What is a triple duty valve and what are its advantages and disadvantages?
Triple duty valves combine the features of a check valve, a throttling valve, and a shut-off valve, and are designed for installation on the discharge side of centrifugal pumps. The convertible body design allows the triple duty valve to be changed on-site from a straight configuration to an elbow configuration.
They prevent the end user from having to purchase many different types of valves separately, this saves money in materials and uses limited floor spacing.
What is Length of engagement in screw threads?
As I recall , 3 full threads is minimum engagement length
About Mechanical engineering drawing standard BS 3939?
state the legal time requirements for the retention of planned maintenance document
What is the difference between shear stress and bearing stress?
Sear stress are forces applied in opposition, producing a shearing or tearing force. Bearing stress is a load placed in one direction, such as the weight of a building bearing on the foundation.
What is the disadvantages of Brinell hardness test?
The depth of impression must not be greater than the thickness of the test piece (material cannot be too thin). It cannot measure on cylindrical shaped objects, and the size of ball indentor used will give different readings.
How can you get a skeleton key out of an antique door if it is stuck there?
First, if the key is only slightly jammed, wiggling and jiggling it might work it loose. However, I am assuming that if you are asking this question, the key must be good and jammed. If that is the case, the only way I know of is the following; however, it involves destroying the key and therefore, you should be prepared to obtain a new key from a locksmith.
First, hopefully the door is unlocked, or open. If it is closed and locked, you will have to try the following. Remove the hinge pins from the door by tapping them out with a hammer and a centre punch, nail, or other pointed metal instrument. Once the hinge pins are out, try pulling the door away from the frame from the hinge side. You should then be able to remove the door from the frame even if the deadbolt is locked. (Note: This assumes you are on the side of the door where the hinge pins are visible. If not, you will have to access the other side of the door via a window into the room. Good luck!)
Once you have gotten the door open by these means (if necessary), remove the doorknob, then the escutcheon plates (face plates with the keyhole in them). This will expose the hole drilled in the door for the keyhole, and the lock case itself. Now take a pair of locking pliers ("Vise Grips") and grab onto the shank of the key as close to the lock case as possible. Work the pliers back and forth until the key breaks off. Hopefully, the break will occur as close to the lock case as possible.
Now, remove the screws from the edge of the door which hold the lock case in place. You should now be able to slide the lock case out of the door. Unscrew the cover from the lock assembly and extract the broken piece of key, being careful not to disturb any of the tumblers (levers), springs, etc.
Good Luck!
Only use calibration control in unloaded condition of the torque transducer. Cal control output is approximately equal to transducer full scale output. Exact value is noted on calibration certificate.
How does a retractable spring mechanism work?
There's a flat torsion spring fixed on both the outter wall of a spinning disk or whatever the part that is turning is. The center of the spring is then fixed on a stationary point. When the disk turns the spring is put under tension and when released will go back to its original starting position.
What is the difference between contra flow and parallel flow?
These terms are usually used in conjuction with fluid-fluid heat exchangers. In both cases, the two fluids in the exchanger are moving in parallel flowpaths with each other. In contraflow, the fluids move in opposite directions along those paths, so the two inlets are on opposite ends of the exchanger. In parallel flow, the fluids move in the same direction, so the inlets are on the same end.
Assuming the motor runs at about 3000 RPM, The speed must be reduced by factor of about 200 for 15RPM.
Two sets of pulleys or gears would be best. Gears with a chain would not be good due to the high motor speed.
You could get 180:1 by putting a 2" pully on the motor, and running a belt to a 30" pulley which is on a shaft along with another 2" pulley, and run that pulley to another 24" pulley.
If the barrel is well-mounted and freely turns, you could use it as the second pulley, since it has a 24" approximate diameter.
You can also use three sets of pulleys, making it esier to find them.
example:
2" motor to 12" on shaft 1
2" on shaft 1 to 12" on shaft 2
2" on shaft 2 to a 10" or 12" one driving the barrel.
Consider buying a used worm gear reduction drive to save alot of this trouble. The motor can drive it directly and they come in different ratios.
one rotor blade and one stator blade make up a stage of the turbine.
after crossing every stage the pressure of the steam reduces.
Why cp and cv have different values?
Cv is a for a constant volume, and there is therefore no work done in the expansion whereas as Cp accounts for the work done by the gas during its expansion, as well as the change in its internal energy. Thusly Cp is generally bigger than Cv.
Intuitively this would be very simple to work out yourself. We used to have to work this out ourselves back in my day, not just resort to cheap answers on the interweb.
Distinguish between the magnetic properties of iron and steel?
The magnetic properties of iron are high susceptibility and low retentivity. It means that it is easier to magnetize but also loses magnetism easily. The properties of steel are the opposite of iron.
What is intermediate pressure turbine?
Some varieties of gas turbine engines (e.g. RR Trent and RB211) have 3 concentric rotating shafts. Each shaft connects a compressor with a turbine. The low pressure compressor, or fan, is driven by the low pressure turbine. The high pressure compressor is driven by the high pressure turbine. Between the low and high pressure compressors there is an intermediate pressure compressor and, guess what... it's driven by the intermediate pressure turbine.
Compare Brayton and Otto cycle?
The heat addition and rejection processes in otto cycle are of constant volume, whereas in brayton cycle, they are of constant pressure.
Why does a blacksmith hammer a hot piece of iron while making a tool?
To shape metal you must hit it when it's hot. The colder iron, the less easily you can shape it. In addition, it can break if it's not hot. When iron is heated sufficiently, it becomes plastic, and it can be deformed without breaking. It can be worked easily and effectively by a smith when it's hot.
What is the difference between extract fan and exhaust fan?
Extract puuls the air ,exhaust push the air
Difference between bilateral and unilateral tolerance?
Unilateral Tolerance :- A tolerancing method using a deviation in only one direction, either plus or minus, from the specified dimension Bilateral Tolerance :- A tolerance method using an equal plus and minus deviation from the specified dimension.
What is the difference between machine and equipment?
Machines are devices that need a person's attention when operating.
Equipment are devices that do not need this attention.
Examples: a refrigerator is equipment, a steel cutter is machine, a stove is equipment, a computer or a fax are machines; we call it anyway, "fax machine". Your car is machine/you operate it; your house, though, is "equipped with A/C and fan" because you do not pay attention to them when operating. The water heater is equipment. The pressure washer is machine, the air-compressor is equipment.