Gentleman (and ladies, I hope),<br>
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TAD Products Corp. is still in business. They offer a pretty good selection and I feel helpless without my "Universal Reference Calculator" -- It includes a wealth of information on fasteners, roll pins, drilled holes, wire/sheet gauges, pipe...
I have a handy chart that gives me "Minimum Bend Radii". I assume that's what you're after. The answer is: It depends on what type of aluminum you're dealing with:<br>
For Alum 3003, H14, 5052, H22, H32, use .125" min radius;<br>
for Alum 1100-H18, 5052-H36, 6061-T6, use...
I recently took a 3-day course on using CosmosWorks 4.0 and GeoStar. I found Cosmosworks, an application that runs within SolidWorks, to be extremely user-friendly and straightforward (especially if you have gone through the course). Cosmosworks is mostly used for linear FEA analysis, though...
I need to design electrodes for detecting when 5mL of a saline solution have "entered" a heating chamber. Any information/tips/web links related to electrode design for this type of application will be greatly appreciated. KEY DESIGN POINTS ARE: (1) Electrodes must retain a minimal...