You can find leaf springs in almost all four wheelers. In this article we discuss how to design a leaf spring and the typical guidelines for a leaf spring. ● A leaf spring protects a four wheeler from the unevenness of the road. Thus a leaf spring necessarily serves the following purposes: ○ Increase service life of…
There is no fixed machine design procedure for when the new machine element of the machine is being designed a number of options have to be considered. When designing machine one cannot apply rigid rules to get the best design for the machine at the lowest possible cost. ● There is no fixed machine design procedure…
Drive train vibration issues, if not treated in a timely fashion, can cause serious catastrophic damage to your gearbox. Do you know what the possible causes of the vibration issues are and how to get rid of them? Theory of Vibration ● When a continuous exciting force acts upon a body and cause some repetitive motion…
This article will explain about the applications and differences between jigs and fixtures, which although commonly thought to be the same tool, are actually two separate devices used in the cutting and machining processes. ● The terms “jig” and “fixture” are many times referred as the synonyms of each other, sometimes both the terms are used…
When the designer designs the elements of the machine or the complete machine, they have to consider several important parameters. Here are some of the important factors to be considered while doing machine design. ● 1) Cost: Cost has always been the major factor of consideration while designing the machine elements or machine and in this age of…
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. There is more to the operation of a rivet gun is more than just learning the triggering mechanism. ● A rivet gun is a special type…
The topic 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 in devising machines of different kinds for one basic reason: relieving humans from tasks that are tedious and involve massive efforts. Pulley mechanisms…
Incorrect casting product design is one of the reasons why you end up producing faulty casting components. The communication language between casting product design engineer and casting component manufacturer is casting drawing. The following five tips will help you in designing a good casting product and in preparing a correct casting drawing: ● 1. Deciding parting line: The…
Taking accurate sized developed sheet metal initially is extremely important to reach the accurate final sheet metal product. This sheet metal design guide will talk about calculation of accurate developed length by calculating bending allowance and K factor. Typical Sheet Metal Bending Process ● Sheet metal bending process can be briefly jotted down as: ○ Developed sheet…
Selecting the correctly sized 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 I beam typically has the following important features or dimensions. (Please refer to the picture below): I-Beam Terminology ● Flange thickness: Top and bottom horizontal…