How about sandwiching the gasket with another layer of a glass or plastic slide and holding it with some adhesive tape or another spring type clamp and then taking the measurements.
We used to check printed circuit boards layout with a plasic film master that is made from a photo sensitive...
Can someone describe the basic technique used in application of vanadium coating to Steel in the simplest possible way?
What kind of equipment, controls, safety precutions are required ?
How to test if the desired results have been achieved?
ISA has a number of publications. Depending upon if you are a manufacturer or a instrumentation consultant or a builder.
ISA has specification sheets for all kind of hardware and instrumentation.
ISA has standard test requirements for various instruments.
As an ISA member you could get a...
If you want to go to instrumentation field then it would be advisable to get more info from: www.isa.org
Also try to get free subscriptions of the following magazines if you still can:
Control Engineering
Automation world
Process Engineering
Evaluation Engineering etc.
These will help you...
If non-metallic materials may be your choice.
You may want to check out fiberglass filled chemloy. Vespel may be another choice that does not require any lubrication at all. You have to check with the design guide for these matterials with the manufacturer or distributor of these materials as...
The problem here is that the monkeys don't think the same way like human beings do. If a monkey need a banana so desperately you do not know what he will do. He can sense your strategy even before you try to implement it. So watch out - here he comes, sometimes with his entire gang.
To find the...
Here is another well known source. Perhaps you could get a copy from a local engineering college or a bookstore to look it over:
http://www.amazon.com/Machining-Data-Handbook-Machinability/dp/B000F3NHKW
Good luck with your search.
You may want to try the following websites also.
http://www.prestoneastin.com/?gclid=CPuLtoG30ooCFR-CSQodhWwwcQ
http://www.weldlogic.com/?OVRAW=Welding%20Positioners&OVKEY=welding%20positioners&OVMTC=standard
Good luck with your search.
How about a bypass manifold with some water in it and a retractable pH sensor - could this work.
Otherwise do a complete on-line process stream monitoring, continuous or on a sampling basis.
Could this information be of any use to you:
http://glo.mt.com/mt/products/products-applications_industrial-weighing_Loadcells-Weighmodules_Compression-Weigh-Modules/centerlign_lc_and_wm_Product-Product_1136918475808.jsp?v=V0bmVjX3Ryb3BwdXMicm?v=V0bmVjX3Ryb3BwdXMicm
Mettler is a well known...
A pressure gauge that cannot be tested or was not tested is useless. It's another thing that you may want a low accuracy and inexpensive throw away gauges.
Like most others have said do not try to re-invent the wheel.
Building testing gauges is one thing and building your own test station is...
sometime ASME has published some articles in its regular magazine Mechanical Engineering - specially the 100 years anniversary issue etc. check with them:
www.asme.org
others
www.sme.org
www.astme.org
Also try machine shop publications:
Blue book
Modern Machine shop etc.
Also you may want...
If you are looking for a relatively small unit, "Cole Parmer" may have one in their catalog.
But remember depending upon upon temeperature, pressure and volume rating some units require government approval (ASME code approval in US), boiler & pressure vessel code approval in Canada by a...
In the industry there are Munsel colour tolerance chips that are available for metal paint finishes or plastic materials.
BYT Gardener is another supplier taht supplies all kind of equipment for checking pint finishes.
Any "Metal Finsihing" magazine could list a number of suppliers of testing...
Try the Industrail Fastener Institute (IFI )in USA. I do not have their exact name or website location. They publish a databook with all kind of nice tables. Check it out.
http://www.industrial-fasteners.org/publications.php?cat=3