yes, if you could easily thread the centre of a bar, this would be the case, but the thread pretty much has to start at one end.
i think I've attached a pdf of an image of our old connection, and you can see the peak temperature is at the end of the thread, furthest from the connection. you...
okay, thanks for all the replies! my email didnt tell me anyone had replied so sorry for the delay...
ok i'll try and go through everything so far, but I am don't know how to quote you all seperately...
@NascentOxygen:
it isn't a connection issue we've tried threaded connection, brazing...
Hi I've come across a problem at work and was hoping someone could help me to understand what is going on exactly.
power supply: 6kW, 9.2A, 5890V, and running at approx 50kHz.
this power is routed through ∅3mm Kanthal AF bar, threaded at one end, and what we see is resistive heating...
Which Engineering Professional Society to join??
Hi, I've been in UK industry as a cad designer/production engineer for about a year now and feel its probably more than about time i joined a professional body.
i have a HND (bombed out of my degree in final year, probably due to being offered...
thermal expansion of wire??
hi I've got this 3mm iron-chromium-aluminium wire fixed at both ends, heated to approx 1000k (max 1200K) and suspended horizontally approx 1metre long.
the wire it would appear has been extended by about 8mm, similar to what would be expected when its hot, only it...