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Intelligent Grinding Wheels and Dark Matter · Intelligente Schleifscheiben und Dunkle Materie

Does this sound familiar? You’re looking forward to a conference and an exciting lecture, let’s say on “Machining of Demanding Materials in the Aerospace Industry,” and then the speaker softly lulls you to sleep with 300 PowerPoint slides.

Kennen Sie das? Sie freuen sich bei einer Konferenz auf einen spannenden Vortrag, sagen wir zum Thema „Zerspanung anspruchsvoller Werkstoffe in der Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie“, und dann werden Sie mit 300 PowerPoint-Folien sanft in Halbschlaf versetzt.

Intelligent Grinding Wheels
At HAAS we often ask ourselves what we can do to make sure our presentations are interesting. Especially when we’re talking about complex topics like “Intelligent Grinding Wheels.” No, that’s not a joke. Our colleague Wolfgang Hermle designed software that makes it possible to relief-grind small hob cutters with intelligent, large grinding wheels so that the entire grinding cycle takes 50 percent less time. If I could draw as well as Jorge Cham (further below), I would post a grinding comic on the topic. And by the way, if you want to know how to teach a grinding wheel to think, ask Wolfgang Hermle.

Intelligente Schleifscheiben
Wir bei HAAS fragen uns natürlich auch immer wieder, wie wir unsere Präsentationen interessant gestalten können. Vor allem, wenn es um so komplexe Themen wie „Intelligente Schleifscheiben“ geht. Nein, das ist kein Witz. Unser Kollege Wolfram Hermle hat das Hinterschleifen von kleinen Abwälzfräsern mit intelligenten, großen Schleifscheiben softwaretechnisch so hinbekommen, dass der gesamte Schleifzyklus in einer Aufspannung 50 Prozent weniger Zeit braucht. Also, wenn ich so gut zeichnen könnte wie Jorge Cham (weiter unten), würde ich zu dem Thema einen Schleifcomic posten. Übrigens, wenn Sie wissen wollen, wie man einer Schleifscheibe das Denken beibringt, fragen Sie Wolfram Hermle.

Grinding a hob cutter on a Multigrind® AF· Schleifen eines Abwälzfräsers auf einer Multigrind® AF. Foto: HAAS

Dark Matter
Jorge Cham from PHD Comics shows us how to present complex topics in a clear and entertaining way. This brilliant graphic artist (and engineer with a PhD, who said engineers were dull guys) made a comic video to go along with a conversation between two physics professors. They’re talking about Dark Matter and how researchers at CERN are dealing with it.

Dunkle Materie
Jorge Cham von PHD Comics zeigt uns auf anschauliche Art, wie man komplexe Themen unterhaltsam visualisiert. Dieser geniale Zeichner (und promovierte Ingenieur!, sag’ noch einer Ingenieure wären trockene Typen) hat eine lockere Plauderei zwischen zwei Physikprofessoren visualisiert. Es geht um Dunkle Materie und wie die Forscher am CERN damit umgehen.

Dark Matters from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

via http://www.physikblog.eu

Hinterlasse einen Kommentar 6. Mai 2011

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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.

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