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In Reply to: Re: 2021.02.22 posted by Steve@Advance on February 22, 2021 at 04:21:19:
We didn't build diesels, but what we did was complex. We had thick manuals of standards, which documented lessons learned over many years. In the drafting department, we had standards "checkers", with long experience, that made sure things were in adherence. The draftsman signed the drawing and so did his supervising engineer. The drawings were also signed by the metallurgy expert, and the gear (power transmission) expert. There were very accelerated schedules and the "prototype" had to be sold. Sometimes that involved some last minute "desperation engineering" to make it work, but that added a page or two to the Standards Manual. We rested on the shoulders of giants from the distant past. Now called "institutional memory", which is lost when companies close or move overseas.
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