Re: Giving my test equipment away?
[quote=BillA]what does testing on your time of other stuff have to do with an NDA ?
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It’s confidential because the company I am working for is in that region. By carrying out those purposes I am in danger of risking their IP. Their IP is government property and covered by national security arguments so i could not speak about it, even if that approach is potentially useful. In simple language it is not good form.
By the approaches I may use there is a small chance that some foreign agent could find out something about a product that they would otherwise would not and so you would not reveal anything in an public forum. Simple job ethics means as an engineer you do not share knowledge on the job unless specifically authorised Sharing ideas yes, general approaches and such but hard data is owned by the company it is ultimately all they own and what the entire company worth. Never take up a hobby in the area you are working it’s to much hassle and can lead to conflicts of interest. Stews data on jet impingement blocks for example is worth good money. A lot of money, possibly 5 figures to the right source, I could well done I could well see a good picture being worth 6 figures for the whole caboodle as PC water cooling is an insignificant part of the whole picture for these kinds of things. To someone making steel this kind of knowledge is worth mega bucks if applied right.
Besides given how big the companies check book allowance is the equipment I would be working with would make DIY setups look annoying and Stone Age so I would not like to go back and I would buy my own.
on the other topic josh if you think you have a unique approach then go for it but at least if ppl are around declare it so ppl can critique and say if it has been done before saving you time / money. You may not want to declare it in a public forum that is fine, personally I wouldn’t as well but still ask on the side. If you PM with something I will give you an honest critique and I promise I will not take your idea. If you can honestly come up with a new idea in fluid cooling it would be worth an awful lot of cash. Spec’s you seem to want for equipment seem harsh (not least because the flow probably varies more than that) but such is life.
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