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According to the article, the skills gained from decades of manufacturing experience and the yield capabilities are more critical than simple chemistry and meta
by coverband 3mo ago
According to the article, the skills gained from decades of manufacturing experience and the yield capabilities are more critical than simple chemistry and metallurgy.
- nradov 3mo agoThe chemistry and metallurgy involved here are far from "simple".
- fragmede 3mo agoOkay. Advanced chemistry and metallurgy then. What do you want to call it? Jetenginebuildingology?
- vpcs111fm 3mo agoQuick question. Same issue in Japan. They have talents and capital -- why do you think they are not able to come up with a reliable turbine -- when they can manufacture almost everything else?
- fragmede 3mo agoEconomics. Japan has chosen to specialize in other areas and being a jet turbine engine manufacturer isn't where they've chosen to put resources in. The pay off simply isn't there. They're there in the supply chain, with IHI, MItsubishi, and Kawasaki being in the business of advanced titanium and nickel superalloys being used in wind, steam, and gas turbines for powerplants. It's just that the economics of commercial jet engines themselves isn't something they've chosen to pursue.
- imtringued 3mo agoNot for jet engines, those are basically all about metallurgy and nothing else.