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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a branch of engineering that encompasses the generation and application of heat and mechanical power and the design, production, and use of machines and tools. Mechanical engineering involves application of the principles of dynamics, control, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, materials science, electronics, and mathematics.

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What does 1080 mean in 1080 steel?

The 10 is the designation for carbon steel and the 80 means it's 0.8% carbon.

What is compensatory action?

Helping disadvantaged people catch up, usually by giving them extra education, training, or services.

What is a French Curve used for?

It is used for mechanical drawing of curves and has applications in such things as weather maps, etc. unlike slide rules they are still currently manufactured by among others, Ko-Hi-Noor of Paris. they have various engineering applications, as stated,

What rockwell c hardness is grade 10.9?

The Rockwell C Hardness for a grade 10.9 fastener is 32 - 39HRC or 320 - 380Hv10

What is the type of steel in a steel blade of a steel handsaw and what is young modulus for this type of steel?

Steel handsaw, steel hacksaw and steel bandsaw blades are made from high speed steel. The most popular specification of steel used to produce these products is BS4659 BM2 commonly known as M2 high speed steel. M2 offers good wear resistance with excellent toughness after heat treatment.

Why does cold rolling decreases hardness?

Cold rolling involves application of load due to this the grains are elongated...so the material is work hardened and causes to rise internal stresses in the material...due to these stress cold rolling decreases hardness....so after cold rolling a heat treatment process is preferred...

Are Lanthanide and actinide elements are transition metals?

Yes, lanthanide and Actinides are transition elements and they are specifically called inner transition elements.

What is mechatronic engineering?

Mechatronics engineering is the design and creation of computer controlled electro-mechanical systems. :) In other words...

'robotics... and a bit more.

What does mean by Cnc machine tooling?

CNC machines are used to perform various material removal operations such as drilling, making slots and to make unique shapes in metals, plastics, wood and other solid materials.

To shape those various materials into an object that has been CNC programmed into the machine requires drills, saws, cutting bits (end mills), reamers and other material cutting tools. The device that holds all of the various cutting tools are called a "tool holder".

The combination of the "cutting tools" and "tool holders" would be considered "Machine Tooling"

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What are Diesel Particulate Filters?

Diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are devices that are installed in an engine's exhaust system in order to filter particulate matter that exists in diesel fuel exhaust gas. DPFs can be used in non-road machines and automobiles. Efficiency of filters vary according to which filter medias are used and other factors such as type of regeneration.

DPFs require "regeneration" which is the process of "burning off" the accumulated particulate matter (or PM) that has collected in the filter.

What is vacuum pump?

A vacuum pump is any device which does work to transfer air from one volume to another volume, and thereby reducing the pressure of the first volume. There are several different types of vacuum pumps available, each operating over different pressure ranges.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of various NDT methods?

The advantages to certain NDT methods is that most of the inspections can be done while the part is still on the main structure, they also allow for bulk inspections. Some disadvantages to the methods are that some of them can be very time consuming as well as susceptible to human error in reading of the results.