There are many reasons for thermal shock failure in industrial applications of ceramics. On analysis they usually come down to one or more of the following factors.
* Material selection
* Material processing
* Design of component
Application/use of the product
It is often possible to improve [...]
As a manufacturer of rolled steel components such as studs, tracks, joists, cee and zee purlins, and roof trusses, you know that one of your biggest headaches is machine and technician downtime while changing product lines. Changing from one product profile to another - or even adjusting for changes in the thickness of the material [...]
Modern roll forming dates from the post World War II era, with the introduction of rotary encoders, pneumatic presses, prepunching and in-line welding, as well as technology which allowed the roll forming of prepainted metal. In the 1970’s and 1980’s gagged punches made prepunching more sophisticated, and tool changeover downtime was reduced through the use [...]
Rollforming (sometimes also termed open section forming) employs a series of sets of dies in order to bend a sheet of metal little by little until the desired profile (cross section) is obtained. Rollforming is a continuous operation of bending in which a long metal strip or sheet- usually of coiled steel - is passed [...]
Manufacturers of roll-form products such as roofing panels, studs and tracks, purlins and joists, trusses and cladding, are sometimes faced with the decision of whether to produce their products on their existing equipment, or whether the return on their investment justifies the purchase of a completely new roll form line. As a rule of thumb, [...]
Assembling parts of structures to make a buildings is known as pre engineered buildings or kit-of-parts in contemporary idiom. Constructing this type of buildings is very easy and economical also. If your architect is having good vision in planning, then you can give the task of completing pre engineered buildings with him or her. If [...]
A project is a project is a project. Is this a true statement or are precast concrete projects different than those of creating a microprocessor? Do you need to know the entire process of making a box culvert out of concrete to be the project manager (PM), anymore than you need to know the entire [...]
Label Printing
When one thinks of label printing these days the first thing that comes to mind are stickers. Labels have not always been self adhesive, indeed all labels were initially printed using a method known as lithography.
These days the great majority of label printing is done using the flexographic method of printing. Flexographic printing in [...]
As gas prices approach the five dollar mark for the July 4 weekend in the United States, many people are asking this important question - what is the cause of high gas prices? It’s an important question, but unfortunately very difficult to answer. With so many factors at play, rising gas costs are a bit [...]
When seen for the first time, quality industrial shredders can take your breath away. These high-caliber pieces of machinery are meant to take the simple act of shredding paper and amp it up to incredible heights of power and volume.
Designed for continual use and materials that the ordinary office or personal shredder couldn’t even dream [...]
