Two questions for everyone-
1- How many of you are actually adhering to these standards? Please also mention if your organization is within an order of magnitude or so of $65M/yr and approx. 300 employees. (I have a theory that adherance to these standards is proportional to the size of the...
We purchase a 17-4PH pump shaft that has a splined drive coupling that is press fitted into the shaft and then welded in place. The coupling and the bore for the press fit are both chamfered approximately .125". The supplier is using E309 as a filler. Could anyone tell me if that is the ideal...
Does the salt bath nitriding process have any similar effect on the corrosion resistance of 420 as it does to austenitics? Are there any other deleterious effects?
Someone with our company sent out some 420 parts to be QPQ'd that had already been hardened to 45-50Rc. Need some quick answers...
Here's an offbeat one for you folks..
I'm trying to find a portable, self contained device to measure the color of painted galvaneal panels to obtain a specific RGB value. The issue is that a supplier of sound attenuation enclosures we use on large, diesel driven water pumps is failing to...
I just read an article in a newsletter about a new surface hardeneing process that is being studied for stainless. I will partially quote the article:
"A recent cooperative research effort, funded in part by the Department of Energy, and involving Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Oak...
There is a body of opinion where I work that our quality operating procedures can be made ISO 9001-2000 compliant by simply adding the newly introduced elements to our existing procedures from our ISO 9001-1994 compliant manual. This runs against what I have seen and heard, would anyone care to...
Has anyone here tried Microseal sealant for porosities in cast aluminum? I'm ordering some for a test drive, just curious if any of you have used it, what sort of results you obtained, and if so what tips you might offer in the application of it. The porosities I'm trying to seal are...
