Scented bearings??

[daxliniere]

Hey gang,
I had an hilarious 'encounter' with AI this morning after I was suddenly hit with the desire to learn how sintered bearings are made. I asked Perplexity, which I generally find to give better results than ChatGPT and even Gemini (which is pretty good), to "explain the process of making a sintered bearing".. however, being voice controlled, it misheard sintered as scented, and this is where the hilarity began...

The process of making a scented bearing involves modifying the standard manufacturing steps of a self-lubricating, oil-impregnated bearing by introducing a scented oil during the impregnation stage. First, metal powder is mixed and pressed into the desired bearing shape, then sintered at high temperatures to fuse the particles together, resulting in a porous structure. After sintering, the bearing is calibrated for precise dimensions and surface quality.

The critical step for creating a scented bearing is the impregnation process. Here, instead of standard lubricating oil, a specially formulated scented oil is used. The porous bearing is submerged in this scented oil, often under vacuum, allowing the oil to fully penetrate and fill the internal pores. When the bearing is in use, friction and heat cause the scented oil to slowly release from the pores, providing both lubrication and a continuous fragrance.

This approach combines the functional benefits of self-lubrication with the added feature of scent release, which can be customized according to the desired fragrance by altering the oil formulation.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/explain-the-process-of-making-kb7dtdL5TFiEPibgIgqLKw?0=d

And it's probably not wrong. It's hilarious to imagine walking into a plant room and smelling rosemary.

Hope you got a chuckle from that, too.

 

[daleyd]

I used to occasionally work at the place that had the contract to print Avon catalogues.

It had a big 48 page printing press (each rotation of the cylinders printed 48 A4 pages) with 4 “colour” printing units and the end one which was used to spot print the scent onto some of pages for samples etc.

It was eye watering working in the press hall for more than a few minutes

 

[Erie Fred]

I used to occasionally work at the place that had the contract to print Avon catalogues.

It had a big 48 page printing press (each rotation of the cylinders printed 48 A4 pages) with 4 “colour” printing units and the end one which was used to spot print the scent onto some of pages for samples etc.

It was eye watering working in the press hall for more than a few minutes

....and when you came home ?
Probably got some splainin' to doo....

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

occasionally work a

Oh so true.

 

[daleyd]

....and when you came home ?
Probably got some splainin' to doo....

Also used to work where they printed Paul Raymond titles (he was a purveyor of mucky mags in the UK)…that was “interesting” seeing acres of pink whizzing by your eyes…

 

[Cobbler]

Also used to work where they printed Paul Raymond titles (he was a purveyor of mucky mags in the UK)…that was “interesting” seeing acres of pink whizzing by your eyes…

You got a preview then …….

 

[daleyd]

You got a preview then …….

The printers check the print quality on a massive table, with a very high quality light source above, checking with an eyepiece for minute defects… doing it for Gardeners World was a bit different to Razzle

 

[jmp49]

Also used to work where they printed Paul Raymond titles (he was a purveyor of mucky mags in the UK)…that was “interesting” seeing acres of pink whizzing by your eyes…

Once I worked a contract and we were building something that needed a accurate blocklist of any filth related term & in any language, because the vc that funded the company were puritanical looneys and didnt want accidental smut in chinese or norweigan or something else sneaking past us.
So the company employed 20 young language school students working part time in a room who were all female, and they spent their shifts hunting down the most depraved content and inputting the keywords found into our filtering engine. Walking in that room when they were all busily studying speciality porn was something to behold.
Also the irony, puritanical loonies caused 20 young women at a language school to browse hardcore porn for money. It was quite a fun gig though. Surreal at times, but fun.

Later the company tanked after launch because, at the time, most of the money fueling sucess was related to porn.

You know now the ai has stored the scented bearings in the decision tree db, it will start recommending it as a valid replacement for industrial bearing applications sooner or later. And so the subtle poisoning of the nonsense generator continues...

Have you ever thought about doing a google search and using a reliable source to learn from instead?

 

[daxliniere]

Hi @jmp49, I was driving at the time and I did specifically ask for sintered bearings. Scented bearings is something it made up all on its own. Sinter is such an uncommon word that when I first asked Google it kept telling me it was "the point equidistant to the boundary of a round plane figure.
Also, though I don't consider myself responsible for this, I actually don't mind the idea of scented bearings getting out into the world.

 

[Cobbler]

The printers check the print quality on a massive table, with a very high quality light source above, checking with an eyepiece for minute defects… doing it for Gardeners World was a bit different to Razzle

You get bluetits In gardener’s world & big…….

 

[Martin-Sy]

Well in the days when steam locomotives ruled the roost, they sometimes had Aniseed capsules in their bearings which would release their scent if the bearing (eg inside big end) was overheating.
See:

Anise - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You get bluetits In gardener’s world & big…….

Great?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well in the days when steam locomotives ruled the roost, they sometimes had Aniseed capsules in their bearings which would release their scent if the bearing (eg inside big end) was overheating.
See:

Anise - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That's how they knew The Mallard had run a bearing on her record breaking run.

 

[Redsailor]

AI and voice recognition still has somewhere to go. Did a voice search on my tablet for Whaligoe Steps ( it's on the NC500 route in Scotland). Came up as "wally go steps"
Some years back my early satnav used to drive me nuts when it came to voice recognition.

 

[Blobber]

Also used to work where they printed Paul Raymond titles (he was a purveyor of mucky mags in the UK)…that was “interesting” seeing acres of pink whizzing by your eyes…

We're the pages sticky then?

 

[daleyd]

We're the pages sticky then?

At full speed the paper was travelling at around 12 m/sec so it was a challenge to keep up at times…

Of course I only ever read it for the articles, you understand

 

[bourbon]

That's how they knew The Mallard had run a bearing on her record breaking run.

Driver Joe Duddington smelt that, and pushed the lever forwards! Kill it or cure it!