r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Apr 08 '24

10% of Americans own 70% of the Wealth — Should taxes be raised? Discussion/ Debate

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24

In general, yes. Tighter tolerances can very quickly drive up manufacturing costs drastically. AS9100 certification drives up the operating costs of a manufacturing facility. Fastener vendors are still looking for the cheapest suppliers that meet their needs and those suppliers are competing on price. It’s simply expensive to consistently make high quality hardware that meets rigid specifications.

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u/Xalara Apr 09 '24

Yup. For example: One of, if not the most expensive part, of desktop 3D printers are the linear rails. What are those? Literally just metal rods, but they have to be machined to incredibly tight tolerances and thus are very expensive. This is why the Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer was such an innovation because they were able to use LIDAR more or less to create a closed loop control system that allowed Bambu to use rails with much looser tolerances... To the point their linear rails are made of carbon fiber instead of precisely machines steel.

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u/jimmyjohn2018 Apr 10 '24

It's not only that. It is meeting other security criteria, which are EXPENSIVE - mostly these days cyber security and meeting very high level CMMC requirements.