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Evidence Based Maintenance

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Want to evaluate the benefit of an "evidence based equipment maintenance" program in a manufacturing ...

Salvatore Celestino 4d

Salvatore Celestino 1h

Carol,
Thank you. Looking forward to the article.

Sal Celestino

Carol Tower 2h

Hello Salvatore,

I've identified an article of interest, "Evidence-based asset management applied to ...

Accessing papers

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Hi there,

Can you help to get the following paper from manufacturing engineering?

Mahadev, Prasad, ...

Shuwen Xia 30d

Dianna Helka 4h

James Goodsmith ‍ You're receiving the system-generated email for the discussion thread(s) because you're part ...

James Goodsmith 4h

I didn’t request?

Jim Goodsmith
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Carol Tower 5h

Hi Shuwen,

The SME tech paper you wanted, "Theoretical Analysis of Frictional Effect on Circular Brush Stiffness ...

Shuwen Xia 3d

Hello,
Can you help to get this one as well?

Shia, C., R. Stango, and Heinrich, Theoretical Analysis of ...

Carol Tower 14d

Hello,

Here is the article you wanted from Manufacturing Engineering magazine.

Shuwen Xia 28d

Thanks for the help.

Mohammad Naqvi 30d

Mahadev, Prasad, “Understanding Nylon Abrasive Filament Brushes,” Manufacturing Engineering, v 122, n 3, Mar ...

Accessing Technical Reports

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Does anyone know how to access old technical reports?
I'm trying to get MR 75-614, MR 74-120, and MR 70-277

Maxwell Lightstone 2mo

Paul Finelt:
It is rewards to see that old stuff still has value. And SME IS A TREASURE TROVE!

They really do! I'm in ...

Paul Finelt 2mo

It is rewards to see that old stuff still hasvalue. And SME IS A TREASURE TROVE!

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All the Best,
Paul Finelt
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Maxwell Lightstone 2mo

Evaluating Grinding Fluid Performance, from 1974
Mechanic of Grinding Fluid Delivery, from 1975, Trmal & ...

Carol Tower 2mo

Hi Maxwell,

Please send all the information you have about the reports (title, author, etc.) to me and I'll try to ...

Power/clock spring design

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Looking for needed information on how to designing a power spring.
What are the necessary dimensions required? ...

Howard Stallard 3mo

Dianna Helka 3mo

Good morning Howard Stallard ‍! Please see another response below from Garrett Derr :

e: Re: Power/clock spring ...

Carol Tower 3mo

Here are a few articles on Power Spring Design!

Carol Tower 3mo

Here are a few articles that may help!

Timothy Foran 3mo

Look in machinery’s handbook

Sent from my iPhone

Locating Program Zero on the Lathe

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Hello,
I am developing an eLearning course on locating program zero on the lathe. I understand that the Z0 is almost ...

Tony Bradford 6mo

Thanks for the feedback! So it sounds like you would rarely, if ever, place Z0 in a location other than the part face. ...

James Kennedy 6mo

To locate program Zero on a lathe, face your stock and set the Z to 0.0.

Y 0.0 is the center of the spindle.

Program ...

Sustainable and/or biodegradable plastics

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Hi,

I wanted to see if there were any opportunities to remove some of my company's dependency on petroleum based ...

Eric Lange 8mo

Thank you! I will take a look and follow up asneeded.

Regards,

Eric

Carol Tower 8mo

Hi Eric,

For a start on this subject I posted 2 articles I hope will be helpful. One is a chapter from the ...

Impact Lapping Process Suppliers

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I am looking for a supplier that has impact lapping. Not sure how this process works.
Anyone who has information ...

Timothy Foran 8mo

Dianna Helka 8mo

Timothy Foran ‍ Please see this post:

...

Access to CIRP

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Hello I am wondering I do I get access to papers

Mohammad Naqvi 10mo

Dianna Helka 10mo

Good morning Mohammed Monshi ‍. Carol Tower ‍ has access to CIRP papers. Is there a particular CIRP paper you're ...

ITO Coating Breakdown

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Hi,
I am seeking information on how ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) coatings on glass breakdown due to high voltage. When ...

Jim Redekopp 10mo

James Kennedy 10mo

Let me know if this helps, its a quote from a scholarly paper on the subject:

"The thermal degradation behavior of ...

James Kennedy 10mo

You might check out the troubleshooting class in ToolingU. The answer may not be there, but it might show any gaps ...

Assembly Techniques

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Hello,

Trying to find resources (books/courses) that shed more light on how to assemble parts together
For ...

Muhsin Suleiman 10mo

Bryan,

Thank you for the resources.
I was looking for something like this.

Bryan Woodbury 10mo

Check out how many fasteners loosen with vibration:

https://youtu.be/IKwWu2w1gGk

...

Muhsin Suleiman 10mo

Quinn,
I'm involved in build to print projects, but sometimes drawings are not accurate and the floor needs ...

Carol Tower 10mo

Hi Muhsin,

Here are a few resources on assembling plastic parts. See the article at the following link - ...

James Goodsmith 10mo

James Kennedy, you have it nailed. I have never heard of an assembly HOW-TO book. Evertime the variables of ...

James Kennedy 10mo

You will want to take the Tooling U-SME classes on fasteners to get up to speed on.
As far as assembly, you should ...

Quinn Pow 10mo

Hello,

I saw your post in SME.

What sort of manufacturing are you involved in?

Sent from mySamsung Galaxy ...

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