I thought I mentioned in the OP that the picture wasn't exactly what I was working with but a similar concept. Guess I should have mentioned that =] We'll see how this turns out during the life test.
Keep in mind this is for a consumer product, not nuclear or aerospace standards. Just to throw that out there. It makes a for a huge difference in available options to go about this issue. What do you mean by load path? Sounds like a civil/architectural term
Whoa, so many replies. Sorry about that guys,been on the road for a bit. Someone mentioned it here, but we're going to go with a press fit sleeve onto the hosing and then the sprocket will get welded onto the bushing like shown below.
I wasn't able to get the composition of the material. The...
At the moment I do not know if it is hot, cold rolled, etc. I have asked the supplier to inquire about that information.
My mistake [rednose] It fractured at the HAZ which leads me to believe it's over stressed since it's more than likely not a sensitive material to weld. Has to be .04% or less...
I am investigating solutions for my company on a weld that they have had failures with in the past occurring next to the weld. In the picture below it doesn't show any cracks but I highlighted where the incident occurs at.
I'd appreciate some suggestions as to ways to prevent this because on an...
I'm currently modeling a pump which has a volute and changes area on the inside. Now I had no issues lofting the varying profiles of the volute however now I can't seem to merge the discharge of the casing to the other lofted parts.
For reference, the 1st picture shows how I setup the volute...
