Ladish Forging, a firm with over century of experience forging big parts for demanding applications, had to do some serious planning when it took on task of ring rolling and forging 21.5-ft diameter kiln tire out of a 12-ft-wide, 225,000-lb carbon-steel donut.
The Longshot Camera System holds any compact, pocket, or point-and-shoot camera and puts it up to 21 ft away in any direction. The photographer can then gently pull on the accompanying retractable-reel line, triggering the camera to take a picture
A design aid from Proto Labs called the “Protogami” consists of six tetrahedra, each of which holds four flat black triangles made from a particular resin.
Photochemical machining (etching), microstamping, and micromachining are all used to make small, precision components. Each process has its own advantages and limitations
An excavator manufacturer discovered that pressure transmitters on its equipment were susceptible to leaks, letting water get in the sensor bodies. The weak connection between the cable connector and the sensor body was letting moisture destroy the circuit board
When engineers at Farris Automated Systems LLC, Hartland, Wis., were designing a dynamometer for checking rotating parts, a major challenge was in configuring the device’s main hardware component
