moefeaux
Mechanical
- Jun 3, 2004
- 6
Greetings,
I am a fairly new graduate in charge of designing/procuring tooling for a 10,000-ton cold-form steel press (Yes, I know that is big!) to press heads for large pressure vessels.
I am being pushed by management to run the press at the absolute lower limit of it's stroke (within one inch of cylinder rock bottom). In the opinion of myself and the other engineer on the project, this is a horrible idea for any number of reasons.
Are there any publications or online references detailing recommended operational procedures for a press that I can reference when making my recommendations? Changes to the current tooling design are being resisted at every step, and yet I am being rushed to complete this project quickly.
I just do not want to see one of my first projects as a 'real' engineer fail because I was not permitted to do it correctly.
Thanks
I am a fairly new graduate in charge of designing/procuring tooling for a 10,000-ton cold-form steel press (Yes, I know that is big!) to press heads for large pressure vessels.
I am being pushed by management to run the press at the absolute lower limit of it's stroke (within one inch of cylinder rock bottom). In the opinion of myself and the other engineer on the project, this is a horrible idea for any number of reasons.
Are there any publications or online references detailing recommended operational procedures for a press that I can reference when making my recommendations? Changes to the current tooling design are being resisted at every step, and yet I am being rushed to complete this project quickly.
I just do not want to see one of my first projects as a 'real' engineer fail because I was not permitted to do it correctly.
Thanks