Replies to post #17845 on Bourque Industries Inc (BORK)

[Fever]

Most/all companies, including startups, should follow SOP and hopefully have a documentation control system in place. Including a BOM, assembly procedure, test procedures ...etc.
Also when I worked in R&D it was required to have an engineering lab notebook documenting all tests and notes for each engineering application . Even startup companies should have these notebooks that are assigned and logged when any engineering notebook is handed out.
The former is the renult of the engineering notes to have reliable and consistant mfg. of such products. I am not sure if Bourque had adhered to these, crucial, guidelines. They must have applied for patents to protect themselves, therefore I probably sound like a dope here?
I get the impression that some of the Kryron mix was trial and error.

But the ingredients, including quantitys etc.., used for each experiment hopefully was was documented accurately.


John

[Scorpitron]

Thank you, Flatcat, that was a very helpful explanation. I guess only B.I. staff know for sure at this point where they stand in the whole ITAR scheme of things. One would think Colonel Mathis would be an excellent consultation resource in this regard. I would be surprised if that conversation hasn't already taken place to some degree.

[Jackson99]

Would this matter if Bork never developed a military grade product and followed other interests such as HPTLs and heat sinks? For instance perhaps there are materials made in the USA and sold over seas for the intended purpose of lining door handles. What is to stop that overseas company from forming the material into an a helmet and finding it works great at stopping bullets even though this purpose was never developed, intended or forseen by the US company? Would this US company have that same stumbling blocks?

Just a hypothetical?