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Does the assembly need to be continuous for the full width of the bridge or can it be in sections? For a continuous length, I think a place to start would be for the steel substrate to be hot dip galvanized with a longitudinal slot so that an extruded rubber section can be fitted. For...

Hi all, Whenever I've got SolidWorks on in the background, and I click back, or ALT + TAB back to SolidWorks, the pane where the drawing/part/assembly should be just shows the image of the screen/application I had up before. I can see the toolbars and feature manager. When I CTRL + TAB...

Hi, Assuming the plate has been created in a solid modelling package and imported into Ansys (DesignSpace?), you could create a split-line on both opposite faces using a circle concentric with the hole as the sketch. I'm probably talking SolidWorks lingo, but other packages should do it. Then...

Silicone has a good resistance to oils but a poor resistance to fuels. Check out the likelyhood of any fuels coming into contact with the hose. Also be aware that Silicon has a poor physical strength compared to other hose materials. Conrad.

Finally able to install the new driver you suggested. All seems fine now. Thank you very much [2thumbsup] Conrad.

Driver provider is NVIDIA Version 5.2.1.6 Conrad.

Cheers for the good news! ;-) Machine is an hp xw8000 with dual Intel Xeon 3.06GHz CPU and 3GB of RAM. Video card is NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL. Conrad.

Hi all, In drawings, the pointer has a shadowed grey box next to it which shows the feature name, dimension name, sheet number, etc. depending on what's been clicked or what the pointer is hanging over. This appears to be slowing down the performance of the PC, beacuse it seems to be too busy...

Hi, Can't say I've seen this before, but the screen does sometimes go blank in the graphic area, but the pointer can still pick out the features and dimensions. Could be a graphics card problem.

BJ, This depends very much on the shape of the rubber profile. Your first port of call would be the world famous book "Engineering Design with Natural Rubber" by P.B Lindley. Conrad.

These are ASTM grades. Try Matweb as a start.

The use of a purging compound is usual.

Go to www.harboro.co.uk and click on Rubber Directory in the Engineering in Rubber dropdown list. This gives properties, limitations and typical applications for each type of rubber. Conrad.

Hi, We have a 10kNm horizontal torsional test machine. The twin vane hydraulic rotary actuator is making some disturbing noises. I was directed to Hyd-ro-ac, via a reply to an earlier thread of mine and downloaded their engineering data which was helpful in understanding its workings. But...

KCJ, Been on their website and printed off their engineering data etc. Pity their in Indiana USA and we're in little old blighty (UK). But still, a great starting point. Cheers [thumbsup2] Conrad.

Hi, We have a 10kNm capacity double vane hydraulic rotary actuator that is making some disturbing internal grinding and squeaking noises. We think that maybe the bearings are worn causing the vane to pivot and grind against the chamber wall. Can anyone confirm this or suggest an alternative...

Hi Dave, We used to use *.jpg for our title block images without a problem. But since upgrading to SolidWorks 2005, it wont insert *.jpg anymore, only *.bmp, which seems to be the other way round to your problem. Conrad.

What about the same material used for a washing machine door seal.

Hi Ben, Before the advent of bond paints, metal parts were brassed (layer of brass on the steel substrate) to get the rubber to adhere (albeit at higher temps), so preventing the diaphragm from sticking to the brass component may be difficult. As for sticking to the steel surface, there's some...

Thank you all for your input. Tom, Are you the same Tom Aspin that worked in Silentbloc Technical Dept. [wavey2] I was a mere test engineer back then, I'm now in the Technical Dept. along side Eddie Deeming. You would have known me as Colin (long story). Anyway, if you read this and feel...