Continued: The "inferior fittings" seem to be the only type available from the local hardware store. An average consumer has no choice.
Sad that. CalG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <e...@dc9.tzo.com> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 17:28 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brass fittings & EMC > Unfortunately you are right. > > I visited a customer of mine early last week and they were putting > together a manifold for cooling water lines on a machine that had to > ship before Christmas. He had ordered some brass fittings - push on > hose barb to NPT male thread - I believe they were 1/2" x 1/2". He > tossed me one and said what do you think..?. I wasn't sure what he was > referring to. Then he tossed me another one. Both were the same size, > but one was noticeably heavier than the other. The lighter one had a > heavier wall through the fitting but it was quite a bit shorter and the > color of the brass was a very light color - almost like it was some type > of Alum alloy. The other piece was machined out of brass hex bar and > was full length. The first one was a Chinese made fitting that they had > first received. The second one was from a US maker. He said they began > using the US made fittings after they found out that the Chinese made > fittings would twist off when tightened. The inferior fittings came > from a national distributor who I am sure thought that they had gotten a > very good price on some brass fitting. > > I have no idea what alloy they were but obviously they were of inferior > quality. > > Dave > > On 1/1/2010 3:21 PM, Matt Shaver wrote: >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:19:54 +0200 >> Roland Jollivet<roland.jolli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> You re-coup money in the shavings. >>> >> This is the key to what's being said here. Let's say two manufacturers >> make the same fitting starting with the same size brass blank. >> >> 1. They both sell it for the same wholesale price to their clients. >> >> 2. Each has identical labor and overhead costs in each part. >> >> 3. The manufacturer who scoops out more of the interior of the part and >> converts it to chips (without increasing the machining time) will >> realize greater profit because they will recoup more of their stock >> cost from the sale of the chips. >> >> HOWEVER - The customer is being robbed because he is not getting all >> the material he is paying for! This is possible because there is no >> acceptance inspection by the receiver, because the dimensions that are >> undersized are uncontrolled by the part specification. >> >> Methods like these are the basis of the Chinese manufacturing >> economy. Here's a good explanation: >> http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1776 >> >> Thanks, >> Matt >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and >> easy >> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
