g-force_addict wrote: Some factories even have women laying carbon fiber.
It's like the last 50 years never happened...I can't believe you wrote that!1915 Spain:Just_a_fan wrote:[
who do you think build all the airplanes, tanks, ships etc. during WWII ?g-force_addict wrote:Imagine if Lamborghini still had to have so many welders to weld their complex spaceframes by hand.
Check out the Countach spaceframe
http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/~anderson/BookPic1.jpg
Imagine if that were an Aluminum frame requiring even more skilled welders.
Does carbon fiber allows supercar builders to have more workers?
Some factories even have women laying carbon fiber. I doubt many women would accept welding jobs.
So in addition to being lighter and stronger Does carbon fiber allow to have more skilled workers to meet production quotas?
I'm guessing you don't have a girlfriend/wife at the moment...g-force_addict wrote:Some factories even have women laying carbon fiber. I doubt many women would accept welding jobs.
Women, I know.langwadt wrote:who do you think build all the airplanes, tanks, ships etc. during WWII ?
I would say they prefer women because typically women will accept less pay and it is therefore much cheaper for them to mass produced labor intensive composite components.thisisatest wrote:interestingly, in taiwan and china (and in at least one US factory of high end carbon componentry), women are preferred to lay up the carbon on bicycle frames and parts. "prefer" as in almost 100%. they say it is because women tend to have greater attention to detail. i am against that notion because it's sexist.
personally, i'd test everyone, and if 80% of the best workers were women, then the staff would be 80% woman, not 100%.
i can somewhat see if smaller hands were of a benefit to push the cloth into recesses of complex molds, then it might be like 90% woman, but that's it.
i can see how it might be more difficult to make sure everything is laid up exactly how it should be all the time. once it comes out of the mold, lots of information is hidden. lots (but not all, i know) of info about a weld can be checked visually, especially if you can see the inside of the tubes. i guess that's why NDT is so important and constantly developed.
Like inthisisatest wrote:interestingly, in taiwan and china (and in at least one US factory of high end carbon componentry), women are preferred to lay up the carbon on bicycle frames and parts. "prefer" as in almost 100%. they say it is because women tend to have greater attention to detail. i am against that notion because it's sexist.
personally, i'd test everyone, and if 80% of the best workers were women, then the staff would be 80% woman, not 100%.
i can somewhat see if smaller hands were of a benefit to push the cloth into recesses of complex molds, then it might be like 90% woman, but that's it.
They say women make the best welders.nacho wrote:1915 Spain:Just_a_fan wrote:[
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-52H8BVdPVn8/U ... 81%29.jpeg
Best welder I know, and I know a few, is the sister of a friend.I doubt many women would accept welding jobs.
Yes they say it is easier for women because they breathe more gently. Their chests and bellies don't move as much as a man's own does when he breathes so their hands are steadier. And in addition to that fact they generally have narrower shoulders and wider hips so their arms are steadied when the bend them.strad wrote:Best welder I know, and I know a few, is the sister of a friend.I doubt many women would accept welding jobs.
Just_a_fan wrote:g-force_addict wrote: Some factories even have women laying carbon fiber.
I personally know a very skilled female welder, she doesn't have that job any more this was in the 1970's