Re: Floundering Foundations
Dear John,
Am I the only one to notice this change of tactic?
Of course you are not the only one.
I used to be discussing and answering multiple pneumatic conveying subjects a day.
But that is quite some years ago.
I counted 15 pneumatic conveying threads in the last year.
In addition, I noticed that a (substantial) number of technical threads are indicating that the respondents are not really making efforts to develop themselves, but are trying to find out what they should already know by their education.
This is NO offense to the forum members that are working on their progress in bulk handling, on the contrary.
What is intriguing, is the cause of this change in thread quality.
-Is the bulk handling market so low that there are no important issues anymore?
-Is the bulk handling market so low that there are no engineers required anymore?
-Has the forum, over the past years, spread so much knowledge that al has been said an everybody is up to date now?
-Is bulk handling not interesting enough for new engineers, because of little jobs in a declining business?
-Is the young generation more interested in money making in the commercial trade of bulk than in equipment making for bulk handling? (Obviously I am an old man)
-Are companies satisfied with the technical/scientific level they have reached and stopped investing in research?
-Have the new engineers skipped the field experience period and they took their seat behind the desk right after the university? (Under the assumption that their nothing more than they they know already)
John, can you add some more complaints about the present times?
Obviously I will not be reading any replies for the next few months.
Hope you will be reading my posts.
Especially, now there is an interesting genuine thread active in the pneumatic conveying section by Mrs mani.shabkhosh.
https://forum.bulk-online.com/showth...7924#post87924
Keep up the good spirit. ■
Teus
Re: Floundering Foundations
One of the issues I believe is that there are far too many sections to place your post in the forum. Many of which have never been used. I did discuss this with Reinhard but it is still very confusing for most.
If people are confused they will not post. ■
Gary Blenkhorn
President - Bulk Handlng Technology Inc.
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Summing Up.. From The Past
Dear All,
very much pro .. to keep up the good spirit... Thank you Teus for the good word!
And yes, the bulk handling equipment market is so very tight at this point in time, seems to be that some minds got tight too.
If I look at a technical spec today, half of it is legal stuff, .. don't do this or that else we sue ... or .. copyrights solely pertain ... threats everywhere.
If a project "catches", then deadlines are short, budgets de facto nonexistant and still one has to cope with virtually impossible tech. requirements.
For some of my younger colleagues, the inquisitiveness of the engineering mind got lost in the day - to - day drive towards deadlines or tech. limits or cost. Companies advertise to be innovative, if then you ask for a budget there's none.
Also, today's techn. questions often need to be answered with a full eng. database background.. which is difficultly done at home with the kids running around and the kitchen sink drippling..
So, to dare asking a question in the open (in a forum) comes from interest (which needs time and surplus brain capac.) or else need: And it is there where the forum is helpful, technically but also in developing a culture of asking / replying / giving feedback / communicating / seeing the point in mutual support one's / by one's peers.
Perhaps we have here some kind of a dry spell in an ocean of (technically) bad weather... and need to weather it, sinking not being an option ;-), until the sail of engineering culture is again due upwind.
@ Gary: I'm with you, you have a point there!
In my opinion, and watching other forums, it is rather more modern to have a clear and slim structured theme base. People imo rather appreciate to have a side look rather than being strictly "guided" into very specific paths.
Regards
R. ■
Floundering Foundations
In earlier days these forums discussed design and operational issues with some success.
Recently the forums have discussed predominantly commercial topics which could surely have been dealt with in News from Industry and other more appropriate sections.
Am I the only one to notice this change of tactic?
Is the change permanent?
Technical input and inquiries have reduced to a trickle: practically disappeared at best, to a point where opening the website forum has become a time-wasting chore.
Obviously I will not be reading any replies for the next few months. ■
John Gateley johngateley@hotmail.com www.the-credible-bulk.com