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Greg..its not exactly laziness because im actively trying to find a solution. Sure i can throw money at it, make our machines more expensive, become uncompetitive, slowly loose business then become redundant but thats not really something id like to do. Whatever you do to guard machines there...

Thanks people for your help, We do use movable guards (of a sort) which utilise coded magnets. The main problem is that if a customer wants to cut something really short, yet the diameter is over 40Ø, to use a long guard (850mm +) it is just not practical. If we did supply a machine of this...

Hi I have a question about machine safety and the dreaded gaurding. From Brish Standards any hole over 40mm that leads to a piece of moving machinery needs to be guarded by a guard sufficient to keep the person away from the danger area. As in the case of a hole for example a tube of 850mm in...

I have scoured the web but to no avail...can someone help??! Im after a guide which details different types of material grades and their typical applications. Mainly mild steels but other materials would be very handy... If not, does anyone know which material would be best for a vertical...

Hi Im after some help to calculate the time a gearbox will rotate a component through 120degrees. I have a 1400RPM motor connected to a gearbox with a 442.76:1 ratio, therefore giving an output of 3.2RPM The gearbox shaft is to rotate a component between two limit switches, so the angle of...

Hi Sorry about the delay been on holiday ! I have tried to use the SKF handbooks, but still not further understand. Can i provide some examples for you to adivse on if possible ? 1) The shaft (32mm dia) is stationary and the outer housing (in this case a roller) rotates. The od of the...

Hi I have recently moved into a mechanical desiging role where we use a lot of bearings, and in-house manufactured shafts. I just want to check some concerns i have on tolerances with these. Say using a bearing of 35 dia ID, i have designed the shaft with a 35 -0.025/-0.075 tolerance. Does...

I use solidworks 2005 and have tried to compile an animation. Using the animation interface of almost drag, drop and move components i have created an animation within the solidworks screen. However when i record the animation into an avi format, components which i have made to become...

Hi Ive run a modal simulation within ansys to obtain 4 mode frequencies of a clamped (at one end free the other) rectangular plate. I wish to manually calualte the frequencies to ensure ansys has provided the correct data. I have the correct forumla for rectangular plates but have a question...

also forgot this bit ! how can you set up rooms ?? i.e i cant seem to find the area where you can set up rooms, i.e ceilings, walls, roof and how do you set up individual screens for these ?? where is it in the dropdown menus, any ideas ?? Cheers once again !

OK, thanks for that........ however i cannot seem to naviagte to the folder with my seperate pictures in , any ideas with this ? all i can choose are the matlibs etc etc, how can i get it to choose a picture from my docs or similar ? Do i need tro copy the picture into one of the folders on...

Hello all, This question has a relative link to Pro-E as i could not import into studio max. However using the stl file and a min chord height my questions have been answered. I have now impressed most people with the ability to render in studio max. Quesiton though, i know materials can be...

I really only want to produce mind blowing photorealsitic rendering, for use on boards.... havent really got the need for animations yet with our models, just displays that are v.realistic.... in this case am i using the right software... bearing in mind we draw in pro-engineer what would...

Thanks all..... I put the chord height in as a max, cos i thought that might be better...wasnt really sure what i was doing to be honest..will try 0 and see how that fairs.. I use 3d Max 5, company are not looking at upgrading if we cant even use this one !!! Still struggling to adjust what i...

Hi, Anyone anmswer the above question for me, round things,cylinders, circles appear as polygons or even just triangles ! When i export from pro-e into stl format with the chord height set at max, it helps but still looks blocky, or more like a dodechahedran (or however its spelt). Also, if you...

Top marks..works a treat thanks... However ! It seems to corrupt the data when assemblies are bought in, should it do this ? Or is the idea to bring in the individual parts and join them together in 3ds ? When i have a part imported, i can only seem to change the colour, not apply any...

Hi ive read all the other emails about this subject but have a question myself ! I am new to all this as well !!! anyone got any suggestions or know of any books that will help me either render in pro-e or 3ds max ? i have 3ds max version 5 (all that my company would give me !) , i havent...