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Ultem Problem

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UchidaDS

Mechanical
Sep 28, 2011
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Please see attached picture.
Not sure why it crack. It seems that the crack start at internal slotting area.
It does not crack when we receive the part, but after a while, it break into two pieces.
1. This might due to the stress concentration at one point?
2. I assume that: When the bottom surface of the machine part is not flat to the ground (let say flatness is about .012", bow in one direction) , when install it to the base, due to the strain it start cracking. I think Ultem is kind of brittle after looking at the cross sectional view.

What do you guys think?
 
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