I have had a few years now of low level management, with small teams usually consisting of myself, 1 other engineer, and a CAD person. I was very recently awarded my masters degree in international business, following a very long 2 years of after work schooling. Upon completion, my company...
I am trying to lend some help to one of the guys at my company who is not a member here. He is working in Solidworks 2011 for the firs time and is struggling with the lines. From what he and I can tell, you can only have solid or center lines. Is there a way to draw hidden lines / dashed...
Ok, so I am having a monumental brain fart right now and it is really bothering me.
Here is the situation:
I have an axle with an upper and 2 lower torque rods that connect and all run longitudinally. The upper torque rod normally sits on the CL of the axle, but in this case, the customer...
What do you all think about using rtv as a waterproofing agent? I've got a small potted pressure switch that is only IP65 rated. Problem is, I need to submerge it (IP68 rating), and it does not quite work that well. For the most part it is waterproof, but there is one small press fit square...
Does anyone know of a good source for plastic compression springs?
I am working on a show model design for a new concept my company has, we want to do a quarter tube display of the idea (large tube with many components), and replace part of the design with plexi-glass so one can see inside. My...
Has anyone here had any experience with the book Road Vehicle Dynamics by Matschinsky? A friend told me it is a very good book, and would round out my library nicely.
I already have books by Olley and Milliken....
Any thoughts? Is it even worth the high price tag?
No real reason to getting...
Has anyone here ever worked with the GK subsidiary known as Active Shock in a heavy vehicle application?
If so, what can you tell me about them? I'm most interested in their quality of product, how well their semi-active system truly performs, and what price range you typically would find for...
Here are the 2 bolted joint scenarios I'm looking at.
1. I have a 1"-14 bolt with a maximum service loading of 8,880lbf. The bolts are black oxide coated so I'm using a k factor of .25 - .21. My calculations show that I need torque values ranging from 714 ftlbs to 850 ftlbs to obtain the...
Has anyone in here recently been on the Illinois PE registration website? Talk about utterly confusing...
They have 3 tests listed with no explenation:
The EIT test, which I already know.
The P&P test, ie the PE test which is self explanitory.
Then the one I don't get
The Fundamentls and P&P...
I'm looking for some help.
I'm trying to find a good quality 200psi air compressor that runs on 12V and uses less than 40A. Also, need it to be able to run in an ambient temperature of up to 300°F....
I just melted down 2 Air-Zenith compressors and am in the process of destroying a VIAIR...
I'm looking to put an air ride suspension on a Ford F550 Cab Chassis.
In doing my research I have found a few main players whose product I might choose from (Link, Kelderman, Reyco Granning, and Monroe).
For the most part the designs for their air ride suspensions look relatively similar...
Perhaps this is a dumb question, but my fellow engineers and I are drawing blanks on a potential issue...
First off... We are working with a fire truck that has a water tank attached to the top of the vehicle, which throws the CG way out of whack... So, for ease of calculations, we are assuming...
Perhaps this is a rather elementary question, but for some reason I am being forced to second guess my self.
I am relatively green to the vehicle suspension industry, and am trying my hardest to learn as I go. I will be attending some seminars in a few weeks that will help, but until then, I...
Hey all
Currently my company has 4 large wire (1"-2.5") coilers. 1 is an automatic coiler, the others are a slow hand wound operation over a worm gear.
We are in the market for another automatic coiler, however the only source we have used and can seem to find is no longer in business. The...
I need help finding suppliers..
I'm looking for suppliers for high quality SAE 9254 material. Currently we use Okia out of Japan, Charter out of Ohio, and are looking into Republic. But, we can't get Charter any more, the Republic material is flaky in quality, and Okia is getting more and...
Have any of you been to the "Shot Peening and Blast Cleaning Workshops" sponsored by The Shot Peener, in the last few years?
If so, did you find them worh while? I'm debating on going to one of the up-coming seminars in either Montreal, or Cincinatti, but want to make sure it is worth the time...
Ok, this has been eating at me for some time now, and has just come to a boil this morning. Unfortunately, ventint to my boss does me no good, so I will vent to all of you and see what you think.
I work in a small engineering/quality office. My boss is a degreed engineer with 30+ years of...
This could be a tough question, but any input would be much appreciated.
I have a barrel spring that had some strange failures recently. We had 2 out of 8 springs fail at about a quarter of the test time at the OD of the part. Typically if we see an early failure it will be on the ID and is...
Soemone please help prove me right.
Say you are using annealed chrome silicon spring wire and you were pulling it through a draw die. The wire stayed in constant tension from the main spool to the die, and then wrapped around another spool. There is potential for the wire to not be in tention...
The spring in question is an extremebly high stress, very high cycle requirement, top of the line material, bee hive shaped spring. What I mean by that is both ends are smaller than the middle section.
For the past 15 years we have been measurign the squareness of the end by setting the part...
