Tag: Rolling process

  • List of best cordless impact wrenches

    List of best cordless impact wrenches

    Impact wrenches have historically been mostly pneumatic, or air-propelled, which places them firmly in the realm of professional mechanics. You typically require an air compressor pumping out close to 100 psi to power a common 1/2-inch pneumatic impact wrench, which is a big expenditure. The good news is that as battery technology advances, cordless, battery-powered…

  • Understanding creep in a material

    Understanding creep in a material

    Creep, sometimes known as cold flow, is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or undergo irreversible deformation when subjected to ongoing mechanical loads. It can happen as a result of prolonged exposure to high-stress levels that are still below the material’s yield strength. Long-term heat exposure makes creep more severe, and it…

  • Different types of turbine

    Different types of turbine

    With the vast majority of energy generation and fluid delivery, a turbine is of different types serving the same purpose in various applications. It is a device that harnesses the kinetic energy of some fluid such as water, steam, air, or combustion gases. It turns it into the rotational motion of the device itself. The…

  • Difference between dynamic and positive displacement pump

    Difference between dynamic and positive displacement pump

    The various types of pumps are categorized into dynamic and positive displacement pumps. A pump which is a mechanical device is used in transporting fluids (liquids or gasses). Its work is achieved by mechanical action converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. The dynamic and positive displacement pumps are seen as a device that expends…

  • Things you need to know about turbine

    Things you need to know about turbine

    Thinking of how a working fluid is converted into useful mechanical energy and/or electrical energy, you should think of a turbine. It is known as a turbomachine that contains a moving part called a rotor assembly. The device has vast application which includes automobiles, aerospace, electrical generator, gas turbine engine, etc. Today you’ll get to…

  • Understanding centrifugal pump

    Understanding centrifugal pump

    In industry today, centrifugal pumps are one of the most commonly used types. It is used to transport fluid by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to the hydrodynamic energy of the fluid flow. This energy typically comes from an engine or electric motor. Today you’ll get to know the definition, functions, applications, components, classifications,…

  • Things you need to know about honing process

    Things you need to know about honing process

    The honing process is a micro-finishing process used to obtain perfect hole geometry. Industries today see the great importance of honing machines as the process offers final sizing and creates the desired finish pattern on the interior of tubing or cylinder bores. This process may be considered a machining process because the removal of microchips…

  • Things you need to know about lapping process

    Things you need to know about lapping process

    Lapping is a popular operation today used for various surface finishing operations, using loose abrasive powders as grinding agents. It is performed normally at low speeds. This mechanical process is carried out on products that demand very tight tolerances of flatness, parallelism, thickness or finish. Applications of lapping processes include cutting tools, printing equipment, transmission…

  • Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Powder metallurgy is one of the important course mechanical engineers must know. Products made of this material are common around us most especially auto parts. Powder metallurgy comprises a family of production technologies, used to manufacture components of various types. Besides, powder metallurgy which is abbreviated as PM is a term covering a wide range…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Understanding car electrical system

    Understanding car electrical system

    In automobiles, especially the modern ones, varieties of parts are electronics and operate electrically. Well, charging systems are the basic electrical system in a vehicle which include an alternator, battery, and voltage regulator. These components are a source of power to other electrical components in the vehicle. Although voltage regulators are included in the alternator…

  • 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 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…