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    Railway Wheel material

    Hi, I am designing a railway trailer to cary an escavator; the trailer will feature 8 wheels (diameter= 400 mm), each wheel carrying a load of: 7 ton (working rolling load); 14 ton (static load) when loading/unloading the escavator; Trailer maximum speed=20km/h. Concerning the wheels (my big...
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    help files not working

    Since some time ago, i am can not acces my SW help files. The system is returning this warning message: "Could not open help file. Please tcheck that your system has suficient memory" I din't make any relevant change in my system (no programs installed or changed),and i have just reinstaled SW...
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    Mate button not working

    After doing an exploded view of an assembly component, my mate button gets suppressed. I had this problem once and I had resolved it, but now I don’t remember how I did it. Can anyone help me, it is really annoying. Thanks in advance
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    Curve Through XYZ Points

    I am trying to use SW to design a ship hull. I have a list of points (forming spline curves) where the surface of the hull should lie on. I can insert them using the command "curve through xyz points, reading from a text file". The problem is that I am using the command for each curve. Is there...
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    Anodized treatment

    Can an anodizing treatment of a an aluminum part (upright from a formula car) that has been manufactured using among others, TIG welding (base alloy 6082-T6; filler alloy 5356), increase the fatigue strength of the component? What thickness should I use? thanks in advance.
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    Cleaning Aluminum

    What is the right solvent to use for cleaning Aluminum (6082 T6) before welding? The parts to weld have been machined (turning and milling), using cutting fluids. The material has been recently bought, does it steel need wire brushing, after cleaned with the solvent? Thanks.
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    5356 Aluminum filler alloy

    I want to weld (using MIG process) an aluminum part, base alloy 6082 T6 using a 5356 filler alloy. The Production date of the filler alloy is: 11-02-93. I want to now if it still suitable for use, now days. By these meaning: If I used it, will I have full mechanical properties of the weld, as I...

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