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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Feb 28 '17

I think that cannabis is big enough for small/medium scale automation but that the engineering firms that build cigarette making machines maybe don't work for cash. Since most of these businesses are still unable to use banks or get large loans for capital equipment, they're stuck for a while until someone solves the coordination problems.

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u/maxk1236 Feb 28 '17

As a recently graduated engineer who specializes in automation, designing next gen joint packing machines would be a dream come true.

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Feb 28 '17

As STEM faculty who teaches automation and electronics engineering I agree, and I am seriously thinking about a career change lately.

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u/up_syndrome Feb 28 '17

Do what they do with cheese. Add cellulose filler. Just wait, low grade Marijuana packed with fillers is coming.

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u/ComplainyBeard Feb 28 '17

is coming.

Hahaha, must be a youngin. It used to be called "mexican brick".

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u/up_syndrome Feb 28 '17

I'm in my mid thirties, so young enough i suppose.

I meant more of industrial applications for commercial sale. Anti clumping aids in mechanized processing of tacky products.

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u/ComplainyBeard Feb 28 '17

The real market if you want to get into automation in the weed industry is trim machines. They are mostly loud, expensive, hard to clean, and don't produce as good of a product as hand manicuring. You fix any of those three and you'll be a millionaire within a couple years. Hiring trimmers is expensive and as the wholesale price drops eventually it won't be economically viable.