Recent content by profengmen

I've designed many abrasive cut off saws. The forces exerted are going to depend on a few things: 1) The material being cut. 2) The speed of the cutting blade. 3) The force/pressure of the blade on the tube. 4) The type of blade (abrasive media) 5) Feed rate. I'm afraid you are going to have...

Yup, Been there... been to Taiwan to try and fix the problem too. We spent most of our time touring the foundry and then touring the machine shop. Then we drank a lot of tea and smoked strange cigarettes. When we finally finished with all the crap we spend an hour discussing one small machining...

It's always scary when I see these posts. I mean no real disrespect; but, if you don't have a book with these formulas, and you don't know how to apply the correct formula, then why are you doing this?

Corypad, Imagine that....

Funny how you can balance the plate with just two cables...

I think you might want to consult with an engineer... Get the advice of a Structural PE. What you are asking is painfully easy, and by asking it suggests that you are out of your area of expertise. The structural properties of square tubing or rectangular tubing (there is no such thing as...

I would not give them any notice, just show up and your other job and they would take a month to find out you were gone. Sounds a little unprefessional and immature to me... but hey, it's your career. As a matter of law you can not give out negative information about an ex employee. The only...

Rectangular Square?

zekeman, I didn't read the "no deformation" part of the thread... My model assumed deformation, which was stated in my thread. Then again, that's an unrealistic situation...

Hey...Isn't there a $5 charge for anything you could have googled yourself?

Then again, you probably would have had it done by now...

Well, judging from your example, can't you make you own spreadsheet?

I did a quick FEA on a model, a simple plate with three holes and a load point directly in the middle...it's all I really had to go on. As I suspected, there is stress on the third bolt directly perpendicular to the load. The deformation of the plate looks exactly as I suspected it would, the...

APH asked for ways he can be prefessional in all aspects. Sorry folks, I don't give a rip how good an engineer you are....wearing sandals to work is unprofessional...period. The way you dress indiciates the way you percieve yourself; and if you want to be seen as professional, I suggest you...

I love it when a thread dies...