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That's unfortunate, it's properties as die cast sounded really promising, but I couldn't find any info as sand cast... I'm really not too worried about the tensile properties from a failure POV of the entire component, it's much thicker then it needs to be in order to facilitate the sand...
Hi guys,
I'm working on an automotive intake manifold which will be sand cast. The original plan was to do 350 and T6 heat treat it. However, I was down at the foundry today discussing the project and just generally trying to see what we can do to save a few bucks, and they suggested pouring...
We have a small dyno cell at our shop which we use for R&D. We built the cell from scratch and we have a basic superflow 902 dyno.
That's my qualification for the following statement:
The cell, sound proofing, ventilation / exhaust, pumps and other mechatronics can easily cost most of your...
Hello there,
I am working on a design where I must seal 40psi or so of air pressure on a relatively small chamber (4" x 13" flange oval shape)... I don't really have room for an O ring seal so my intent was to use a cut organic fiber gasket which fits around the bolt pattern.
My question is...
Hi guys... I have a somewhat complex (to me anyways) deal, that I'm not totally sure how to tackle.
I've got what we'll call a lofted duct, which needs to meet a flange. The duct needs to immediately start to turn and form from round to oval, as soon as it starts. At the same time, it needs to...
Ya, usually I take the min and max readings between two bolt holes using calipers, then average them. It's the best way I've found using a standard caliper. I have some bits that can clamp onto the tips, but have never been able to bring myself to trust their calibration. One of those though, is...
Ya, for simple stuff I do just measure with calipers. When they start putting large or funky radii, stuff like that- is when it either gets really time consuming doing all the trial and error. The bolt pattern is usually the easy part, it's the "pretty" looking flange outline somebody drew up...
I wasn't really sure what the best forum would be to put this in, but since I use solidworks- and I need to get this info into solidworks- I figured this would be the best spot.
I've got some complex flanges with odd, asymmetrical bolt patterns to reverse engineer. I do not have access to a...
Hello there,
I'm in a bit of a bind needing to have a good model from this laser scanned surface in about 10 days. I also have only worked with surfaces a few times, and they were easy, "from scratch" surfaces, not this complicated thing.
In any case, I had this part laser scanned and was...
Sorry about that... I am just leery about posting too much because the competition is out there working on this same project.
It's not for a diesel injection pump, it's a high pressure pump for a newer gasoline direct injection setup. It pumps to a rail, electronic injectors take it home from...
Hello there guys. I've got here a high pressure fuel pump which runs directly on a camshaft with a small flat tappet lifter / cam follower. The factory has gone so far as to DLC coat them, but regardless the life is short. When people put a larger fuel pump on there, all hell breaks loose.
The...
