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Type of lube for blades on shredder?
What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut shredder? I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to go and buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any...
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Fluid velocity in a heated tube
I am an EE in need of help with a topic I do not even know where to start looking for answers; given a vertically oriented hollow tube filled with fluid of known qantity and property and heat applied...
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Importance of prestige/ranking of graduate programs
When commiting to graduate school, is choosing a prestigious program mandatory or is it alright to go wherever you can to pick up the knowledge you are pursing? For example, if your undergraduate...
 
Radial stress
I'm trying to determine the stress on a flexible plastic that is loaded radially. I have a drum head that is initially unstressed and when I place it on the drum and tighten the bolts down, the drum...
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Pursue MS ME or Get Industry Experience First?
Just wondering if I can get an opinion on this dilemma. I have yet to get any engineering experience, I graduated in 2004 and stupidly turned down an automotive engineering job in Kentucky thinking I...
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Screw Conveyor diameter
G'day G'day, A screw conveyor is 6 m long and inclined at 25 degrees. It is to transport 11 tonnes per hour. The material to be conveyed has a density of 600 kg/cubic metre = 37.4 lb/cubic foot. F = 2...
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Chute Design - DEM
Hi, Did anyone deal with chute design or DEM (Discrete Element MEthod) ? Anyone has documentation related with both of them? Thanks in advance. Cemgil
 
Freeware archiver compresses a folder with 61.3 MB of DWG files down to 4.67 MB
Hi everyone, I just compressed a folder with 61.3 MB of DWG files down to 4.67 MB with the freeware archiver "7zip" used the "maximum" compression setting for the .7z format, but there was still an...
 
Re: "Simple & Easy" Way to Quiet a Noisy Electric Generator
Migratory instinct.
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Advice regarding ME and MET
I'm going to apologize up front for this being a long post. I am just beginning my study at a community college, where I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering Technology. I plan to complete my...
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Weird roof truss
At my new job we're working in an old railroad repair building, from about 1880 (heavily sandblasted!). Rigth above our heads are some kinda unusual looking trusses that hold up the barrel roof. The...
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Structural Problem...help needed
I have oval aluminum extrusion bolted to circular plate (Aluminum) using 4xM6 bolts. The Circular plate is bolted to the floor and aluminum extrusion stands 8 feet tall. I need to find out how much...
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$80/hour --Need International Diesel Electrical System Expert - $80/hour
$80/hour --Need International Diesel Electrical System Expert - $80/hour Does have anyone have expertise on the electrical systems on International T444E & VT 365 and also Ford 7.3L Powerstroke diesel...
 
Product Design Engineer looking for job opportunities
Hello, I'm a Product Development professional, focused on Mechanics Design and consumer goods, and I'm looking for job opportunities globally. Visit my webpage for more details: email me at: Best...
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new site: ModelReduction.com for engineering
Hello, I would like to announce my new site I have summarized my experience for the last five years. You will find examples of using model reduction for different domains: structural mechanics, heat...