The company I work for sold some aluminum temporary shoring equipment to a company in Canada. All of our products' tabulated data is stamped by a PE in the US but does not have stamps for any provinces in Canada. I am working with a PE that is licensed in the province where the equipment was...
I have a pipe that is fixed to a base plate and the base plate is anchored to a concrete floor. There are a set of rollers at the top of the pipe (the end furthest from the anchored end) and a second roller set on the opposite side of the pipe anywhere from 48" to 70" below the top roller set...
Whenever I try to run a simulation in Solidworks 2017 or 2018, my computer shuts down at random times while the problem is running. On the same computer, I can run the same simulation in 2016 and it runs fine. The only issue with using 2016 is all of our models have been updated to 2018 format...
I have an aluminum jib track design that I need to find the maximum capacity for. If it was an I beam or a more standard track this would be simple but it is a patented enclosed track and I can't find any help on this subject. I have attached a PDF showing the design. Figure 1 just shows the...
I am using a steel plate resting on a teflon disk in place of a slew bearing. The material in contact with the teflon is steel. I know that the co-efficient of friction for teflon on steel is pretty low but is there any type of lubricant that would make it even lower? I have looked and looked...
I work for a crane manufacturer and the PE we work with and I are at odds over a recent project. The beam I selected for the project checks out with all the standards and he agrees. The problem is that the plot of the beams available moment vs. unbraced length stops at 24' in the AISC manual and...
