You might also look into thread milling. I believe most hass visual programming is capable of programming these and most tooling manufacturers will help you programm these. In materials like this thread milling will usually outperform taps,
Most tooling manufacturers will have sppeds and feeds they recommend. In my experience these materials will have to run between 100 and 150 sfm depending on machine stability and exactly what the material is.
304L is low carbon. Usually this is replaced with nickel or chromium instead of carbon. It can make a big differnece in the machinabilty. I would stay with 304 wherever possible.
I have a part to make that calls for a 14 SGT. I think this is a Special Taper Gas thread but I do not have much information on this threads specs. Is anyone familar with this type of thread and where i moght find the specs?
Cockroach,
I have been going through some older work and revisiting this problem. The thrad in question is Unified National. The rating I am currently using is 652 psi. The bowl is made of class 30 gray iron. The major dia of the thread is 5.089" 12 tpi 1" long PD 5.039 minor dia of 4.995. I...
I am about to start a new job with a consulting firm where I will mostly be doing HVAC design. I have been out of school about five years and this was the last time I did much in this feild. I have been working for a manufacturing company in a seperate industry since then. Any suggestions on...
I am a young engineer. Right out of college I went to work for a manufacturer that I worked for part time throughout college. In the beginning I loved it there was alot of design work to do and I got to run the machine shop side of the bussiness. Recently I have interviewed with a couple of...
The impellers in question are a 12in nominal bowl assmebly.
I have tested a 2 stage and a three stage with results about the same. I have tested the impellers in the same bowls and each performs differently. I have tested each assembly s0 that the only difference in the entire setup is the...
I know I can write prorams with wordpad or notepad which is what I use alot. But how do I send or recieve the program.
I was hoping t use a RS 232 connection.
Anyone know some good relatively cheap software to communicate with Fanuc or Mazatrol controls. All I want to do is read and punch programs instead of keying in at controls.
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I work for a company that has copied a few different impellers. When testing these impellers we have had mixed results. Capacity and head we have good luck. Generally we produce more head at shutoff and less capacity at open discharge. In the middle of the curve at general operatong conditions...
I work for a pump manufacturer and do alot of work with foundries doing sand castings. I have heard that alot of pump companies are going to investment casting. I know very little about this process. Could anyone help with the differences, advantage, disadvantage, or helpful links.
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