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    Access, Visual Basic and pdf-documents

    Hi! Can anyone help me with this? I want to add a commandbutton to a form in Microsoft Access, that will open a pdf-file located at a specific place on our server. the name of the document is stored in a table. Any VB-code for this?
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    Heat treatment Stainless Steel 316L

    Hi again! We've now run som tests at 1100 C at 2hours, and slow furnace cooling. This gave very good results regarding the machining. It doesnt bow anymore, but we observed that the machine have to work a little harder. And the surface of the metal is harder. I've been told that this isn't...
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    Heat treatment Stainless Steel 316L

    Thats exactly my problem now; it bows during machining. So what your saying is that i should heat it at 1100C for 1 hour, and then just let it lie there to cool off afterwards for some hours. Then there will be no residual stress, and it will probably behave better during machining? I think...
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    Heat treatment Stainless Steel 316L

    Thank You Ed, You can find the product sheet here: http://www.uginestainless.com/pdfs/ugima316.pdf As far as I know, the material is annealed. I will contact the people who forged it now, to get all the details. Why do you say 500C? what do you expect will happen if we heat to 600C for 2...
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    Heat treatment Stainless Steel 316L

    Hi, I've posted here before, asking for help with residual stress in forged 316L Ugima steel. I experience change in the part during machining, that i don't see in 316L Prodec plate material. We have tried with less aggresive machining without positive result. The producer of the steel told us...
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    Price of TITANIUM 6Al4V ELI

    TITANIUM 6Al4V ELI My company buys this grade to use for medical implants (according to ASTM-F136 or ISO 5832-3). Does anyone have an update on the situation regarding price and expected delivery time? And what to expect in the next 2-5 years? We use plates of about 35mm thickness, and lets...
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    Residual Stress - Heat treatment of 316L

    Thank you everyone! I think you have increased my knowledge so i'm ready to do some testing now. I'll try the heating to about 950C and also some feed\speed alterations. I'll let you know how it goes. METALGUY: the C-amount is 0.03. And in case you wonder: Chromium 16.5-17.5, Nickel 10-11...
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    Residual Stress - Heat treatment of 316L

    Thank you for excellent response. However i'm not too sure of what to do yet. We have done a test on another kind of 316L-steel, and we see that there is no problem with that. The problem kind is 316L UGIMA, produced by Ugine-Savoie Imphy. It's an improved machining grade, equal to every 316L...
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    Residual Stress - Heat treatment of 316L

    I experience some deformation in the steel while machining (rough milling), and suspect that there are some residual stress in the metal as a result of the fabrication of the stock. The stock are forged 316L steel, with dimensions approx 20cm x 5cm x 4cm. Forged in temperature range 955-1175C...

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