Category: Metalwork

  • Everything you need to know about cutting fluid

    Everything you need to know about cutting fluid

    Due to the advancement of technology, machining processes have brought about the usage of cutting fluid. Cutting fluid is a type of coolant and lubricant used by metalworkers to prolong the working of a cutting tool. the substance also helps to easily cut out hard material without wearing out the tool. There are various types…

  •  Understanding fiber reinforced plastic

     Understanding fiber reinforced plastic

    Today, the use of fiber-reinforced plastics in products and applications has dramatically high due to their various properties. They are relatively a new class of non-corrosive, high-strength, lightweight materials. The primary component is plastic which contains fibers such as glass (in fiberglass), carbon (in carbon fiber reinforced polymer), aramid, or basalt. Other fibers like paper,…

  • Understanding the processing and fabrication of plastics

    Understanding the processing and fabrication of plastics

    The processing and fabrication of plastics involve various stages. Plastics today have become inevitable in our daily life, which has caused the demand for plastic to be drastically high. Plastic industries would prefer to recycle plastic materials and convert them into something different. For example, the conversion of plastic pellets into films or the conversion…

  • Things you need to know about polymers

    Things you need to know about polymers

    Polymers are common around us today, even though there are wide varieties of different types and different classifications. In a previous post, we explained these various types of plastics as commodity plastics and specialized types. We also saw the application and a few benefits of plastics. I will like you to check it out! Read…

  • Different types of metals and their classifications

    Different types of metals and their classifications

    There are various types of metals out there suitable for specific applications. Even though metals are made by mining ore from within the earth. They are extracted from rocks in a large-scale industrial process. Leaving that aside, our purpose here is to discuss the different types of metals and their functions. But before that, different…

  • Everything you need to know about plastic

    Everything you need to know about plastic

    When we look everywhere around us, we must find plastics. They make lives easier, safer, cleaner, and even more enjoyable. They are term commonly used to describe a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials which is used in different applications. Plastics can be found in our houses, clothes, cars, toys, screens, medical equipment, etc.…

  • Understanding the difference between metals and non-metals

    Understanding the difference between metals and non-metals

    Both metals and non-metals are very common materials that are widely used by humans. In fact, without these materials surviving would have been hard for us. They are different elements in the periodic table, which is why the topic needs to be treated for its clear differentiation. Today you’ll get to know the definition, types,…

  • Understanding the various types of residual stress

    Understanding the various types of residual stress

    In solid materials, residual stress is stresses that remain in them after their original cause of stress is removed. Residual stress can be useless and useful in a material. that is, it may be desirable or undesirable. Unintended residual stress in a material may cause it to fail prematurely, while it can be used in…

  • Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Riveting is a permanent cold-joining process that is widely used in the manufacturing world. It’s the best alternative and more economical than welded and glued joints. Before the wide use of welding, riveting was the main joining method used in the construction of metal bridges, boilers (tight stress-relieved to tight strong joints), low-pressure tanks (requiring…

  • Everything you need to know about keys and keyways (keyed joints)

    Everything you need to know about keys and keyways (keyed joints)

    In the mechanical engineering field, keyed joints are made up of keys and keyways. These keys can be machined into different forms depending on the type of key joints required. Keyways are machined surfaces on a shaft in the dimension of the key. They are fixed together to ensure no pulling apart of components and…

  • Understanding Hardness, strength, and toughness of materials

    Understanding Hardness, strength, and toughness of materials

    Hardness, strength, and toughness are some of the major and important properties expected in metals and other materials. One or more of these properties will determine their suitability for a specific application. Today in our daily, people tend to use the words strong, tough, and hard in their conversations not knowing how important the word…

  • Everything you need to know about cam and follower

    Everything you need to know about cam and follower

    In mechanical engineering, a higher pair links mechanism is known as a cam and follower mechanism. The cam and follower are machined types of roller or needle bearings designed to work on each other. They come in a vast array of various configurations and they work depending on their applications and final output. Today you’ll…

  • Everything you need to know about chain drive

    Everything you need to know about chain drive

    Just like belts, a chain drive is another method of transmitting mechanical power from one point to another. But it’s often used to convey power to the wheels of vehicles. Chain drives are also called drive chain or transmission chain that often conveys power by a roller chain passing over a sprocket gear with teeth.…

  • Understanding the working of shock absorber

    Understanding the working of shock absorber

    A mechanical or hydraulic device used to absorb and soften shock waves is known as a shock absorber or damper. It accomplishes this by transforming the shock’s motion into another form of energy, usually heat, which is subsequently lost. The majority of shock absorbers are dashpots, which are absorbers that obstruct motion by sticky pressure.…

  • Everything you need to know about pulley and belt

    In one way or another other power must be transferred from one source of energy to another in a mechanical device, the most common and cheapest form is to use a belt and pulley. This power is either gotten from an electrical or mechanical generator to transfer a rotational motion to the application. Pulley is…

  • Understanding a Pressure Relief Valve

    Understanding a Pressure Relief Valve

    Discovering the safety device used in most industries for pressure flow control, the pressure relief valve it’s called. It’s equipment that must be found in the industry to control an over-pressurized vessel. So, a pressure relief valve is a safety device designed to secure a pressurized system during an overpressure occurrence during operation. The system…

  • Understanding Mechanical Bearing

    Understanding Mechanical Bearing

    In the production and engineering world where machines are vastly used, a bearing is a mechanical component that is almost inevitable. The term is derived from the verb “to bear”. Bearings are found in all sorts of machines, but they mostly do their work in the subsurface. The mechanical component confines relative motion between two…

  • Everything you need to know about machine press

    Everything you need to know about machine press

    Just like other machine tools, a forming press occurs to be one with its function of changing the shape of a workpiece. It often works with the application of pressure. Operators that operate this machine are called press-tool setters or tool-setter. Machine presses are available for different operations in the manufacturing world, making them available…

  • Everything you need to know about hydraulic press

    Everything you need to know about hydraulic press

    A hydraulic press is a machine press that generates compressive force by the use of a hydraulic cylinder. It is a device that is used for lifting heavyweights with the application of a much smaller force. The hydraulic press was invented by Joseph Bramah in England. He accomplished the project in the 17th century (1795).…

  • Everything you need to know about mechanical spring

    Everything you need to know about mechanical spring

    Spring of different types are common materials seen in applications in our daily life. It is an elastic object that stores mechanical energy. It’s of different kinds, and designs and is used for various purposes. The term which is often refers to coil springs. Conventional springs from a resting position exert an opposing force when…