Hello everyone! The last few months have been a bustle here at headquarters. Back in the middle of June we began machining the parts for three new MK-3 frame kit prototypes. This means that Nate, our engineer, finalized all his CAD designs, and Chris and Jeremy programmed the CAM for each component and machined the parts on our CNC machines. We're talking around 30 unique components, and multiples of each, totaling about 300 parts we've been machining. That's quite a feat for our tiny team and shows the dedication each member has towards our mission and goals. We are finishing up the parts this week, which means we can finish assembling the frame kits and install the various scoop pairs. This is a huge step in our journey towards building our next prototypes, one of them also being our very first Alpha Test Unit. Can you hear the crowd cheering? We can!
These pictures show some of our scoop pairs and many of the parts we machined here ourselves. We love the flexibility we have to iterate as we go, improving designs on the spot quickly and effectively. If we didn't have these CNC machines or the people to run them, we would have to send our designs out to another shop to machine, pay a lot of money, wait 8 - 12 weeks AND... if a change needed to be made, we'd have to do it all over again. More importantly if and when we needed more parts we would have the same exact wait time as the first run. That's because the other shops would have to fit our parts in all around their other work. Machining our own parts gives us a huge advantage. Yes these first parts may have taken 2 months to make enough for 5 complete units but now when we want to make 5 more we could do that same task in 1/2 of the time. Then to do a 3rd run it would be perhaps 1/3 of the time. This is because the CAM, ordering the raw stock, the setup and the fixturing, ordering all of the hardware and fasteners are all individual tasks that take a LOT of time to figure out but once you complete those tasks you do not have to do them again unless you have a major change to a part. So making repeat parts is now a MUCH faster process that goes smoother (faster) each time you repeat it. Anyone who works around these types of processes understands this very important fact. To minimize these headaches, delays and expenses, we chose a few years ago to outfit our shop with the equipment needed to be able to do as much as possible ourselves. That decision back then truly set us up for the most efficient and cost-effective way to prototype our turbines and move into low volume production smoothly.
We're excited about our progress and we enjoy sharing the journey with you. As always, thank you for your continued support and interest in our development! We wouldn't be here without you and we're so very grateful for YOU, our community.
Sincerely,
~The Harmony Turbines Team
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To learn more about us, please visit these links:
What Makes Harmony Unique: https://youtu.be/a00XudmCjB0
Undecided with Matt Ferrell (Jan 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQKHJm7vd4E
Still TBD Podcast (Jan 2024): https://youtu.be/J7TwdTFxbpg?si=juEb2YYhO74hY5su
Pitch Deck: https://harmonyvawt.com/Documents/Harmony%20Turbines%20Pitch%20Deck.pdf
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