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    Polymer suitable for maching thin walls

    The housing holds a split CT, the distance between the cores is critical to the functionality of the circuit. I require a 1mm gap between the two cores. That gives 0.5mm each side.
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    Polymer suitable for maching thin walls

    I’m looking for a material I can use to house an outdoor electrical device. The housing is to be machined. The housing needs to be 40mm deep to accommodate a 25mm deep semi-circular cut. This semi-circular cut has a 0.5mm wall at each end. We have tried nylon but the 0.5mm wall distorts beyond...
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    Heatsink area size

    I have to use natural convection so no forced cooling. The heatsink size seems to be very large so I was hoping someone could run the calculations to see if Ive got it wrong. Im running with a surface area of 310723mm^2 but that cant be right can it? With fin spacing of 7mm, fin depth of 25mm...
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    Heatsink area size

    I have a circuit with four BTA312X triacs. The power three 1.1KWatt elements and one 2KWatt element. The Thermal Resistance is 1.15. The heater is powered from 240v mains and the circuit has an ambient of 65°C. How do I calculate the area of the heatsink required to keep the triacs cool? I want...
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    Loss of magnetic power

    The solenoid is mounted on a PCB so swapping the positive voltage is not so easy. Why would the flux change the properties of the steel? Is the flux changing the ferromagnetic characteristics of the steel? Why would this happen? Perhaps some material other than low carbon steel was used?
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    Loss of magnetic power

    The core is solid steel, EN1A plated with low phosphorus electroless nickel plating. The solenoid runs off 30vDC.
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    Loss of magnetic power

    I recently moved from one vendor to another to manufacture solenoid cores. The specifications have not changed from the old vendor to the new vendor. The cores from the new vendor perform exceptionally well at the start of testing but after about a week of endurance testing the voltage required...

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