I imagine some of you have seen my other posts and know my situation, but short of it is that I am looking for a job. I am in the aerospace/mechanical field with management experience. I would like to get in for interviews with the local divisions of some of the big companies (Raytheon...
Here is a situation that I really hope nobody else has had to deal with, but hope someone can help me out with some advice or information.
I have a big project, major part of which are 2 weldments, one steel (primarily galvanized), one aluminum. All welding to be done to AWS D17.1, non-flight...
I am in a situation nobody wants to be in. I am looking for a new job because of situations at work while still needing the job to pay bills. Basically I am in charge of a project building a product for a customer. Lately I have found several instances of questionable practices in the...
I am program manager on on rather large ($23 million) program that is just getting off the ground. We are building first article right now, getting a little bit behind schedule. There are a number of reasons for that, some ours, some out of our control. My customer is overseeing many other...
I have found a problem in our shop that we haven't been able to get around. We have some parts, 7050 aluminum, with 2 legs, 8 inches long, 3/4 inch thick, 2 inches tall, 1.5 inch separation. We are using a tooling tab in the middle, bench it out after machining. The cutting is taking place in...
Here's a fun little project. I work at an aerospace machine and engineering company. One of our new jobs is to build a replacement part for an F111. The kicker is that there is no documentation that we can find, we are thinking we will have to reverse engineer the part, do drawings, and build...
I am working in Unigraphics NX, trying to add weld symbols to a drawing. I think I have it all figured out, except I can not figure out how to add the all around symbol. There is an option to put the field weld symbol, but not the all around, which goes in the same place. Can anybody help?
Here is an interesting question. I was having a discussion with my welder, we were talking about pushing vs pulling a weld puddle. We were talking in reference to TIG, but I am interested in MIG as well. What is everyone's thoughts and/or experience? What difference is there in penetration...
I have a quick and probably simple question, but I haven't found in AWS2.4 where this is specifically addressed.
I have a build to print project with first article requirements. One weld symbol shows a stitch weld, 20mm on 100mm spacing, all around. My first impression was, you can't do...
Hello all, I have been on this board doing some research, just thought I would let everyone know our company is taking a big step into the future. We are currently an aerospace machine shop, doing some subassemblies, especially for Boeing. We just issued a PO for an ABB robotic weld cell with...
I am working on a quote that contains some molded parts. I sent the drawings out for quote and got 2 no-quotes because of material definition. This quote is due soon, so any help you can give would be helpful.
The material is called out as "Molding Compound per MIL-M-14F type CFI-5...
I am looking for some help with metric tolerance allowable on some aluminum and steel. As an example, I need 1.5 mm sheet (.059 inch) and have been offered .061/.062 sheet. My gut feeling is that this is acceptable, per the rules of the contract on this program, if it is within tolerance I can...
As part of my project I have a large (16.2 foot length) sheet metal (t=2.5 mm) tube I need rolled to an 895 mm diameter. Surely there is capability out there to do this (it is currently being done overseas) in the United States, but I have drawn a blank everywhere I have looked. There are...
Ok, I need some help here. I am Program Manager on a job involving aerospace welding for a foreign company. (I will let anyone who is interested know what the project is as soon as we get the production contract next month, we're on facilitization now.)
The problem is, the weld...
I am helping a friend build a cabin, and need some help. We are installing an older wood burning stove (5-10 years). The help I need is with codes. The inspector is requiring either the original documentation for the stove showing the setback requirements, or to have it installed according to...
I have a question about power sources. I am trying to compare 2 different power sources, I would like to hear from anybody who has really dealt with one or the other.
First is the Fronius. Sorry, don't have the model, it is going on an ABB robotic weld cell to do aluminum weldingand some...
I recently talked to someone who said that A283 grade C steel is no longer available, it has been replaced by ASTM 1011. Is this true? How is it worded, that ASTM 1011 is equivalent to A283C? Or similar? Thanks for any info.
One of the people in out shop needs to do some welding of a 13-8 stainless forging in a non-critical area. Is this possible? If it is, what filler would you recommend? This is for filling a hole used in locating for fixturing, again, it is a non-critical area, it will get cut off in a later...
I am currently program manager on a project with welding called out to AWS D17.1 and have a couple questions.
Number one, how much difference is there (from a cost/management/time/certification perspective) in Flight Hardware vs. Ground Support Equipment requirements?
Number 2, how difficult...
