HCBFlash
Electrical
- Dec 19, 2003
- 272
I've been running into projects recently that are using a very poor, but "name brand" strut. I'll not mention the manufacturers name, but my post is intended to warn others of making similar poor selections.
Because a manufacturer makes some excellent products in one realm, they should not be presumed to present and provide similar quality when entering a market with substantially different products, right?
When a new and unproven supplier of a product such as framing channel offers to do all the engineering for your application, as an "included service" or as part of a package deal, do you just go with it?
Do you mix metric and "inch based" parts and hardware needlessly on single installations?
Do you equate high price with high quality?
I'm upset with a very weak, expensive, and not-quite compatible/interchangeable framing channel now in the US market, which does not conform to well established standards, and is difficult to work with. I'm more upset by substitutions not being allowed, because of the prior, unwitting approval of "an engineered system", which is "similar, but not interchangeable".
Do you or your firm win engineering contracts by slight of hand? Do you tolerate such practices? Do you "shrug it off" and do repeat business with same parties with the same practices?
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Me wrong? I'm just fine-tuning my sarcasm!
Because a manufacturer makes some excellent products in one realm, they should not be presumed to present and provide similar quality when entering a market with substantially different products, right?
When a new and unproven supplier of a product such as framing channel offers to do all the engineering for your application, as an "included service" or as part of a package deal, do you just go with it?
Do you mix metric and "inch based" parts and hardware needlessly on single installations?
Do you equate high price with high quality?
I'm upset with a very weak, expensive, and not-quite compatible/interchangeable framing channel now in the US market, which does not conform to well established standards, and is difficult to work with. I'm more upset by substitutions not being allowed, because of the prior, unwitting approval of "an engineered system", which is "similar, but not interchangeable".
Do you or your firm win engineering contracts by slight of hand? Do you tolerate such practices? Do you "shrug it off" and do repeat business with same parties with the same practices?
.
Me wrong? I'm just fine-tuning my sarcasm!