The company i work for are trying to make a mould to make a carbon fibre component. In order to cure the Material we need to take the mould up to 130C-140C.
We would like to make the mould out of aluminium as its easy to machine, compared to steel etc.
I am a little worried that at these...
I am trying to find an adhesive to attach a thermocouple to a GRP plate. I was considering sodium silicate adhesive which can hold at high temperatures but is not very flexible, which is a problem as the plate will be flexing. I've heard that mixing this with ball clay can produce a flexible...
I have already posted on here about the design of the flue for a small gas fired test furnace. The ID is 50mm and i have good insulation around the SS310. I would like the flue gas temperatures to come down to around 180C max. The volume of the furnace is 400 mm3 and temperatures inside are...
I am building a test furnace to test composite panels whilst being under load. The internal diameter of the furnace is 400mm cubed. I am unsure on how to design the diameter of the flue? I want the temperature of the air coming out of the flue to be as cold as possible.
We are putting in...
We have 3 cnc machines now, 2 which are relatively new and one which is very very old. Its a matchmaker 750 CNC milling machine. We have it linked via serial to a computer which we feed the g code to.
We are having some problems getting a post processor to work with mastercam. We have a generic...
