Calculation Methods for Pulley Systems
The article explains the three fundamental systems of pulleys, covering their operational description and methods for calculating their velocity ratio, mechanical advantage, and efficiency. From ancient times man has always been keen…
Basic Skills for Metal Riveting
A rivet gun is a very useful tool that fastens metal parts with rivets. Working with a rivet gun can increase productivity without degrading the quality of the finished product.…
Working with Data Tables – Basic Skills for Engineers and Machinists
Arranging information into orderly rows and columns is one of the most common forms of communicating precision tabular data. A multiplication or times table is probably the very first data…
Threaded Metal Jointers Explained
During some cases, metal units with complicated orientations may become difficult securing or integrating with other metal components. Metal Studs are especially made for such applications for fixing complex metal structures or…
How to Select a Correctly Sized Steel I Beam
Selecting the correctly sizez steel I beam is very important for your structural design. Gain more understanding of the selection procedure for a steel I beam for given load specifications. A steel…
Types of Flexible Coupling – Bibby Resilient Couplings
Named after its Inventor Dr. James Bibby in 1917, this coupling is still one of the most sought after flexible couplings for heavy shock applications. Let us now look at the constructional features of…
Types of Flexible Coupling – Gear Couplings
Couplings are used as connecting elements between two shafts. The complexity in the type of connectivity, the power to be transmitted and the area of application tend to play a vital role in the…
Shaft Couplings – Types
Couplings are mechanical elements that ‘couples’ two drive elements which enables motion to be transferred from one element to another. The drive elements are normally shafts. We tend to see…
What is the CNC Machine? How CNC Machine Works?
What is the CNC Machine? Now that we have seen what the NC machine is and its various parts, it is easier to understand what the CNC machine is. CNC is the short form for…
What is a Machine?
Machine design is an important part of engineering applications, but what is a machine? Machine is the device that comprises of the stationary parts and moving parts combined together to generate,…
