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Hi everyone, I have a project in which I have to introduce a new product into a companies manufacturing setup. The product has to include at least one of the following processes, metal forming, casting and at least one from the machining processes such as milling, drilling and turning. The...

I am looking for a paragraph on each metal on the comparison of aluminium and stainless steel under the heading: Manufacturing Methods: What processes are available to turn the raw material into products and how do the processing methods differ? Regards, Lockyphysics

I don't know... this is what I'm trying to figure out!?

I understand this but I don't know how to determine how long it takes to mill/machine each component!?

Hi, I'm looking for some help on an assignment I have been given! I know how to do everything except to calculate the time it takes for the turning, milling and drilling processes. I would appreciate if you could give me the formulas along with the answer! The component is attached as I...

Polycarbonate fracture toughness? I am doing a project in which I have to make a cd case out of a material which is transparent, has a young's modulus not too different to polystyrene, can't cost more than twice polystyrene and has a fracture toughness better than polystyrene! Polycarbonate...