Yes I remember. Like I said, we disagree. Not to discredit the poster, but if we disagree we disagree. Here is the text of his post below:
"Did you find it odd that they were making machine parts and maintaining a machine shop?
No. I would find it off if they weren't. (he meant odd)
Were they making the attempt to find the items commercially before going to this expense?
Many of the parts are off the shelf type items. They built their own proprietary feed system and catalyst system.
Even if they needed custom parts, I would think that they would spec them and have them built externally
So they can educate others?
What are your impressions on their readiness to build more P2O units rapidly? Are they ready with a Construction Package and detailed design documentation? Or is this a one-off?
CRA is doing that work. Working with a large engineering firm like that makes building more machines easily. "
OK, now remember this we don't know who this is...
we disagree on the machine shop. It is a waste of money and not necessary. What they should have done is to prepare engineering drawings and have the stuff sent out for fabrication. It makes it documented and repeatable. Engineering firms do that. ditto for the feed and catalyst systems. Look at how much money they have spent, you would think that they would think long-term and make it a well-documented repeatable and constructable design, not one man's creation.
"So they can educate others" this is a stupid comment. If JBI were to hire an engineering firm to design a system, that firm would not share the information with others. It is proprietary information, and an engineering firm is best equipped to do it. Seems to me that this is JB's personality coming through and that he may be someone who has to do everything himself. bad for JBI.
Lastly, CRA does not do that kind of work. islechem seemed to be the most likely candidate for that.. look on CRAs web site for a description of what they do.
btw, what is this building they are building that has to do with commercialization? is it a building for fabrication or something? that makes no sense..
Management...
