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    Converting an air leak rate to helium leak rate

    I was thinking about this over the weekend and I think what they're wanting to do is more than adequate. They're just converting the air leak to units they can measure. They're not even worried about the conversion, just treating it as a 1:1 conversion. So, by just using a 1:1 conversion...
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    Converting an air leak rate to helium leak rate

    Thanks JR97, but that's kind of what I've been struggling with. How do you calculate a leakage hole diameter when you don't want one in the first place? I could back-calculate how much mass of air is lost according to the leak rate. This is the requirement verbatim: Each gage shall be leak...
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    Converting an air leak rate to helium leak rate

    I'm hoping I can get some help here, as I'd like someone to reassure me this is as easy as it seems. We've got a gage that we're having manufactured that has to be leak tested at 5000 psig for not less than 3 minutes and the air equivalent leak rate not to exceed 5x10-5 atm cc/sec. The...
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    Metric Screw Thread Callout

    Okay, thanks. Don't know why I had such a problem. I've called out metric threads before, just couldn't find any of my old drawings. Brain fart... I have a bright and shiny brand new machinists handbook sitting on the floor of my office. I always forget about that thing because I try to use...
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    Metric Screw Thread Callout

    Hi All, new memeber. Have a question on how to dimension a screw thread. It's metric, 16mm with a pitch of 1.0mm. Need to tap a hole with this type of thread. Am using the ANSI Y14.5M-1994. All I can find in my references are a minumum nominal size, threads per inch, thread form and...

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