There is much to know about the protruding ridges that spiral around the diameter of a threaded fastener, known as external threads, especially for anyone who designs, manufactures, or purchases threaded fasteners. While engineers might …
Companies are constantly reviewing ways to reduce costs and keep positive margins. During times of economic recession, external pressures from competitors as well as internal pressures with shareholders can be mixed with concerns of shrinking revenue …
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Read the first part of our GD&T Blog “3 Factors that Affect Understanding“. As a complex standard, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing can lead to reading and interpreting errors. Users who do not have the prerequisite …
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You may have received a call to action to address the skills gap, which might feel making a bridge across the Grand Canyon with a few sticks and some string. The overarching term, “skills gap,” …
Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing is a complicated and complex standard that can lead to reading and interpreting errors. On drawings, GD&T is used as a point of reference in order to easily and effectively manufacture …
Casting Chronicles The history of humanity is defined by man’s relationship with the material world. Man’s ability to make tools from metals has changed our historical trajectory. A copper frog from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) dating …
The first two decades of this century witnessed the dramatic fall and rise of the automotive industry. We cruise into the new decade with technological advances defined by fuel-efficient and autonomous vehicles. Emission regulations and …
In 2019, a US-based turbine company identified that they had a skills gap developing within their organization. They recognized the need for organized training and decided to make training an area of focus for 2019. …
To explain any belt drive system in a simple way, imagine two separate rollers bound by a thread which runs over their outer periphery, which transmits power from the driving member to the driven member. …
Gear types can be classified according to the relative position of their axes of revolution. For example, there are gears for parallel shafts, gears for intersecting shafts, and gears for skewed shafts. Spur and helical gears …
