A Metalforming Application
I decided to write a little about my first metal-forming job after receiving an e-mail from a gentleman in India who has been in the metalforming business for 43 years (hello Ananth!) It reminded me of some of the good …
Category: Applications
Special machines and custom projects
A Funny Design Story: The Amazing Marker Cannon
…It was amazing! The marker shot out of the end of the tube, all the way across the shop and shattered against the back wall!…
Rocker Cover Gauging
This is an application to determine whether a gasket is located properly in a rocker arm cover. 3 LVDTs were used to measure the outside edges of a plastic rocker arm cover establishing a plane. 4 additional LVDTs were then …
Rubber Gasket Inspection
When I used to do a lot of work for NAS in Knoxville we got a job to inspect rubber gaskets after they came out of the molding process. The gaskets were about 2-3 inches in diameter and were somewhat …