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  1. rayband

    Galling while continuous annealing 304SS

    A ceramic coating on the muffle tube ID might help; it has been used in other applications to reduce galling of stainless. RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
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    Strain Aging in wire ropes

    BrianBT, How about simple hydrogen embrittlement? Galvanized, high tensile, steel wire rope in sea water!! I don't know about in storage, especially if properly lubricated, but hey!, you got a natural battery (Zn + FE) just looking for hydrogen to suck up. If so, a simple bake-out should...
  3. rayband

    Best Stainless Steel for Marine Application

    Cbert, First, your question would probably be more appropriate for the "Stainless Steel for Engineers" group. Next, you give way too little information for anyone to respond in other than a very generic (or sarcastic) way. For starters, what marine environment; fresh water, salt water...
  4. rayband

    REX 42 or REX T15 Tool Steel Heat Treat Data

    Unclelsyd, Thanks for the fast response. Your comment and the links gave me all I needed. rayband RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
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    REX 42 or REX T15 Tool Steel Heat Treat Data

    I'm looking for heat treat temps and property data to see if these tool steels can withstand a 900 deg. F coating treatment without destroying their RC 65-67 hardness. Where or from whom can I find property data? rayband RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
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    DeLong diag. for ph grades.

    Once upon a time I had a copy of a modified DeLong diagram (chrome equivalent vs nickel equivalent) that mapped the PH grades of stainlesses. I have lost the copy and cannot remember or find the reference. Can anyone help here? RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
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    Fire safety for grinding operations

    Thanks safetydan. We are aware of NFPA 51B but I have not seen nor can I find OSHA 1910.256, as my online resources don't seem to include OSHA specs. I'll keep looking, but if you have a link it would be appreciated. RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
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    Fire safety for grinding operations

    Am looking for some kind of industry or military spec that defines the safety requirements for a metal grinding operation in a mixed (non-industrial) use space or environment. Removal of flamables is obvious but, for example, how far away must those flamables be when using a 4" grinding disk or...
  9. rayband

    Dead heating element.

    Well, we are now back to the 'little device' or the power supply, as I found an old, unused variable DC power supply that still worked in the back of the corrosion lab. I could only get about 10.5 VDC out of it but when connected it drew about 1.5 A. and the element put out heat. So the...
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    Dead heating element.

    Yes, a shorted element is common, but an open element is what puzzled me and why I posted it here. Per skogsgurra's post, I rechecked and it does read about 5.6 ohms and, as stated, the power supply of ~36 V checks OK. But nothing happens when they are connected. The element seems to be like...
  11. rayband

    Dead heating element.

    Thanks to all. The plate/element is removed from the unit, which is a Genisys 3D Printer used in foundry modelling, is removed from the unit, so is not connected to ground. The Omega 882 Digital Multimeter I use has a lowest scale of 2 k-ohms and reads .0005-6 when the leads are directly...
  12. rayband

    Dead heating element.

    I have a 36 VDC heated stage that is dead. The input power checks OK, but the heating element itself shows dead short, 0 ohms resistance. An open circuit I could understand, but not a dead short. The leads & connections look OK, no obvious damage. What's going on here? RAYBAND Rock Island...
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    Safety Specs for Metal Grinding.

    Perhaps this subject needs a bit more detail, as I am sure others have faced similar situations. Our local regs state only that "--- any equipment that produces a fire, flame, or spark at a temperature higher than 228 degrees F ---", then continues with items that are either general and...
  14. rayband

    Safety Specs for Metal Grinding.

    Am looking for some kind of industry or military spec that defines the safety requirements for a metal grinding operation in a mixed (non-industrial) space or environment. Like, removal of flamables is obvious, but how far away must those flamables be when using a 4" grinding disk or wheel at...
  15. rayband

    Hardness conversion program

    Thanks TVP. I am aware of those specs and the equations in E 140, but many people including those who write the software for all microhardness hardware and many others have already done that. I am just lazy; I hate to have to spend time doing (redoing, really) what so many others have already...
  16. rayband

    Hardness conversion program

    Thanks dbooker630. I had this program downloaded some years ago but had forgotten about it. It is neat. But I am looking for the conversion equation(s) used so I can put them in a spreadsheet to convert case depth microhardnesses to the HRC values called out in the spec. I could slog through...
  17. rayband

    Material Selection Challenge

    I had not thought of T416, but it would seem a great choise for GTFigi if cost & availability are OK. RBA RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal AMSTA-RIA-SEM
  18. rayband

    Hardness conversion program

    Does anyone know of a downloadable hardness conversion program (as opposed to conversion table) where one can enter a Knoop or Brinell and get the RC or RB calculated conversion? We shouldn't have to squint at a table then mentally interpolate in this day & age. RAYBAND Rock Island Arsenal...
  19. rayband

    Material Selection Challenge

    It is probably a bit late to add to this thread, but GTFiji, have you made a decision and run any trials? If you tried the suggested hard drawn Type 201, I expect you would have much trouble holding the 1/16 in flatness spec after machining. While I am a SS advocate, I suspect that a serious...
  20. rayband

    Soldering leads on ultrasonic transducer.

    Thanks EdStainless. One of the solder manufacturers checked their sales records & found the product that the major manufacturer buys large quantities of. That's a great start.
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