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    Metric Gear sources

    Hey everyone, I'm doing up a drawing set for a machine that came into our shop, but I don't know where to find information on the gearing. I know they are metric gears, but the only information I have on them are: the gear has 72 teeth and an approximate outside diameter of about 14-1/2"...
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    Algor V17 - Modelling a press frame

    Hello, I was just wondering if someone could help me set up the model for this? I have a frame with a distributed load across it. I'm just trying to simulate my case accurately, it doesn't have to be super technical or anything. I drew the frame in Solid Edge, saved it as a .stp file, and...
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    Designing a beam (repeated, one direction stress)

    Hey everyone, I have a steel W10x49 beam with a distributed pressure of 80 psi being applied to it (over a length of 90"). The beam is fixed at both ends. The pressure is applied and is held anywhere from 30 min to 12 hours. I was looking through a machine design book (Mott) and it looked...
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    Model, size, and # of heaters to use for heating a press

    Hey everyone, I've had a few posts on here about building a pneumatic press for making skis/snowboards, and ideas on how to heat it. I was talking to some people at Omega, and they said I could use either strip or cartridge heaters (the guy said that I could consider using cartidge heaters...
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    Using FEA to design a press frame

    Hello everyone, I had a couple posts on this site about building a press to make skis/snowboards. I have mine built, if you look here ( http://www.grafsnowboards.com/pressidx.htm )and go to either the 6th or 7th picture down, you can see how it basically looks. My buddy wants me to help him...
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    Heating a Press

    Hey guys, I had another post on how I'm building a press for making skis/snowboards ( http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=138318 ). If you go to this page http://www.grafsnowboards.com/pressidx.htm and go to either the 6th or 7th picture down, you can see how it basically looks. I...
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    Building a ski/snowboard press

    Hi everyone, I have decided to build my own press for making skis/snowboards. There is a lot of information out there on how to do this: http://www.skibuilders.com/ , http://www.grafsnowboards.com/ These sites are a lot of trial and error, so I wanted to take more of an Engineering approach...
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    crosspost- Indoor Solar Heated Swimming Pool

    Hey guys, I did a search on here, but I still need some help so I thought I'd post. I was thinking of putting an indoor swimming pool in my new home, and I want to compare solar heating it with natural gas. The pool would probably be 10m long x 7m wide, with a depth varying from 1m to 3m...
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    Indoor Solar Heated Swimming Pool

    Hey guys, I did a search on here, but I still need some help so I thought I'd post. I was thinking of putting an indoor swimming pool in my new home, and I want to compare solar heating it with natural gas. The pool would probably be 10m long x 7m wide, with a depth varying from 1m to 3m...
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    motor sizing/design help needed

    Hi, I cross posted this here because I didn't know how many people viewed different forums: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=106072 Hi, I'm new here, but I really need some help on something I am working on. I did a search but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for so I thought...
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    Project design/motor sizing help needed

    Hi, I'm new here, but I really need some help on something I am working on. I did a search but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for so I thought I would ask for help: I am doing a simple design where I use a motor, coupled to a set of gears (probably spur gears), which rotates another...

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