I've been tasked to analyze the loading capacity (stacking height, unit loading etc..) of our warehouse shelves.
However, from what I found searching the code sites IBC etc... this seems to be an OEM question (unknown) or should be a question for the municipality inspectors (hate to dig up...
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Looking for a machine/mechanism to remove banded sheetmetal from pallets on a forklift and feed into our STOPA SHEET METAL STORAGE SYSTEM (see image below)
Current Operation
Sheet Metal (Various Sizes, 5' X 10', 3' X 12, etc..Typically 12 inches high) arrive banded on pallets (various...
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I'm designing a rotating workbench with vises.
6 vises (60 deg apart) on a 7' diameter steel table
(1/2" to 5/8") thick depending on the final design iteration.
I’m looking for ideas on mounting the table (Spherical thrust bearing, yoke rollers, design sites or company manufactured...
I’m trying to design a 20-foot shaft to roll up 100 feet of tarp. The shaft would be simply supported on two pillow block bearings. For a bare bones budget the shaft would be hand cranked (very low use ~ 60-80 rpm’s and used maybe once a day).
For a preliminary design I came up with a (SCH...
Is there any data on the compressive stiffness of neoprene rubber? This is for Mil-R-6855 Type 2 Gr40 (40 Durometer) extruded sheet rubber 2" x 20" x 1/8" thick. Can you quantify the compressive stiffness from the durometer? This is for small deflections used in a finite...
This is basically a modeling problem in Patran 2003ra and I use ABAQUS as a post processor. I'm trying to use the new connector elements in ABAQUS 6.3 (see link below):
http://www.hks.com/reference/epaper/r_a00-2.pdf
I would like to start out with a simple connector element i.e. a pin...
Trying to create a release between two beam elements using Patran as a mesh generator and ABAQUS as a post prosecessor. Please attach (.inp) file of a cantiler beam with hinge or something similair.
Any help appreciated.
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