I am having trouble opening large solid models of engines sent to us by our vendors. Generally, the vendors work in Solid Works and have to convert to one of the following formats that Solid Edge recognizes:
*.x_t (Parasolid)
*.stp (step file)
*.igs or *.iges (IGES file)
I get a message...
I have two flanges bolted together and their is a problem with the way the holes have been drilled. Normally, the assembly is held together by 10 bolts. Because of the error in drilling, if we were to try bolting then together only 6 of the holes could be used, but I believe they are equally...
How do you go about getting into a new area of engineering once you've been working in one for a while?
I graduated with a BSME in 2003 and have been working in manufacturing environments (3 ½ years (1st job) in designing shipboard components, currently about 1 year (2nd job) designing pumps...
I have an application where I need to provide a pump that pumps a 25% concentrate magnesium chloride from a pond. My main concern (or question) is about the volute and impeller material. From what I've read, magnesium chloride is fairly corrosive.
Has anyone worked with pumping a solution such...
I am working on a design for a portable sound enclosure to cover a diesel engine. I don't know much about sound attenuation, but initially am thinking about a sheet metal type enclosure with sound attenuating material or baffling on the inside.
The requirements I have is that the enclosure be...
I work for a company that rents and sells pumps and we've been discussing trying to incorporate some sort of audible warning system for when something goes wrong with one of the pumps. We actually have a system in place that alerts us when something goes wrong, but no audible alert.
I know...
Is there any way to scale an assembly? I know I can scale all the individual components, but I'd like to be able to do it without having to scale the individual components.
