Has anyone had a chance to compare the 2015 Aluminum Design Manual to the 2010 version? Some general notes can be found on the Aluminum Association website, but no specifics are listed. Anyone had a chance to look through it? Any new useful information/design guides? Is it worth shelling out...
We are experiencing a lot of creep with the weight readings from our floor scales and were wondering if anyone has had any experiences or knowledge on the mechanics of load cells and why creep occurs.
We used a Mettler Toledo floor scale (Model 2158) that was rated load 10,000 lbf to weigh a...
I was wondering if there was an interior door design criteria out there specifically pertaining to live loads. IBC and ASCE don't seem to give much guidance unless I'm just looking in the wrong areas.
We have a larger steel framed door, 14'x7', ornamental, used to conceal a maintenance closet...
Anyone have any experiences with failure modes of a pneumatic actuator/cylinder? Any good resources out there that discuss failure modes or ways to predict failure?
The proposed system we are reviewing uses a fairly long and narrow cylinder and my guess is that there is some point where the...
We are working on a setup where we have two 3/4HP motors carrying/sharing similar loads (The system would be difficult to describe so for the sake of brevity imagine two cranes lifting a steel beam simultaneously from opposite ends). The original design incorporated one VFD for each motor with...
I wanted to check to see if anyone has ever heard of someone using epoxy or some other adhesive to bond a steel pad eye to concrete... or is it just a bad idea in general.
Has anyone seen this done? Could it be done to within some predictable performance? What about constant tension loads...
Does anyone know where to buy Forklift data plates?
We checked with McMaster and it sounds like they can take an image we provide and print it to one of their plates... But, for simplicity I wanted to see if there's a company out there that specializes in data plate creation to the point...
We are prototyping a pool toy/device using polyethylene foam noodles (fun noodles) and some sort of adhesive tape that will be used as straps to tie the noodles together. The tape is only used during the construction phase but must remain on the device even though it's not essential to the final...
Is a MIL-A-8625F hard anodized finish overkill for preventing corrosion in a swimming pool environment? Would a less thick anodization such as MIL-A-8625 TYPE 1 or 2 hold up as well?
We're looking into anodizing a 2' X 2' X 8' Aluminum 6061-T6 tubular member truss. It will not be submerged...
Does anyone have any experience with anti torsion cables as seen used in some sailing furlers?
They are generally made from materials such as Aramid, Kevlar or Carbon Fiber. Their purpose is to transfer torque through the cable with minimal twist. From my understanding, they are also used...
The design challenge:
There is a fabric roll that needs to span a large distance unsupported (about 80 feet). The client has asked for the roll weight to be minimized since the quantity and weight of the fabric is very small in comparison (roll size < 5" dia; preferably carbon fiber tube).
The...
I have a cut sheet for Siemens motor Type RGZESD and RGZEESD Frame 444/445T, but it doesn't list the motor's weight in the specifications.
Approximate weight will work in this case, but a source siting the total weight would be best.
Thanks,
DFLewis
www.phoenix-engineer.com
We have a couple of older motors for which we are redesigning supports. The main issue being we have been unable to find dimensions for the frames (bolt holes and shaft position).
The motors are the following:
Westinghouse: 125HP, Frame 506-US, S#66F34949 (built in 1966)
Siemens: 125HP, Frame...
Does someone know how to change back the Solid Edge assembly file icon to it's default icon after installing Solidworks?
Installing SolidWorks changed my .asm icon to the same as .sldasm icon and I think it's slowing down Solid Edge significantly (to the point of crashing) when trying to open...
