On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:20 AM, WesG <wesg@g...> wrote:

>
> One of my favorite things about going to industrial auctions is marveling
> at the machines that "make things". I mean; somebody came up with
> (&created)  a machine that wraps tootsie rolls for instance.
>

Ahh, the joys of working in industry.  Previous job at the brewery involved
filling, sealing and packing beer bottles and cans at high speeds, putting
labels on, etc.  It became old hat after a few years.  But going into other
industries, and seeing pre-made pancakes being flipped 8 at a time, or
cookies being grabbed to put into an "on-edge" package.  "I Love Lucy" on
the chocolates line this is not.

Going inside some of these things, and watching the cams work to translate
rotary motion into the 3D motion of a vial picking robot is astounding,
what these guys have to think through.

Kirk in HMB, watching syringes being washed and flipped and capped today.
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