What are the basic properties of green sand? Understanding the basic properties of green sand and the equipment required to operate a green sand foundry are important for anyone in related casting industries. Green sand […]
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How are Engineering Drawings for Hydraulics Different from Regular Engineering Drawings? Engineering drawings have many symbols that are standard and carry over from industry to industry. Engineering drawings for hydraulics have a few symbols and
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What are the Primary Gear Hobbing Cutting Parameters? Primary gear hobbing cutting parameters include the radial feed rate, the axial feed rate, the work spindle speed, or work spindle revolutions per minute (rpm), and the
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What is gear hobbing? Gear hobbing is considered a generating process and is the most common method of producing teeth in gears of all sizes. The gear hobbing equipment and tools utilized for an operation
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Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) helps an organization with effective cost and time management by dividing a product development process into the five phases of APQP. Here is an overview of the five phases of
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Ball valves are highly versatile in design characteristics that make them suitable for transporting media of extreme natures. As a result, it is important to incorporate certain safety features in ball valves to prevent any
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What is the roll forming process? The roll forming process is a metal-forming operation that imparts the desired shape to a material strip in a progressive manner. The material strip could be either ferrous materials
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As part of a tribute to women in manufacturing, we at THORS eLearning Solutions decided to showcase one of our own, Kavita Krishnamurthy. Kavita is an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt with over 15
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Why envision a manufacturing career? Everywhere you look there are manufactured products that someone has been involved in creating. The manufacturing industry is set to grow as new technologies are expanding the way we do
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How do you start a career in manufacturing? Senthil Kumar, the founder of THORS, remembers his early days and the challenges he faced as a new engineer. He is passionate about capturing experiential knowledge from
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