People – look at the people
Look for a LEAN, Six Sigma, TQM program or similar gone terribly wrong.
Currently I am in a world where companies are implementing programs to eliminate non-productive operations. Unfortunately it is very hard to justify preventive maintenance as a productive...
IMHO saying "Alumina" is somewhat like saying "steel". Lots of kinds of alumina in the world.
Have you been to Coors with your question?
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
1. The promotional stuff I saw talked about the Spyder being back so I expected something with classic styling.
2. The car is so over-styled that it looks silly. I know, so is Ferrari but at least Ferrari does it well.
3. $80,000 ? For a Fiat ?
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc...
Not at all my area of expertise.
Went to look at the car and the body shape just looked silly. Sort of an over-done version of really expensive cars.
Is this correct or is that body styling really functional other than from a marketing standpoint?
Thanks,
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide...
MikeHalloran,
As usual I agree with you completely.
The rep really didn’t do anything I consider extraordinary. He found a replacement for a 25-year-old part, ordered it, delivered it when promised, put it in and solved an additional problem for us. This is the way I think it should be...
Mark Bernard of Kaman Industrial Technologies found a new PLC for our old, house - built machine.
He also came down and installed it. Then he noticed something else so he fixed that as well.
That's it. Just really great service for an infrequent, small customer.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide...
"Dense Chrome"
Saw it in an ad for a retail product?
Unfamiliar with term.
Does it mean anything?
Thank you
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
Try Kennametal Deloro
Louw De Jong
Kennametal Stellite
604 463-2140
ldejong@stellite.com
Louw is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
+1 for What they said.
Interns are a good idea for the intern and the industry. You are fortunate that they are giving you real work.
My old partner; Dr. Bob ME PhD, PE use to say that ME's were the ess3ential engineer. You could go anywhere. With a little more education you could be any kind...
Might look at how kilns, ovens, etc. are wired.
It will grow and shrink. The ceramic will crack.
Wind the wire into coils. We used a 1/4" dia. rod chucked into a small electric drill.
Wear a leather glove to guide the wire. Wind it tight then let it relax. It will expand to some odd...
Just saw them yesterday. Trying to get info.
Thank you,
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
http://www.morganthermalceramics.com/products/insulating-fire-bricks-ifb
Cheap, easy to work, very good thermal properties. They are about the size of building bricks.
You can fasten them together with mortar.
These are very soft and porous.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc...
We use fire bricks for this sort of temporary fixture. Easy to machine (but very abrasive), cheap, readily available and there is a huge selection.
We buy the soft, insulation fire bricks from a local kiln supply house.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com...
I do not know how happy you are with the tank settling method. Quite often, these things are a real hassle to clean out. In contrast, a centrifuge as the particles in motion is usually fairly easy to put them wherever you want them. A centrifuge can eliminate a lot of clean out time and labor...
You maybe ought to have a Machinery's Handbook, Thomas Glover's Pocket Ref and a copy of the CRC Handbook of chemistry and Physics. You can get the first and third second hand really cheap.
ASM books can be o.k.
Maybe buy a Material's Handbook. There are several under that name...
Cyclonic centrifuge. Spins the heavy particles out. great for large volumes of material.
Maybe follows that with a mesh filter. Centrifuges typically get out about 90% of the material.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a...
I would call HPAlloys. I have been a customer many years and have always been impressed by them.
https://www.hpalloy.com/
Phone:
Main: 765 945 8230
Toll Free (U.S. only): 800 472 5569
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Fax:
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Not sure if you want to do it yourself or not.
If you want it done then figure out why and ask a couple professionals what they recommend.
EN is easy. You can do it on your desk in a mazon jar. Good EN is much trickier.
I believe israelkk is referring to what I was taught to call "edge...