We have recently been asked to qualify a repair procedure and we are struggling with one aspect.
The customer specifically asked that we create a weld with a defect in it, then repair the weld to qualify the procedure. What we are struggling with is how to create the defect.
The weld itself...
Had a miss-communication between myself and a vendor supplying a part. Vessel was taped with 1/2-13 holes and the vendor part required 3/8-16.
Neither the vessel or supplied part can be modified easily.
I can either buy or make thread inserts that will go into the 1/2-13 hole and leave me a...
The material is 304 Stainless @ 420F. More specifically it's S312 304SS S30400.
I am going back and forth right now on if it will be seamless or welded pipe based on size and cost.
I have a customer in Canada who has ordered a machine that will have a pressure vessel on it. A small vessel made of 304SS pipe with welded elliptical ends made to Sect 8 Div 1.
In their specs they require we use material values from the 1998 addition of Sect 2 Part D.
My understanding is the...
I'll start off by saying I'm a mechanical engineer so could the electrical guys write slowly.
I am working on a project where I will be using an AC drive to power a large piece of equipment. It's a government project so I can't be more specific. The power available from the facility is given...
What is you BS, or Masters in?
Just because you have a PhD doesn't meant you need to headline with it.
I had my business cards done 3 times because they left off the P.E. after my name so I can only imagine how hard it would be to voluntary remove the PhD but it may at least get your foot in...
I may not fully understand what you are trying to do but it sounds like something similar to what I have run into. This usually happens when everyone creates their own copies of the same part.
It was easy for me because of the bad files were on a network drive and I was moving things into a...
I found this older posting about the same thing but I wanted to see if any has found a way to do this in 2007.
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=105368
When you open, or save a file the dialog box that opens has some options on the left for Recent Documents, My Documents, and a few...
I wouldn't really worry about your work preparing you for the exam. I may be the exception but I didn't solve a single problem on the exam that could have come from my work as a machine designer, and I took the machine design section.
As long as you are all set, or will be set, for your...
I wanted to know if anyone has come across a command, similar to the Collapse All command for the Feature Manager, that does the same thing in the File Explorer of the Task Pane.
I like that when I click on a model part or assembly the explorer scrolls to it in the vault, but that often leaves...
I would assume that it more likely applies to assemblies were there is a possibility of things changing durring assembly.
If a bearing is pressed into a housing some dimensions on the housing may change and no longer be in part tolerance but the part is still acceptable.
This is common for us...
It's always important to remember that for every PE registered in a state they will be collecting fees so the Boards have an incentive to get people licensed.
Working in an exempt industry, as many of us do, it's not easy to even meet another PE, let alone work for one who write a reference.
The boards seem to understand this and will give a good amount of leeway for letting an individual get their references.
I would suggest joining your local NSPE...
My problem, however, is that I have hundreds of parts that need to have this done before they can be put into the vault.
I'm looking for a way of doing exactly what you did but on a larger scale. The only way I know is to open the assembly and then do save as for each part to keep all the...
I am in the process of creating a test vault to use to get everyone to buy in to making the switch to PDMWorks. I have run into a problem and wanted to get some suggestions and feedback.
I mentioned in a previous post that our network is extremely slow so I will be putting everything, even...
I wouldn't worry about either test right now.
If you failed you will have 3 months to prepare for the next exam once you find out. You will have a much better idea of what to study and how to study since if you did fail, it means what you did the first time didn't work. Learn from what you...
Unless it was a typo then no, taking, and passing, the CSWA exam would not be worth much.
I was at a user group meeting a while back when someone from Solid Works was giving a talk about the new sheet metal certification. He said, and we all agreed, that the CSWA exam is for students or recent...
I just read above post and hope it doesn't come across to OP as being jerky or mean in any way. I can empathize with you because I've been there.
Went to work everyday for several years and happily did my job. Got laid off and climbed onto my high horse about all the things I couldn't believe...
I have no idea why but people either love these or hate them. I'm in the love column.
I bought one off e-bay out 7-8 years ago just to try out and can't work without one any more.
I use the two button navigator and it works well but I would love to upgrade. My company doesn't buy stuff like...
