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Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB): The Best Energy Storage Device

By THORS Staff Writer / Systems / emerging technologies

The energy storage sector is dominated by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which power more than 90% of the global grid market. The modern world revolves around energy, and we cannot get through a day without relying …

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3D illustration of a lithium-ion battery, the best energy storage device

What Equipment and Systems Are Used in a Green Sand Foundry?

By THORS Staff Writer / Castings, New Course Announcements

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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Green sand molds in a foundry prior to molten metal casting

Understanding Engineering Drawings for Hydraulics

By THORS Staff Writer / Engineering Drawings, New Course Announcements

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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Cylinder in a hydraulic system

Gear Hobbing Cutting Parameters to Optimize the Hobbing Process

By THORS Staff Writer / Gears, Metal Cutting, New Course Announcements

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 rpm, and the hob spindle speed, …

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A horizontally-oriented workpiece lubricated with cutting oil during the gear hobbing process.

Examining Gear Hobbing Equipment and Tools

By THORS Staff Writer / Gears, Metal Cutting, New Course Announcements

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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A vertically-oriented workpiece and gear hobbing cutter.

Advanced Product Quality Planning: 5 Phases of APQP

By THORS Staff Writer / New Course Announcements

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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The 5 phases of APQP.

5 Safety Features in Ball Valves

By THORS Staff Writer / Manufactured Products

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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Parts of a ball valve.

The Roll Forming Process in 7 Basic Steps

By THORS Staff Writer / Manufacturing Fundamentals, Metal Forming, New Course Announcements

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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A comprehensive image showing the entire roll forming line in the roll forming process.

Women in Manufacturing: An Interview with Kavita Krishnamurthy

By THORS Staff Writer / Career Planning, Training / #elearning, #thinkthors, Development

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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Woman taking an online training course in a manufacturing facility.

Envision a Manufacturing Career

By THORS Staff Writer / Career Planning

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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Envision a career in manufacturing
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