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I am Creating a List of Industrial RoadTesters. Are You Interested?

rscasny

Greetings RoadTesters!

 

As we ramp up offering more and more RoadTests, one of the new issues that's come up is more industrial suppliers would like their products RoadTested. This has posed a bit of a challenge for me. The community's RoadTest program has historically featured dev boards and the like for makers or electronic engineers. As such, a lot of the members of the RoadTest group are part of the makewr/bench tech/EDE type.image

 

To solve the problem, I would like to create a list of members who would be interested in being an industrial RoadTesters. How will it work? Honestly, I don't have all the details worked out. The two scenarios I see are: (A) run a regular RoadTest and if I don't get applicants, I would contact members of the Industrial RoadTest list, or (B) treat this group like a RoadTest by Invitation. I surely don't want to eliminate any member who would like to RoadTest an industrial product, but I guess I am saying I need a backup plan.

 

Who Am I looking for? I am interested in finding members who do have industrial tech or engineering experience. People who have worked in manufacturing or have been field engineers or even technicians who who worked around machinery. Even people who have worked as electrical engineers in instrumentation, wastewater treatment plants, oil/gas industry, electrical power generation, etc. If you have this background, and are interested in being placed on this call list, please message me at .image

 

Once again, I surely don't want to exclude any member from RoadTesting an industrial product even though they may not have the background. But I am being tasked by my bosses to prepare the RoadTest group for testing a broader selection of products. If you have any questions or if you have any comments, feel free to add them below.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Randall Scasny

RoadTest Program Manager

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  • Hello Randall,

     

    I am interested (I will write pvt some more detail) but I am concerned on what is the environment we can work on road testing industrial parts. In some cases - like my proposal, just as an example - of testing the PLC based on Intel I was also able to find here locally the right application context but what in cases where I can have the knowledge - for example waste waters analysis by the chemistry point of view but there is not the practical context?

     

    Enrico

  • in reply to balearicdynamics

    Enrico,

     

    You make a really good point. That's one of the big issues of testing an industrial product. Honestly, I don't have it all thought out. Here's an example of a product that I was approached about:

     

    https://industrial.omron.eu/en/products/e5cb

     

    I'm not sure if we can roadtest this kind of product. If so, I have to determine what kinds of products we can roadtest and what kinds of industrial products we cannot.

     

    thanks.

     

    Randall

  • in reply to rscasny

    Funny enough, I ordered a cheap chinese version of such a PID controller from ebay last week... I want to use it to control a hot plate (to ease SMD soldering and manual reflowing). So I could actually test it, although not in an industrial setting (my day-job doesn't involve electronics or machines)

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  • in reply to rscasny

    Funny enough, I ordered a cheap chinese version of such a PID controller from ebay last week... I want to use it to control a hot plate (to ease SMD soldering and manual reflowing). So I could actually test it, although not in an industrial setting (my day-job doesn't involve electronics or machines)

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  • in reply to hlipka

    I likely fall into the same category as Hendrik, my day job is nothing to do with industrial applications or electronics but am happy to roadtest some of the less obvious items.

     

    The Omron is quite nice although as a fixed temperature device and no timer it's not so good for heat treatment, enamelling or surface mount. It would need to be incorporated as part of a bigger system. I'd suggest perhaps a little too niche to get a good variety of roadtests.