Content tagged with "machines"

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November 9, 2004

On the road again Just a missed exit away from the Caterpillar facility in Morton, Ill., contract manufacturer Morton Metalcraft Co. teems with noise and activity. It seems fitting that the company's headquarters is planted among rich, green farmland and gravel-dust-steaming road construction sites,... Read more...

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August 14, 2003

Notching tube and pipe The Hole Saw Using a hole saw is an inexpensive way to make the occasional notch for a weld joint. More for the hobbyist, hole saws can be used with a drill press or, for portability, with a hand-held drill. Multiple corresponding hole saws must be used to make notches with... Read more...

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April 10, 2003

Mixed Metals Reactions Why, you may ask, would anyone want to start an uncontrolled chemical reaction that is really hard to stop? Well, our shop did not want to, but we did anyway, and I hope you learn from my lesson. Actually, they are lessons (plural) because we repeated the disaster twice, although with some... Read more...

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March 27, 2003

Specifying the sulfur content of 316L stainless steel for orbital welding Both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bioprocessing Equipment Standard (BPE-2002), which specifies materials for use in bioprocessing equipment, and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the standards-writing group for the semiconductor industry, have... Read more...

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