>>2. sell hardware -- How come? Point of EMC2 is that one can buy hardware by them self generic parts and components.<<
The customers I deal with are typically not looking for parts and pieces. They are busy making things and are looking for a solution. They want a machine updated via a conversion or a new custom machine that runs reliably. They also usually want operator training after the machine is started up. They usually don't care what drives are used or what PCs are used. They want a completed machine, training on the machine, and support when something goes wrong in the future. I don't understand your comment:>> all AC Servomotors, Amplifiers for AC servomotors, boards Only 2 companies for that - Servodynamics and Mesa electronics.<< While Mesa sells boards for Linuxcnc, so does Pico Systems and others. There are hundreds of companies that sell servo drives and motors. If the customer wants to have a system that looks just like a Fanuc or Siemens system, then chances are that they really want a Fanuc or Siemens system. If they can't afford a Fanuc or Siemens system, then LinuxCNC can be a good alternative in many applications. I had a video up of a 4 head gantry style water jet cutter that I did a couple of years ago, but I think it has been deleted. I used a 19" flat screen industrial monitor in a steel enclosure and surrounded it with typical oil tight industrial pushbuttons for start cycle, stop cycle, and a range of other things. The waterjet is fed automatically via a conveyor. They run that waterjet a lot and it has been extremely reliable. I did a controls retrofit job on a automatic bandsaw at the same plant last week. The bandsaw automatically cuts up large buns of foam into sheets for processing on the waterjet. We used a Micro PLC and touch screen for that job as there was no requirement for any G code style programmable motion. Dave On 8/12/2012 1:46 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: > About (4) to how make money. > 1. sell support ---is OK > 2. sell hardware -- How come? Point of EMC2 is that one can buy > hardware by them self generic parts and components. > I did that -- all AC Servomotors, Amplifiers for AC servomotors, boards > Only 2 companies for that - Servodynamics and Mesa electronics. > 3. (Red Hat)-? why ? UBUNTU is there > 4. Tractor Supply -- try and see . you will put money in will you get > money back? > > Important. > About commercial CNC machine with EMC2, need to make video and put on > YouTube to potential customer can see it. > Do you have video on YouTube to show your success of putting EMC2 on > commercial CNC machine? How controller look - monitor, key board and > mouse? > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > Interesting. > “Most of us who make money with EMC2 do it integrating it into > machines. > > None of my machines require anyone know a command line, EMC starts > automatically. See the documentation if you want to do this too... > It's not that hard.” > > How many commercial CNC machines and machine shops in whole country use > EMC2? > Any idea? > > Just read documentation and problem solved. ? > For the “Final User”? > > > > > > > On 2012-08-11 22:27, Jack Coats wrote: > >> In a similar situation, a friend had a company for several years that >> 'sold' Asterisk (a Linux based PBX phone system). >> >> The users understood how to use and do some user configuration of the >> software, but my friends company >> made money by selling consulting services and the hardware (phones >> and >> server and other misc equipment). >> Some customers didn't understand why it cost so much since the >> software is 'free'. >> >> Basically the only way to make money with open source I have found is >> to >> >> 1) sell support (any number of contract and support companies from >> IBM >> & Dell to the thousands of 1& 2 person shops world wide) >> 2) sell hardware (Digium) >> 3) sell value added product (Red Hat) >> 4) use it as a tool (as end-user) to make/sell other stuff (locally >> Tractor Supply is a RedHat shop that sells farm and garden supplies >> and equipment through a retail network and online) >> >> In parrens above are some samples or $$ makers using that model. >> Like >> in (4) above, there are many examples on this list. >> >> Making money from OSS is hard. 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