So, in short, the cause of all this was the rapid increase and later VERY rapid decrease in home prices. Coupled with covering up the rapid decrease by those selling the "paper". ...and bad lending practices. Correct?
Did the supply go up or the demand go down to cause the rapid decrease...
The Union got a raise. So all the salaried folks got theirs, retroactive from normal raise time. Should I be pissed at a 2.5% raise in a year that I got my PE? The PE was something that my managers wanted me to get. I think I'm making about 15K less than my potential. That makes me not want...
I had to train myself not to ask a friend of mine "what's up". His standard response was "a chicken's butt when he eats". He still gets me with it every once in a while.
This thread (http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=222190&page=1) got me thinking about a website I visited recently, www.glassdoor.com. It's a site that supposedly allows you to comment anonomously about your job, sallery, company, boss, etc.. No one from my company has any listings. I...
My wife is a nurse and she works a lot of 12hr shifts. She likes it. I think I'd hate it. Then again, I'm working somewhere around 5-9s. Around here, you get "the look" if you leave on-time.
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I've even gotten my PE since my last raise.
Rumor is that they are waiting for the Union contract to be settled before the salery folk get their raise. Contract is up at the end of July. I work in the steel industry as an Electrical Engineer.
Most of my offers have be ~10% more than my current pay. In fact, I got into a little argument with the last head-hunter because the offer I received was exactly 10% more than my current salery as stated on my application. They were kinda shocked when I told them that my bonus pay for the...
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Per our interpretation of the specifications we are not required to install thermal protection on the hoist, this is optional equipment that has to be specified by the users depending upon local codes in the area of the hoist installation and use...
There is no VFD. Only reversing contactors that are mounted on the hoist itself.
It's one of these: http://www.coffinghoists.com/ecpage.html
Model ECMT-6010-15
You really think I have to put seperate(hoist/trolley) external overloads on that thing?
We're installing a rotating jib crane. On the crane is a 3 ton hoist that utilizes a 2hp, 3ph, 230VAC motor. The hoist is on a motorized trolly that has a 1/4hp, 3ph, 230VAC motor. The crane uses an pendant control with 4 buttons(up, down, left and right). The crane was manufactured by...
I'm searching for some OPC training. I would like to get some training for a few of our guys(PLC techs, instrumentation/combustion techs and EEs). I'd like to have the following included:
-What is OPC?
-How does it work?
-How to set up an OPC server?
-What are the avaliable clients?
-How to...
This is one of two motors powering the work rolls of a 110" reversing roughing mill. The mill is used to process ingots of nickel based alloys into plates, blooms and slabs.
Moment of inertia is basically rotational inertia. It's the resistance to rotational acceleration/deceleration of a mass. Load moment of inertia is just the moment of inertia of the connected load. If you're running through any mechanical advantage, it must be factored in.
Here's a shot of the retrofitted design showing the kink. I'm fairly sure that this is just a bend in the solid copper riser and not a laminated section.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=59198610-4f10-4a1c-904c-221ecdf1d639&file=Riser_Support_6of6_(small).jpg
We are having a spare armature built for a 4000HP motor.
In the past, we've experienced problems with the commutator risers breaking at their welded joints. The risers are about 14" long.
We have retrofitted one of the existing motors with a riser support ring. The risers are tied to the...
