Russell Varone
@Russell_MFG_USA
Building the factories that your girlfriend tells you not to worry about. Head of Factory Operations http://union.tech
This is what I’ve been working on. Our men and women fight wars. Our factories help us win wars. “Factories as a Stockpile” prevent wars. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
I love interns - But... Intern- I figured out how to hit the desired rate on the line simulation - Install more hydraulic presses, and double the number of CNC machines. Me - Sounds cheaper to just get a new intern. Intern - 😲 YMMV
What does it take to drop two 1,250 ton presses and a 900 ton press in the same foundation pit? This… 25ft piers to bedrock and a whole lot of civil engineering math. We never said that reindustrializing was gonna be easy?
Hey, if you want to work at the intersection of software driven manufacturing, robotics, and national defense you should come talk to us @UNION_Prime It’s a Shell of a good time.
4am Uber to 5am Flight Big week @UNION_Prime Dallas. Lots of guests and supporters visiting on Thursday evening for our official Dallas, Factory 1, Line 1 launch. HMU if you’re in Dallas this week.
Get to know @ScrutineerLuca He's working on tomorrow's builders.
I didn’t realize the response that I would get from attending. My talk at the @reindsummit hit these keys points: 1. I was once one of these students that shop class changed my life. Not because I liked to build things, it was because it was meaningful. We did real work.…
High point of @reindsummit for me personally was spending time with @ScrutineerLuca and connecting him to all the movers in the room. Honestly I’m a bit jealous of Lucas. I’d be a teacher if I had more courage. Nothing more selfless than investing in the next generation of…
Spent the day in Detroit @reindsummit Most of my time was spent mtg virtual friends in the real world+connecting ppl to key players in their vertical. Made 20 connections for my friend,Thohan Pushpit from Metallus Steel Can’t reindustrialize without US made steel.
NGL @reindsummit is sick. Waking from elevator to my hotel room run into @ScrutineerLuca - Jedi Mfg Mentor of Hawthorne HS and another gent who is one of my favorite east coat VC. Been in Detroit all of nine minutes
Going to @reindsummit this week. Might bring a friend who is really deep in the defense world. They are a 1%'er for knowing how to connect with customers and serve the defense market base. HMU if we haven't made plans to chat.
GYM-PPL? Started lifting + bought whey protein powder. It's BETA that we have protein powder from prey animals? Cow-Sheep-Goat - LAME PREDATOR MILK? We need Wolf-Tiger-Killer Whale milk extract! How am I supposed to reindustrialize on such meek protein? Who is solving this?
Why don’t we give anti drone defense duties to me and my Gen X cohort. I ran paper routes at 4am in the snow to pay for my own training.
Friday rant: Peeling Oranges Peeling 1st orange Skin comes off like a prom dress in the back of a limo. Next orange, same batch... Feels like I'm flaying Saint Bartholomew What gives?
Starts Ups think they have awesome teams? Does your CFO walk the talk of frugality and proper capital allocation? Here’s our awesome CFO Doug, walking the talk, saving money by pouring his Merlot into a used water bottle. That’s leading by example. Play to win!
Video floating around of a Kuka lifting a car as an amazing innovation? Old Hat - We did this in Fremont in 2015 with Fanuc. new to the robotics / factory game? - might want to look back before you leap forward. Lot's of game changing tech is revisiting what' been done.
The CCP’s industrial robots are getting bigger and better by the day
Thought experiment around factory network security... Me - Hey Cyber guy, our network is not locked down. Cyber guy - Yes it is, we are impervious to all threats, external + internal. Me- Then why is nightshift doing this in the CNC shop? Cyber guy - stares at his shoes...
Forget AI Bigfoot videos - Who is turning Mr Rogers / Thor into an AI Video?