hoods companies to provide even more services to dining establishment proprietors and also managers. The Los Angeles hood sales service continuouslies expand, and also the enhanced job brings the need for the exact same specialty services it supplies in Denver. The owners of Astro Engineering and Manufacturing wish to reveal their gratefulness at this time for the opportunity to collaborate with many amazing individuals, making so lots of amazing metal productions. As the year of 2011 comes to a close, we desire to expand a substantial THANK YOU to all our consumers, vendors, as well as employees that reached us the self-confidence, business, and also their time. With this, our group made a fantastic quantity of stainless-steel food processing tools, many augers, as well as a large selection of other steel constructions. Bring up the setups dialog and select the Advanced Settings section left wing. Under the Start as well as End areas you get in the axis values for A1 with A6. This of program pleads the inquiries "exactly how do I know just what worths to use?". You could read these straight from the robotic pendant (smartPAD). That is, you run the robot right into the beginning position and also check out the values from the necklace. Great client service is necessary. You wish to know that you have an excellent partnership with the company, and also they should address your questions rapidly as well as provide you with any kind of assistance you require. You could commonly obtain an excellent idea about customer care by speaking with the people at the business before you decide. There are various metal makers to choose from, and also these are some of the primary considerations you have to make when picking one. So keep these concerns in mind, and also make the ideal choice when you employ a steel fabrication firm. Mason Jones operates in the manufacturing sector and delights in writing write-ups where he can share his experience. His short articles show up on a range of service blogs online. click for info Below are a few of the key things to think about. This might be much better fit to a huge business if you have an extremely huge job. If a very tiny job, you might want to choose a smaller sized metal manufacture business. Production capability is crucial, so you will certainly have to function out exactly how soon they can get you what you need. This will assist you narrow down your search before you look at the finer details. Steel fabrication is the structure of metal items and steel frameworks that are made use of in day-to-day applications. Due to this, experienced metal producers like us are required to create these items for a comprehensive variety of industries as well as clients. A few of the products that we could fabricate consist of, protecting for machinery, trolleys, storage space racks and also far more. Visit our website for further details on steel construction as well as the services we provide.

Diameter: 20 Feet (6 Meters)

Clamp Die Setup

► October (8 )

Market difficulties

Stress Die Setup

Wrist axis singularity

Base B: 0

Equipment Installation & Assembly

I like lemon juice of both supermarket options. A tortoise's front legs are level and broad. I broke the boosts into three areas - a front as well as back below the knee, and a cylinder above the knee. After the formed components were welded together I started messing around by placing them to locate a dynamic posture. I made a decision to include the ranges later on and also continued making body parts. Prototek added Amada LC-C1 laser/punch combination production cell to their sheet metal model service! With the crashing economic climate, Prototek certainly grabbed several brand-new customers from various other sheet steel manufacturing shops. It got to the point where their Pulsar laser and also Vipros Queen turret were running 90% of the day, everyday! This being an excellent negative effects of an inadequate economic situation, the brand-new trouble was merely not having the ability to manage the work. After researching a new sheetmetal production cell, Prototek found the Amada LC-C1. It is the first of its kind to be seen in the United States, as well as was the best device Prototek was looking for. Bruce Isabelle, CEO of Prototek. Prototek is the largest fast prototype producer in the nation that produces rapid precision machining and also stereolithography.

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