Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
9. Juni 2010
Our English-speaking customers have often told me that although they find our grinding blog (in Germany known as the Schleifblog) a great idea, their knowledge of German is not sufficient to fully understand and enjoy it. So now, especially for you, my English-speaking friends, with much “blood, sweat and tears”, my current post is in a hopefully passable English! Read on…
Huge winche perfectly photographed by Daniel Clements.
A few weeks ago I blogged here about the really impressive components our client I.P. Huse produces in Norway with hob grinders manufactured on our Multigrind CB. I have now come upon an interesting website from Daniel Clements, a London based photographer. He shot an aesthetically pleasing photo story about the Rolls-Royce/IP Huse partnership. To me, his series is further proof that the technical products we’re dealing with every day (like gear wheels or hob grinders) are anything but boring. It just depends how we see them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the English saying goes.
Measuring a hob grinder in process on our Multigrind CB.
Engineering with passion
But beauty, functionality and of course technical perfection are also the result of our attitude towards our work. And we at HAAS are pretty passionate about our work. Some say that Germans are born with that special picky engineering gene. I don’t know about that. I think there are great engineers and inventors in all countries. But yes, if you walk through our production hall, watch our staff and talk to them about engineering, grinding and technical matters, you will feel that special HAAS attitude. Plus: Technology isn’t all we know how to do – we can also barbecue, check out some impressions here.
If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing it well.
We’d be happy to show you around our premises anytime you’re in the area and exchange opinions and ideas over a Black-Forest beer or two.
Yours, Thomas Bader
P.S. If you have any photos of beautiful technical products you produce, please comment below and send us a link or the picture.
Filed under: Allgemein,Getriebe und Verzahnungen,Schleiftechnologie + Innovation,Unternehmen
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Norbert Kraas | 14. Juni 2010 um 14:29
Hello Thomas Bader,
when we talk about beauty in a technical context we sure have to take a close look at the three-dimensional geometric pattern caused by so-called fractals. It was the French mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot who came up with the term fractal. Check out these beautiful abstract geometric patterns here: http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/2mandelbulb.html
Ganz kurz auf Deutsch: Fraktale sind wunderschöne geometrische Gebilde, die aus einfachen Formeln erwachsen. Erstmals ist es vor einiger Zeit ein paar Mathe-Freaks gelungen Fraktale in 3D darzustellen. Das Ergebnis ist atemberaubend, auch für Nicht-Mathematiker.
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Vineeta Manglani | 30. Juni 2010 um 13:45
Thanks for the English posting – it was a pleasure to read (although I do speak German living here). I agree with you completely, I think pictures of machinary are really interesting…I would love to come and talk to people at Haas and enthuse with them (there aren’t many of us “machinary-picture-appreciators” out there
Oh and congratulations on the Prize, by the way!
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