Thanks for the advice. I think it may be wise to section one and 'see' what is going on. The crank will be going into a very powerful engine so I'll use a bit of caution before setting a limit with the customer.
Thanks for the reply. It's the final crankshaft so this would mean their rejection rate could be high. If they still insist on using this material is there any safe way of coming up with a limit for this type of defect in the final product?
Thanks.
Hello all,
I'm a newbie to the forum and am in need of some help.
We have a customers crankshaft which we've tested on the Mag bench using the W/C method and we've been finding 'stringers'. Some defects are surface breaking whilst others are not. Some are grouped together but all follow the...