I've been working on a chrome extension that flags suspicious unit prefixes in datasheets and specs, things like "10 mF" that should probably be µF, or "0.005 m" that's almost certainly 5 mm. It started because I kept catching these errors in component specs and wo...

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Hi everyone, I am a fairly newly licensed MechE PE in the state of NY and TX. My background is mainly in construction management with a focus on HVAC. I need to keep up my PDHs (36 PDHs within 3 years, as far as I know). The problem is that my current employer (an agency at the federal level) does n...

I loie somewhere with very hard water. There’s a small power plant nearby with a couple cooling towers and this morning my shower thought was I can’t imagine how they are dealing with scale. Is the tower just set up such that it can tolerate scale? Do they regularly de-scale? Do they likely have...

I often design around classified areas, and recently became aware of API 500. Seeing as it's by the petroleum industry, I was wondering if there is any guidance for best practice in other industries?   submitted by   /u/Tomur [link]   [comments]

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Looking for help/ideas in designing a hinge for a product I am working on. Criteria are: Low cost (looking to avoid roller bearings) 0/minimal radial slop(Axial slop is completely fine and even desirable) High friction is fine as long as it is movable by hand. Low duty, so wear is not much of...

I expect a lot more hate over here, but I'm still genuinely curious. Why do you love or hate Creo?   submitted by   /u/orberto [link]   [comments]

I'm a design engineer looking at phasing, and I am out of my expertise. My construction friends, what is a good estimate for how much a crew can cold mill 3" in a day? just call it one typical lane for simplicity, how far could you get?   submitted by   /u/fayettevillainjd [link...

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Hello, I am designing this device. I am stuck with a problem that I can't find an off the shelf solution for. Basiclly this device needs to rotate in two directions (refer to picture 2) very smoothly and with very prceise small angle rotations (like 1 degree) and when left alone it should ...

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Share some tools/ websites / etc that you use daily to make your job easier! I've always been curious if anyone has spreadsheets they've used for weights and mass properties for tracking several components / assembly. I'm looking for ideas to improve this very tedious task.   submi...

I've been working as a manufacturing/process engineer for about 8 years now. 10 years total experience. My degree is mechanical. I like my job and I'm good at my job. Where I'm stuck is that I don't know what I don't know. For anyone in similar situations, what are some good next...

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Hello fellow engineers. I was wondering what other companies use for their NCR manage tools and tracking of NCRs. (Non conformance reports) and how they process them. I think my company needs a better system. Our company uses a simple excel log sheet w/everything on it, minus details. Then each repo...

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not sure this is the right place to ask this but. Im trying to figure out a lever system for a personal project and im trying to find different reference images to see different ways of doing a system like what im trying to do but i keep getting a LOT of AI slop or the wrong stuff im looking for? i...

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https://preview.redd.it/flia4zjvly9g1.jpg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c72b71afcd7b160b851afcb2e6bb14dd7311042 It’s Thursday evening, and you ask a new friend if he has any interesting plans for the weekend. Sort of, he says. He will leave New York in the morning, and fly t...

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Hey any PLC/Controls folks in LA? Anyone looking? If so let's chat. Thanks   submitted by   /u/blueeyed_ranger [link]   [comments]