I am researching alternate injection molding resins due to material supply availability (i.e. we're about to run out of our qualified material and can't get more). Use case is for threaded fittings.
Specifically, I'm wondering what material properties are most important when considering the...
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I've recently started a new job (my 2nd since getting my BSME). I moved from a company that wasn't big enough to be considered even a "small" company into a multi-national behemoth with all of its associated procedures, planning, and documentation. I appreciate the structure...
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For reasons that are somewhere between "trivial" and "pipe-dream", I am trying to learn about the viability of utilizing a centrifugal pump with a nameplate rating different than the electrical supply. I've poked around this forum and gleaned some understanding, but I'm afraid the...
I know this topic has been beaten to death, as I've gone through pages of search results on the topic. I wanted to throw an application/proposed solution out to see if there might be something else I should consider.
1" Sch.40 SA106B pipe requires a 1/2" NPT connection on the side. GTAW...
I am including specifics to the problem I am currently tackling, though I hope for this to be a more general, qualitative question about nozzles and supersonic flow.
So I've been tasked with developing a "new" product at my company. We create a vapor blending machine using a...
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My wife and I are planning to relocate in the next 6 months, or so, to be closer to family. Our community involvement and personal lives have mostly evaporated due to various circumstances and we find that our jobs are the only things really keeping us where we are. Unfortunately...
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If you've got a moment, I'd appreciate your input on a change I'm proposing for my company's system of saving Solidworks models and drawings. We run SolidWorks 2012 x64 SP5.0.
Our file server has a "SolidWorks Drawings" ("SWxDwgs") folder and a "Job Files" folder (just sticking to...
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My company uses Solidworks 2012 for all of our 3D CAD and production drawings. We have a standard product line (which is modeled up in the appropriate file location) that we then customize for customers. Each customre gets a job folder where we save a copy of the basic equipment...
Couldn't quickly find a thread on this, but I wanted to confirm:
ASME hydrotest for Section VIII, Div. 1 vessels: No welding or grinding permitted after the hydrotest is complete (or the vessel must be hydrotested again). If I need to ensure that ALL the hydrotest fluid is drained from a...
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I am going through a pump selection process for a waterbath vaporizer of LPG. The waterbath is heated by flue gases from propane combustion (flame temp. in air of ~3000F, flue gases leaving exhaust at ~750F) passing through metal piping in the waterbath, with liquid LPG to be...
Is there a way to find how many/what assemblies use a certain component (like a reverse "Find References")? I have found a pipe section (10" long) that is saved incorrectly (as being 12" long) in our CAD database. There is already a file for 10" long pipe. I need to use the 12" pipe, but...
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I've recently installed GNU Octave 3.6.4 on my Windows XP workstation and have been plugging along smoothly on a heat transfer FEA problem. I'm getting a syntax error back from Octave but I can't understand why. Attached is a folder of the .m files needed for the script...
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TL;DR: What's the best way to move and rename assemblies and their drawings (no PDM)?
I'm a new hire at a small company and am looking to does something of an overhaul to the way we manage our product models and drawings...
I accidentally moved a group of assemblies and their drawings in Windows explorer and broke the internal link between the drawings and their referenced assemblies. How do I re-establish the link between model and drawing?
Using SW2012, SP5.1, WinXP64.
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Jumping to the question: It has been suggested that a threaded connection in an inaccessible location between a steel pipe (sch80) and coupling be backwelded to ensure a good seal for years to come. Corrosion and damage due to mishandling during product transport are the main...
