Bombardier R142
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2012
- Location
- New York, USA
Hello all.
A few questions. Some might be 'dumb':
1. How many and what kinds of companies and/or industries still need workers to do things such as measure distances between holes (using jigs, rulers, tape measures etc.) and drill them using either an electric hand drill or a drill press?
2. Marking hole locations using writing utensils and measuring devices is a time-consuming process. How many and what kinds of companies and/or industries still need workers to do exactly this?
3. If companies that are in these situations can find methods to save time and labor by, for example, minimizing the amount of time and labor required to measure distances between holes, drill holes, and fasten fasteners, would they implement these methods? Of course the cost of implementation is a limiting factor. How exactly would it work? My guess it that the company would tell the workers something along the lines of, "alright, we brought in this new technology, so now we expect more productivity because we are making it much easier for you guys to build stuff (by, for example, making it easier to take measurements, drill holes, and fasten fasteners)."
I know that they still have to manually measure distances between holes in industries such as building construction and many types of construction that must be done outside, like train station construction/renovation. Although I also know that some components can be prefabricated and brought to the work site while others must be built or assembled on-site. For example holes can be drilled into parts of a staircase in the machine shop, but these parts then have to be assembled (with fasteners going into the drilled holes) on-site.
4. Would you say that the demand or need for the electric hand drill and drill press has decreased, increased, or remained the same over the years? If so, how much? Will it continue to decrease, increase, or remain the same? How much?
5. Anybody ever hear of the half time drill driver http://www.amazon.com/Allstar-HT011712-Half-Drill-Driver/dp/B005CVCXRA I read in the the customer reviews that it was a good idea but it was very poorly executed. If this tool were perfected, would it be successful in the commercial market?
Thank you.
A few questions. Some might be 'dumb':
1. How many and what kinds of companies and/or industries still need workers to do things such as measure distances between holes (using jigs, rulers, tape measures etc.) and drill them using either an electric hand drill or a drill press?
2. Marking hole locations using writing utensils and measuring devices is a time-consuming process. How many and what kinds of companies and/or industries still need workers to do exactly this?
3. If companies that are in these situations can find methods to save time and labor by, for example, minimizing the amount of time and labor required to measure distances between holes, drill holes, and fasten fasteners, would they implement these methods? Of course the cost of implementation is a limiting factor. How exactly would it work? My guess it that the company would tell the workers something along the lines of, "alright, we brought in this new technology, so now we expect more productivity because we are making it much easier for you guys to build stuff (by, for example, making it easier to take measurements, drill holes, and fasten fasteners)."
I know that they still have to manually measure distances between holes in industries such as building construction and many types of construction that must be done outside, like train station construction/renovation. Although I also know that some components can be prefabricated and brought to the work site while others must be built or assembled on-site. For example holes can be drilled into parts of a staircase in the machine shop, but these parts then have to be assembled (with fasteners going into the drilled holes) on-site.
4. Would you say that the demand or need for the electric hand drill and drill press has decreased, increased, or remained the same over the years? If so, how much? Will it continue to decrease, increase, or remain the same? How much?
5. Anybody ever hear of the half time drill driver http://www.amazon.com/Allstar-HT011712-Half-Drill-Driver/dp/B005CVCXRA I read in the the customer reviews that it was a good idea but it was very poorly executed. If this tool were perfected, would it be successful in the commercial market?
Thank you.
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