Notes

Occasional, and only when there is something to say.

Notes on problems we have run into on spinning floors, and the arithmetic behind them. Not a content calendar — we would rather publish four things a year that are worth your time than twelve that are not.

September 20264 min read

Why we do not publish a payback figure

Every competitor puts one on a poster. We put a calculator on the website instead, and the reason is not modesty.

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September 20262 min read

One can, ten bobbins, four hundred cops

One sliver can becomes three to four hundred cops. The further along that chain a fault is found, the more it costs — and the less anyone can say where it started.

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We write about the problem, not about how we solve it.

You will not find sensor architectures or detection logic here. Four years of mill-floor physics is the part of this that does not compress, and it is straightforward to copy once described. Under an agreement, after a site visit, we will go as deep as you want.

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