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    Internal thickness measurement of pipes

    Does the following site have the information you are looking for: http://www.rohrbackcosasco.com/ultrasonics.aspx?cid=ultrastory
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    Tips for Gasket Inspection

    How about sandwiching the gasket with another layer of a glass or plastic slide and holding it with some adhesive tape or another spring type clamp and then taking the measurements. We used to check printed circuit boards layout with a plasic film master that is made from a photo sensitive...
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    Vanadium Coating application to steel

    Can someone describe the basic technique used in application of vanadium coating to Steel in the simplest possible way? What kind of equipment, controls, safety precutions are required ? How to test if the desired results have been achieved?
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    Quality Assurance Program

    ISA has a number of publications. Depending upon if you are a manufacturer or a instrumentation consultant or a builder. ISA has specification sheets for all kind of hardware and instrumentation. ISA has standard test requirements for various instruments. As an ISA member you could get a...
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    INFO

    If you want to go to instrumentation field then it would be advisable to get more info from: www.isa.org Also try to get free subscriptions of the following magazines if you still can: Control Engineering Automation world Process Engineering Evaluation Engineering etc. These will help you...
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    stainless wear

    If non-metallic materials may be your choice. You may want to check out fiberglass filled chemloy. Vespel may be another choice that does not require any lubrication at all. You have to check with the design guide for these matterials with the manufacturer or distributor of these materials as...
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    Vehicle Codes

    Have you tried a listing of standards from www.sae.org
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    MONKEY STUDY

    The problem here is that the monkeys don't think the same way like human beings do. If a monkey need a banana so desperately you do not know what he will do. He can sense your strategy even before you try to implement it. So watch out - here he comes, sometimes with his entire gang. To find the...
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    SPEEDS AND FEEDS FOR EXOTIC MATERIALS

    Here is another well known source. Perhaps you could get a copy from a local engineering college or a bookstore to look it over: http://www.amazon.com/Machining-Data-Handbook-Machinability/dp/B000F3NHKW Good luck with your search.
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    ... 16,000 lb Welding Positioner ....

    You may want to try the following websites also. http://www.prestoneastin.com/?gclid=CPuLtoG30ooCFR-CSQodhWwwcQ http://www.weldlogic.com/?OVRAW=Welding%20Positioners&OVKEY=welding%20positioners&OVMTC=standard Good luck with your search.
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    How to measure pH of a Gas

    How about a bypass manifold with some water in it and a retractable pH sensor - could this work. Otherwise do a complete on-line process stream monitoring, continuous or on a sampling basis.
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    Load Cell accuracy

    Could this information be of any use to you: http://glo.mt.com/mt/products/products-applications_industrial-weighing_Loadcells-Weighmodules_Compression-Weigh-Modules/centerlign_lc_and_wm_Product-Product_1136918475808.jsp?v=V0bmVjX3Ryb3BwdXMicm?v=V0bmVjX3Ryb3BwdXMicm Mettler is a well known...
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    home made test gauges

    A pressure gauge that cannot be tested or was not tested is useless. It's another thing that you may want a low accuracy and inexpensive throw away gauges. Like most others have said do not try to re-invent the wheel. Building testing gauges is one thing and building your own test station is...
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    Level Transmitter, Capacitance

    Try any of the instrumentation suppliers: www.invensys.com www.emerson.com www.honeywell.com www.yokogawa.com
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    Diagrams of Vintage Machining Equipment

    sometime ASME has published some articles in its regular magazine Mechanical Engineering - specially the 100 years anniversary issue etc. check with them: www.asme.org others www.sme.org www.astme.org Also try machine shop publications: Blue book Modern Machine shop etc. Also you may want...

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