I'm a sales engineer for the top company in our market. We have the best reputation and in my 10 years with them, I've never had a situation like this come up.
I was working on a design for one of my consultants and he asked me to coordinate with a local ME (PE) for a few of the design...
I'm an ME completely out of my lane here and looking to hire someone to design a foundation (piers w/ floating slab) for a 30x60 red iron shop I'm having built. I have reached out to 5 local firms but struck out each time (too busy, not their wheelhouse, etc). I'm still waiting on 3 or 4 more...
I'm designing a watertight pushbutton. It has 2 pieces of machined stainless steel (303). One piece looks like a piston and the other is it's housing with a positive stop. For the seal, I have a neoprene washer with a beveled outside edge (to minimize friction). It is sort of like an o-ring...
Has anyone ever had any experience with making friction fits in plastic parts? And could you offer me some advice?
This is the first time I've ever designed a plastic part and I'm having problems with a friction fit. The part I'm trying to make is a push-pull stop using a micro toggle switch...
