Just a follow up...
We looked into silver coating but it was cost prohibitive
We may experiment with moly-sil dry lubricant coating, having trouble predicting the life span of it, however
Current plan is masking the male threads from electropolishing. that seems ok so far
Seems like the silver...
Thanks all! This helps a lot, I will abandon this idea for a sleeve. It's an option, I was just noodling with the idea of doing it with a form as a cleaner and more economical option, sounds like that's not the case. Laser welding is used elsewhere on the assembly so that's an option. I'll...
Hi all,
I'm impressed by what's possible in thin wall tube forming but I'm concerned my current design isn't possible. I'm disconnected from the fabricator and I'm interested to know if this is possible before I go much further with it.
It's .039" wall, 1.5" OD, 304 SS
On the OD, I'd like to...
Thank you TBE and Ed,
I'm not using the best definition of roll formed threads. Think the threads you would see on a consumer stainless water bottle. Same concept, 0.039" stainless with ~ 1"-4 thread size
The rolled formed section is welded to other pieces after it's formed so EP after...
Hello!
We have 304SS rolled thread parts that screwed together like butter prior to electropolishing. Now they've become very sticky, almost unusable. Wondering what the thoughts of the forum are? I'd love to add some lubricant but the parts will be cleaned 1-7x per week with rubbing alcohol
