I have a pump in our manufacturing facility that is exposed to conductive particles (aluminum oxide to be specific) daily. The first pump selected (dayton 4JMW5) was an air cooled guy which shorted out and sparked in the most enthusiastic of ways after approximately 9 months of service. In...
Getting my 'wait for the coffee to kick in to do my real job technical reading' in for a morning I ran across the Sabatier reaction. Effectively it uses hydrogen + carbon dioxide to create methane + water with a theoretical limit of 80% efficiency. The benefit being that hydrogen may be provided...
I know this is going to appear as a silly question and I believe that I'm over thinking or missing the obvious. We've brought on a couple new pieces of metrology equipment and, via our QA manual, are required to perform a statistical analysis to verify that the equipment being brought online...
I work as a manufacturing/process engineer at a medium size company. I'm a bit younger and I've found I have trouble controlling my notes.
Specifically the problem I find myself running in to is when I get called away to put out the day-to-day fires. Sometimes I may be working on a larger scale...
Not exactly a pure metallurgy question. But I'm hoping for someones experience to lean in.
We need to test low alloy steels to -150F. Currently we pour liquid N over the specimens while submerged in a container. We'd like to switch to something more reliable. Ideally a chiller that can reach...
I have been tasked with going through our shop and performing a review of all of our fluids that touch parts. We manufacture bolts for primarily oil & gas but also pick up the odd job from military and aerospace.
I have been given a sulfur-free criteria and was told that was a requirement for...
I am in the process of reviewing our Charpy testing procedures & setup. Right now our procedures are very good... our setup? Less so.
Current setup
We are currently using a Nalgene 4150-2000 insulated "bucket" filled 6-8" high with methylbutane. The specimens are loaded 9 (I think) high in a...
