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  1. SteelAndSteel

    Set tolerance on a container with ISO corners

    Hi, I am making a welded structure with ISO corners, and need to set tolerance between the ISO corners. I look at earlier project and there have no tolerances at all, beside the general ISO tolerances. If I look at the standard for a general container it say L= +0-10 mm W= +0 -5 h= + -5. But...
  2. SteelAndSteel

    Sealing double door

    Hi I about to design a container. The container has a double door, I know how to seal a single door, but not a double door, my problem is the area where the two door met, see the picture below. Do anyone have a suggestion how to do this sealing arrangement? http://postimg.org/image/qzydzw2vx/
  3. SteelAndSteel

    Evaluation concerning tolerances when placing beams inside of each other

    Hi, Two beams one 60x60 and another 60x60 beam with a welded 8 mm sheet shall be placed inside a 500mm long 140x70x4 beam, see the attached picture. The material for all beams is S355J2H. I wonder if it will be a good fit. When I am checking the tolerances (EN 10210), I can see a scenario where...
  4. SteelAndSteel

    Position and symmetry

    Hi, I have two questions on GD&T in ISO, the questions is imbedded in the pictures below: http://s3.postimg.org/arf4wvvpf/image.jpg http://s22.postimg.org/gf9sezlkh/image.jpg Kindly Paul
  5. SteelAndSteel

    Finding rare material sizes,

    Hi, I have a problem when I am looking after rare sizes of sheet metals, pipes and round bars. I am in an engineering firm and generally gives job to different local workshops. Since I am not buying the steel myself, there are not any reason for the companies who sell steel to help me, and I...
  6. SteelAndSteel

    Question about ISO_13920

    It is possible to make a welding drawing of the item in the picture without adding any measurements, (if you have drawings on details 1 to 4), because the items is aligning with the edges of item 1. So what I wonder is who I shall interpret the general tolerance concerning distance in this case...
  7. SteelAndSteel

    Tightning torque aluminium?

    Hi I have an aluminium detail with some helicoil holes (M6, M8, M10 and M12). The material is EN 5052 T5, which is an aluminium alloy which has Rp0,2 on 60 MPa, which isn't that much. The bolts is 8,8 What tightening torque should i use? There r tabels for 8,8 screws, but the strength of the...
  8. SteelAndSteel

    Question about circular runout

    Hi, First of all i am using ISO. I have noticed that the meaning of circular runouts change if the arrow is not pendicular to the surface, can someone explain that to me? My main question is that i want to put a tolerance to the cone below (the thing which are brown)...
  9. SteelAndSteel

    How to attach a cover to a pipe?

    Hi i am going to make a pressure vessel for 3 bar, and I haven't been working with pipes before. I have found a pipe and a cover, see the picture below. My question is how do I join the items together; seems hard since the cover and the pipe has the same diameter. Do I chamfer the profile and...
  10. SteelAndSteel

    Proper use of round slings

    Hi There are people using round slings as in the picture below. Is that a correct way to use round slings and if not, why? . When i look in google picture i do not see cases where it is being lifted in that way, that is why i ask.

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