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We are modifying an existing nozzle (20" I.D. X 8" high X 63" thick hoop) to perform pressure testing on the lid that it mates to. We intend to close off the other end of the nozzle by welding a plate to the bottom of it. We've done this before with the old fabricator "that'll...
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I'm using a rectangular wire torsion spring in a safety device to indicate applied torque. The assembly environment is outdoors and cycles in lifetime < 500.
min tensile strength (not min yield) = 256 ksi
max design stress = 167 ksi
preload stress = 110 ksi
I just wanted to...
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I'm reverse engineering a brass water fitting in a low pressure application. On one side there is a face/flange seal with an O-Ring groove that matches traditional O-Ring gland dimensions. The other side has a radial O-Ring seal with 2 grooves for 2 O-Rings. Those grooves do not...
I'm using the Machinery's Handbook to design a torsion spring with square cross sectional wire. The Machinery's Handbook only gives fatigue stress curves for round wire springs. Am I correct in assuming that square wire springs have a higher allowable fatigue stress?
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Does anyone have a formula to derive the shear spring rate of a compression spring? In other words, the spring rate in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the spring.
I've seen this provided from a German spring manufacturer (that I can no longer get a hold of) as a function...
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I have a case of a stainless torsion spring (likely mat'l ASTM A313 Type 302 Class 2) of .10" wire diameter wrapped around a cast quenched and tempered Chromoly steel shaft.
The trick is the shaft has large heads on either side and must be cast in one piece so the torsion spring...
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Anyone aware of a scale comparing weldability of steel to carbon content? I am specifically attempting to compare ASTM A27 70-40 (%C = .25) to ASTM A148 90-60 (%C = TBD)
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I can't seem to find any information on lubrication for a shaft sliding in a hole. I have a simple situation of a shaft sliding back and forth inside a hole at no great rate of speed or frequency, but it will be subjected to extreme weather and is expected to last forever.
My...
