Jigs and Fixtures – Locating and Clamping Principles Jigs and fixtures are the devices which are mainly designed for holding, supporting and locating and clamping principles the workpieces and to guide the tools. By using “Jigs and Fixtures”, the cost of manufacture is reduced extensively. These devices are used to produce a repetitive type of
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Pin and Button Locators This is one of the common methods of pin locating. A round pin or button is used to support the job firmly and holds it in position. The main difference between pins and buttons is in length. Buttons are generally shorter in length than pins and are generally used for vertical
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WELDABILITY OF STAINLESS STEELS The most popular welding process used on Stainless Steel Weldability is Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW or TIG). It is the most widely used process due to its versatility, high quality and aesthetic appearance of the finished weld. Pure argon is the most popular shielding gas but argon rich mixtures with
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WELDED JOINTS Welded joints are classified according to the relative positions of two components to be joined. There are five basic welded joints types. Butt joints: It is used to join the ends or edges of two plates. The surfaces of plates are located in the same plane. The edges of the plates are
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WDM – Wavelength Division Multiplexing A distinctive operational feature of an (WDM wavelength division multiplexing) optical fiber is that there is a wide spectral region in which optical signals can be transmitted efficiently. For full- spectrum fibers this region includes the O-band through the L-band, which ranges from about 1260 to 1675 nm. Since the
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Underwater Welding Process Underwater welding process usually refers to the wet welding technique where there is no mechanical barrier that separates the welding are from water. It is also known as submerged water arc welding. For deep water welds and other applications where high strength is necessary, dry water welding is most commonly used. It
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INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN USING COMPENSATORS – Linear System Design The control systems are designed to perform specific tasks in linear system design. The requirements of a control system are usually specified as performance specifications. The specifications are generally related to accuracy, relative stability and speed of response. In time domain, the transient state performance specifications
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Optical Receiver Operation Having discussed the characteristics and operation of photodetectors in the previous chapter, we now turn our attention to the optical receiver operation. An optical receiver consists of a photodetector, an amplifier, and signal processing circuitry. The receiver has the task of first converting the optical energy emerging from the end of a
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INTROCDUCTION to THERMAL ENERGY BASED PROCESSES In these methods, Thermal energy based process heat energy is concentrated on a small area of the workpiece to melt and vaporize the tiny bits of work material. The required shape is obtained by the continued repetition of this process. Example: Electron Beam Machining (EBM) Laser Beam Machining
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HYDRAULICS SYATEM The Hydraulics system of interest to control engineers may be classified into, Liquid Level system and Hydraulics devices The liquid level system consists of storage tanks and connecting pipes. The variables to be controlled are liquid height in tanks and flow rate in pipes. The driving force is the relative difference of the
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