Saturday, May 19, 2007

Re: Steel factory

On May 19, 2007, at 6:21 AM, hossein mardanlo wrote:

> Has anybody any kind of free downloadable source about design of
> steel profiles production plants (hot and cold rolling), including
> mechanical and structural drawings and probably design guides?
Requests like this are really unprofessional.

First, only a fool attempts to sell a design job he can't perform.
Eventually your client will find you out and realize you can't be
trusted. End of infant engineering practice.

Second, it's highly unethical to copy someone else's work and pass
off as your own, which is either proprietary to the engineer or the
owner. In effect you'd be exchanging stolen information, which
presents a real dilemma--neither of you can trust the assurances of
another thief.

Third, you have no guarantee that any 'free' information you get is
even worth that much, since you don't know enough about the work to
do it yourself or judge its quality or suitability. Rolling mills are
extremely complex projects. Material handling requirements alone for
both raw material and product are demanding in the extreme if the
plant is to be productive. The machinery is expensive, complex and
dangerous if mishandled. Making sure the plant is both productive and
safe is no job for someone like yourself, who apparently doesn't even
know how to begin.

Finally, on the off chance that you're asking out of intellectual
curiosity about the processing requirements, do a Google search on
the topics of interest. I got 1.4 million hits when I tried--that
should be enough to satisfy the daylights out of anyone's curiosity.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/

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