Hey all - hope this isn't inappropriate for an engineering forum, but would love y'alls take.
I've been working at this company for about 4 years. They play music all day, everyday, in the engineering office.
The music plays on a Sonos and is controlled by the hipsters in the marketing...
Apologies if this has been asked. With Fusion in active development, I can't find a recent opinion.
We're at a crossroads where we need to decide if we expand our MasterCAM license to include 3D 3-Axis Milling or switch to Fusion.
I floated Fusion as the cost for 7 years of the basic CAM...
Any tips on where to potentially sourced stainless steel socket head cap screws with the following specs:
5/16-18
Fully threaded (critical)
Lengths of 2.25”/3.5”
SS alloy not critical
Thanks y’all
We are putting standard stainless steel HeliCoils into aluminum castings. Thread is 5/16-18.
We specify that the installer use medium strength (blue/242) Loctite, torquing to 125in-lbs.
If the installer re-adjusts the product after the Loctite cures, is there a chance the HeliCoil comes out...
Would you consider the following tap "standard" - i.e. yielding a class 2 fit?
https://www.mcmaster.com/2583A13/
Pitch Diameter Limit H3
Is it on the loose side, the tight side, or just what is used most of the time?
Thanks y'all
I have two parts that need to be permanently threaded together.
One is cast aluminum with a 1/2-14 NPSM female thread.
The other is galvanized steel 1/2-14 NPSM nipple.
We currently use Loctite (the glue stick ones, primer green + high strength red) to keep these parts from rotating relative...
Just bought a used kiln to help with some prototype work.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to program controlled heating schedules with this kiln. It has a Kiln Sitter, which basically uses a physical piece of material (a "cone"), which softens at a certain temperature allowing a physical...
On another thread, I was admonished for not knowing what a "Class I" casting is.
It was in reference to a question on a die cast part out of ADC12 (A383).
I explained we use NADCA standards for specifications, which is parameter specific (i.e. surface finish, linear tolerance, etc. all get...
Designing a cast aluminum part (ADC12 alloy), and trying to determine an adequate distance from the center of the tapped hole to the edge of the material.
Bolt is 5/16-18 stainless + loctite.
Depth > 3X bolt diameter.
For distance from the threaded hole center to the edge, we have about 0.77"...
