Recent content by SVanden

Odd is better in wheel design/manufacturing. By not having an even number of spokes, any distortion from sub-par heat treat and quench, and stress relief after machining is reduced. When i was in the industry, I justified it as "off-axis stress in cornering fatigue" to my counterparts, by...

We tried a cool tube about an hour ago, and it worked just fine. Thanks

I'm looking for any suggestions on milling carbon filled UHMW. The problem we are having is that the chips aren't clearing, and just "fuzzing" up. Using a 2 flute 0.218" dia ballnose cutting 0.046" dp with the tip, our max spindle speed is 5k and thats where we are running. I think the main...

Heres a decent forum for finishing. http://www.finishing.com/ svanden

To anneal any 6061 we heat it to around 985° F throughout, then slow cool down to 500° at 50°/hr. You may need to use a 6XXX series filler, then anneal the assembly, then heat treat it thru T-4 and T-6 cycles. T-6 is 350° for 8 hrs, so cycling from ambient to 415 and back multiple times may be...

We recently received a chemical composition report on 1010 steel we are using in one of our products. All of the element wt %'s are within spec, but there is also 0.010% Si, and 0.056% Al, which are not specified. The remainder of 99.385% Fe is also in spec. What impact will these additional...

NASA Tech Briefs just had a short piece on them. The spokes are a deformable polyurethane.

Does anyone have any info regarding old Cleveland presses? Our company has in storage what we believe to be 150 Ton OBI, and the number is 13-I-150. We are assuming that the 13 is stroke in inches, but we want to know for sure before we design/build tooling and pull it out of storage. And...

We are researching forging prototype parts with ZK60F magnesium. Does anyone have any specs for this? ie: 1 - Die temperature range 2 - Billet pre-heat temperature 3 - Strain rates and flow stresses vs 6061 alum 4 - Forging lubricants to try, and temp 5 - Cooling rate after forging 6 - Heat...

What is the difference betwee 6061-t6 and 6061-t6511? Is t6511 extruded, then solution heat treated and artificially aged vs cast and heat treated for t6? Thanks Shane

We are looking into converting from LP to Natural Gas to heat tooling. We currently use 6-8 large "Weedburner" torches burning LP. In the past, natural gas was experimented with here, rings were fabricated from Ø1" black iron pipe, rolled to approx Ø28" dia, and drilled and tapped with...

Hello Anyone out there have any fatigue specs for ZK60A-T6 Mag? Endurance limit, and/or a good s-n curve would be great. Thanks Svanden

We buy 6061 forging stock, and a vendor is specifying 0.05% max Ti. Our in-house spec calls out 0.05-0.15%, and the ASM handbook calls out .15%. I know that the Ti helps with grain refinement, but to what extent? It also helps by reducing problems associated w/overheating, doesn't it? Will...

Thank you, sir

We have had tooling designed and fabricated in Spain, and the material is called out as F-1.2379 HRc 60-62. Is this D2?? Thanks Svanden