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  1. tgeorge

    Simulation question

    Thanks Sboyce!
  2. tgeorge

    Simulation question

    I have a question about Mathlab's capabilities as well. Myself, I am looking to do some discrete event simulation, statistical modelling, global optimization, curve fitting, and other data analysis features and have it all be portable to Excel, or ideally, with "zoomability, rotatability, and...
  3. tgeorge

    Question about your (life) partner

    Newly married a school teacher. Cant imagine it any other way. I had no idea that teachers and nurses were the two options provided for engineers.
  4. tgeorge

    Tricks for sample sizing given very low failure rate

    Got a weird question. In trying to minimize cost, we are trying to pre certify a counting machine. Customer requirements are that machine must count all of the data with 99.8% accuracy over its entire life. Fairly strict! Since we are talking only successes and failures this nets...
  5. tgeorge

    University Greenbelt Certificates

    Well I guess 5 days elapsed time would be long enough so as to not avoid looking like a prat by responding early. :) *Grinds Axe* I say this as I am engineer with about 3 years under me. Still kinda wet behind the ears compared to some of you old salts. I just got a greenbelt certificate...
  6. tgeorge

    You Know You're Old/Young If ...

    The fact that you guys are having problems remembering things suggests placement in a specific camp. :)
  7. tgeorge

    University Greenbelt Certificates

    I have noticed a new thing recently, universities are now offering courses on Stat Process Control and various 6 Sigma Tools even as a part of undergrad degrees and professional coursework. Even to the extent of calling them "Greenbelt Certificates in 6 Sigma" and what not. I understand that...
  8. tgeorge

    Looking for Calibration Intervals

    Out of curiosity, is your work environment damaging to your metrology equipment so that you have to perform maintenance in excess of the recommended intervals?
  9. tgeorge

    What operations ACTUALLY REQUIRE work instructions?!

    I like that idea myself. Mind if I steal it as well?
  10. tgeorge

    What operations ACTUALLY REQUIRE work instructions?!

    My old employer had an a series of processes that had too manny to count configurations for the same product. Customer X wanted 30 of Widget Y using configuration A. Customer Y wanted 30 of Widget Y using configuration B. Customer Z wanted 80 of Widget X using configuration A and 20 of Widget...
  11. tgeorge

    Am I getting stuck with a career I don't want?

    Hmm. Well to be honest, dont count yourself out this early in the ballgame. There seems to be a lot of things you need to know after college, that are very industry specific, that arent/cant be taught in college. First thing, everyone seems to want to steal trained engineers from someone...
  12. tgeorge

    bottleneck - different line capacity

    Not a big fan of lowering production speed downstream, myself. It only serves to maks problems that are occurring upstream. I would just keep them where they are currently, and use their idle time to really gage if the improvements you are making in the lengthiest cycle time are actually...
  13. tgeorge

    Books I've recently acquired...

    Real wimpy book by you guys' standards. Green Belt 6 Sigma Black Belt 6 Sigma Lean 6 Sigma
  14. tgeorge

    Most important topics for undergraduate Manufacturing Systems course?

    Upon graduating about 3 years ago, the stuff I have used as a part of two businesses, one large and one small, are as follows, but not limited to: Small: Built a rough QC system using SPC tricks Wrote troubleshooting manuals for people operating machinery Wrote how to guides for same Systems...
  15. tgeorge

    Solidworks 2007

    I agree with CorBlimeyLimey, that is powerful news.
  16. tgeorge

    Will Discipline Help?

    Slightly offtopic, this is about time studies. You know, I must be in a nice spot. I came in to a company expect to have to things like PSE, I.E. observe covertly. But I have seen to have stumbled into a trick, dont know if it works all the time so YMMV. Talk to the operators, something...
  17. tgeorge

    reading a micrometer?

    Sanbas, For the second case in your query, it comes, from what I can gather, is that in most US machine shops people get used to working on the 1/1000th inch scale. Most drawings that I have seen usually have dimensions that are like .01" +/-.005". or something like that. Its just easier to...
  18. tgeorge

    Crystal Question

    Thanks guys.
  19. tgeorge

    Crystal Question

    Do crystals, when feeling a CONSTANT (non varying)pressure/force emit a current? I have a suspicion that as the crystal is pressed inwards current will be emitted but will die off. If so, this is the case, where can I read about this variable pressure/voltage relationship of crystals? Very...
  20. tgeorge

    Surfacing IGES point clouds

    If you do this often, you might want to consider buying software. There are a variety of reverse engineering software packages that are tailor made to handle large size point clouds data from laser scans and construct various surfaces from them. Pricewise on the low end, you have Rainbows's...

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