I'm in the Massachusetts area and I'm currently unemployeed. i'm taking this time to update my skills, therefore I'm trying to locate a institute or college that offers certificate programs for any 3D CAD software. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I'd be most appreciative, thank you.
At my company we precision grind 304, 316 stainless steel wire (.125 to .011) to tolerances of +/-.0002 of an inch with #2 cincinnatti centerless grinders (om/ae). the material that we use for inventory and most of our customer supplied material is soap drawn stock. We've always had a problem...
At my company we precision grind stainless steel wire (304, 316)to tolerances of +/-.0002 of an inch with #2 cincinnatti centerless grinders (om/ae). the material that we use for inventory and most of our customer supplied material is soap drawn stock. We've always had a problem with the...
I'm grinding an 18 inch (45.72 cm) long, .048" (.122)diameter nitnionl wire with a thru-feed grinder. We're taking off .0006" (.0015 cm) and we're finding that the length grows .005" (.0127 cm). I would like to know the actual force needed to cause this elongation effect of Nitinol, or at least...
Thank you all for getting back to me. I found out that the "circle packing" or "sphere packing" method is the best way to find out how many actual pieces of an OD wire into a specific ID of a pipe. The most efficient way to pack cirlces is a hexagonal pattern, six cirlces around on circle. The...
The annealing we are doing in house, its a simple furnace that can get up to 2000F, sadly we cannot put them in an inert gas atmosphere, it will add onto the cost. Again i'm looking for an oxide cleaner that will not leave an etch.
We cannot change or add any steps in our process, the budget is tight, but we feel that the cleaner we are using, OxOut 536, is too aggresive for our material.
We're having a problem with some diamond drawn stainless steel wire for medical instrument use. The straightening process of the wire scratches the surface, usually unpercieved by the human eye. The material itself is very hard and needs to have a hole drilled into it, therefor the ends are...
We're having a problem with some diamond drawn stainless steel wire for medical instrument use. The straightening process of the wire scratches the surface, usually unpercieved by the human eye. The material itself is very hard and needs to have a hole drilled into it, therefor the ends are...
In my shop we're using part holders made out of aluminum, to cut down on weight, that are being used in centerless grinding. There is a slot in the fixture that an A2 plate fits into that the pieces rest on. The plate needs to be extremely flat and flush to the fixture. The amount of grit and...
I'm currently looking for a recomandation for a lapping/grinding service in the new england area. I've tried many places and asked for a flat & parrellel dimesnions of +/- .001 on some .200 A2 hardened steel plate.
Many times have I received the plates and they were warped or bowed. does anyone...
I'm trying to find decent drill bushings in the USA, I've found that the ones i have are tapered, I'm using a #60 cobalt drill and the tapered bushings are causing them to shatter. I'm currently using these from MSC and I've tried master-carr, anyone have any suggestions?
The wheel did break straight down, and we were lucky it caused minimal damage. The machine is modified so that parts are fed into the wheel on a table driven by a cnc controler. It is not uncommon for a wheel to running with no parts on in our machines.
The wheel was kept in balance by an...
I've had an incident at my office, we were running a 20" by 8" ceramic grinding wheel on a #2 cincinnati grinder, and the wheel, for lack of a better word, exploded. The wheel was from a new company, and was to be used on a trial basis. It wasn't too soft or too hard, it was very much like a...
i should have been more specific. we are trying to place as many of the wires into the pipe as possible. they are going to be held in place with wax and then have their ends ground down to a specific length. they are not to be used for anythiny electrical.
I'm looking for a formula that I could use to find out how many .013" diameter wires can fit into a .75" ID pipe. I realize that we cannot divide the area of the pipe by the area of the wire, that give us the number we could fit in with the pieces over lapping. Is there a calculus or a algebraic...
I'm trying to find out if there is a way to increase the oil pressure on a 107-4 Cincinnati Grinder. This would increase the hydraulic flow. We want to be able to back the piece out of the machine faster than it all ready is.
