Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "China Observer"
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There have been several generations of high temperature, high pressure turbine blade metallurgical evolutions.
It's all about creating a blade that can withstand and sustain high temps, while spinning at thousands of RPM, without growing or fracturing.
Then consistently form these blades with repeatable performance in thousands of engines.
The US developed a secret technology of single crystal growth using electromagnetism and microscopic orifices in the moulds.
Our HTHP blades are something out of a science fiction novel, with very difficult layers of institutional knowledge to duplicate.
We developed that technology in the 1980s, and have pushed the performance envelope further since that time with F119, F135, and AETP motors now.
China placed moles in GE, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls Royce to steal everything they could, many of whom were arrested for espionage.
Innovators vs imitators....
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@JuanPassiveMenis Japan is already in demographic winter, but what Japan did from a manufacturing perspective was locate a lot of their facilities in other countries, from Asia to the US and Europe. For example, there are 14 North American manufacturing facilities in mainly the US, with a few in Canada and Mexico. Both of my Toyota vehicles were made in Indiana.
Toyota alone has 9 factories in Asia outside of Japan, 8 in Europe, 5 in South America, and 1 in South Africa, plus a bunch of joint venture plants all over the world.
Japan diversified their manufacturing sector geographically, while maintaining corporate ownership and control.
China is trying to keep as many people employed in China as possible while increasing domestic consumption to fuel their own economy, but older people don’t have income to spend on fueling that, so they’re really screwed in this respect.
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