Hi, I've installed a piece of grinding equipment in the factory where I work that has a vacuum bed to hold down the work pieces going into the machine and a dust collector to collect the debris inside the grinding cabinet. The vacuum for the vacuum bed is created by a standalone blower with a...
I'm an industrial engineer from Virginia who has been out in industry for almost 4 years. Before I graduated, I took the EF exam and passed. I've been waiting to get enough experience to sit for the PE exam(Virginia requires a 4-year degree + 4 years of experience), and now I'm starting to...
I've been interested in taking a real machine shop class for years, but haven't had the time. I now have the time, but upon further research I've found there aren't any local community colleges that offer true machine shop classes. My boss let me know that my company would be willing to pay for...
Hi guys, I've got a custom process(on an assembly line) in which I need an air powered component to turn 'on' after receiving a signal from a sensor. For this application I'll need a 2-way solenoid valve, of course, but I don't know what Cv value I require. I'll use the following tool(which I...
