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Gregtonn
| Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 11:00 pm: |
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http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/The-Navia-All-E lectric-Driverle G |
Aesquire
| Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 11:28 pm: |
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Neat. I used to ride the parts shuttle ( absolutely forbidden, of course ) at Kodak when on late shift. Stupid thing to do, I admit. An electric tractor & a train of flatbeds. We'd toss a couple of chairs on the thing and hang on. Not intended for human use, it had "follow the buried wire" tech & would occasionally hit people, but not usually run them down. Also often lost track and would wander off to kamikaze a wall. The Navia is much better. The speed limit on the thing is a function of the G-tolerance of the passengers in a quick stop to avoid a pedestrian. |
Two_seasons
| Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 05:37 pm: |
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At my work, in the early 1980's, we too had something called a tugger. Chain in the floor moved flatbeds (tugger's) along at about 2 mph. You pulled a pin to release it from the line. It was a way to deliver parts around the manufacturing floor. No chain and tugger's anymore. And surprise, we are always out of a particular part, or as they now call it, just in time parts! |
1313
| Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 08:17 pm: |
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or as they now call it, just in time parts! And when, precisely, does JIT become TFL? Too Freakin' Late, 1313 |
46champ
| Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 08:57 pm: |
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Probably about 5 minutes |
Aesquire
| Posted on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 12:44 pm: |
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When the workers go on "wait time". |
Two_seasons
| Posted on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 02:32 pm: |
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But, it's made cheaper in China, so they can afford to shut down an entire line. Makes sense to me
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