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Volume Widget Calculator
Another calculator widget we just finished at Design World - as always, would like to get any feedback and ideas for future development. We also added a menu item under resources on the EX here that links direct into the widget library: here we have a number of calculators, news and multi-media widgets.… Continue
Posted on May 4, 2009 at 5:33pm —
Step Motor Basics Calculator
Looking for feedback on our latest calculator widget on step motor basics, features torque, speed, inertia, distance and resolution. Thanks!
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… Posted on March 23, 2009 at 9:29am — 1 Comment
How to Design a Custom Brushless PM Motor
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When off-the-shelf motors can’t meet the specs, you might have to go custom, but it’s not as bad as it used to be.
Pilotless aircraft engine controls and avionics have joined with the “X-box” and miniature motor-control devices and graphics displays to create a new generation aircraft designated the Unmanned… Continue
When off-the-shelf motors can’t meet the specs, you might have to go custom, but it’s not as bad as it used to be.
Pilotless aircraft engine controls and avionics have joined with the “X-box” and miniature motor-control devices and graphics displays to create a new generation aircraft designated the Unmanned… Continue
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 4:30pm —
Load Control via Bellows Couplings
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For years, bellows couplings have been a mainstay for efficient motion systems because they offer high torsional stiffness, low moment of inertia, and minimal restoring forces under misalignment. They may help maintain ti… Continue
For years, bellows couplings have been a mainstay for efficient motion systems because they offer high torsional stiffness, low moment of inertia, and minimal restoring forces under misalignment. They may help maintain ti… Continue Posted on February 5, 2009 at 4:41pm —
3D CAD and Model-Centric Design
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A landmark study from Aberdeen Group reports that 85% of the current CAD users still primarily use 2D drafting. This astonishing statistic means that most companies use CAD software as a drafting tool to create orthographic views to represent 3D objects.
Drawings alone are no longer adequate to capture the design innovations that engineers create… Continue
A landmark study from Aberdeen Group reports that 85% of the current CAD users still primarily use 2D drafting. This astonishing statistic means that most companies use CAD software as a drafting tool to create orthographic views to represent 3D objects.
Drawings alone are no longer adequate to capture the design innovations that engineers create… Continue Posted on January 12, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 7:21am on March 2, 2010,
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- At 9:03am on November 3, 2009,
Bhakti Thakar said… - hello,
I would like to talk to you...i could see you online so how to get connected with you when you are online..
Thank you very much for help.
Bhakti
- At 8:22am on October 30, 2009,
Cemil Ağcabay said… - hii
- At 7:46pm on October 25, 2009,
Ron Howarth said… - Thank you for accepting me into your group.
I will admit I am new to this computer networking.
I have recently sold my manuafcturing business and wish to keep involved in machine design. I have began designing several wood handling machines which I will plan to offer to shops and agents interested to sell them.
I am also interested in networking with others in similar fields.
Over these past 25 years I have been so busy with the shop, I did not have time to look too far outside my business.
I have posted some of my initial designs on my site, and hopefully I will be able to add to these as time passes.
During my business I became aware, that not too many shops invest in first every custom projects. I did this, and it is what allowed me to build up a product line . Appreciate it can be risky if you are not sure it will work. I was very fortunite not to accumulate a large bone yard.
I am looking for interested sales agents, and or shops willing to pay a royality back to me for the use of the drawings on each sale made from them, or because of them.
Risky on it's own I expect. Do you get one royalty check?
Thank you again for providing an avenue to experiment with my skill.
Ron Howarth
- At 12:54am on October 25, 2009,
Yuval Lior said…
- Hi Marshall,
Thank you very much!
Yuval
- At 3:27am on October 22, 2009,
Yuval Lior said…
- Dear sir,
I think that it might be usefull if you will arrange the Videos and Images according to Application types or Fields so everyone who wish to find a video on specific field can find it much more easy than now. In the close future might be hundreds of movies!
Regards,
Yuval Lior
- At 10:55am on October 1, 2009,
Maziar Salehi said… - Hello Marshall,
Thanks for the friend request. Are you in the SB area also? Nice to get to know you on EE.
- At 12:45pm on September 3, 2009,
laura carrabine said… - Hi Marshall,
I got your message re: the wind expo in Detroit in November. I'd love to go and see what's new with wind engineering. However, I'll have to check with John and Leslie to see if that's okay with them and if we can schedule it in. Thanks and I"ll be in touch w/ you next week.
- At 1:48pm on September 2, 2009,
Phillip Marsh said… - I am glad you took my comment so well. It takes the wind out of a lot of windmill sales.
Since there just is not a lot one can do about windmill power or lack of, I am looking around in other directions. At one time I was very interested in "Anything Into Oil" and worked a little on building my own cooker. It lost steam (pun there) because I would have to use so much energy (like Nat. gas) to cycle the process. Then lately, I have been thinking about putting a pressure tank in the focal point of a solar cooker. I have to calculate the size of reflector I'll need to heat the mass I want to cook.
I have a lot of windmill parts I will sell at cost if anyone wants to build one. The CAD design and most of the work is done, ie. machining, welding, coil winding, and know how. I spent 3 years and $10 K learning windmill design.
- At 12:56pm on September 2, 2009,
Phillip Marsh said…
- The typical urban windmill is sold to reduce your dependance on the utility grid. These windmills are advertized as producing 1 KW in a 30 MPH wind.
A typical 1 KW PMA (permanent magnet alternator) will loose 50% of its produced power as heat in its coils. This efficiency cannot be improved. So a 1KW windmill actually produces 500 watts of useful power in a 30 MPH wind.
To sell your wind power to a utility you need a line tied inverter. These will convert your 3 phase, variable voltage and frequency AC power to 60 Hz, 120 VAC, after it has been rectified to DC. These inverters are at most, 80% efficient and the rectifiers are maybe 90% efficient, so that the total power going on the grid could be at most 350 watts. Also these inverters lose more efficiency as the input voltage drops below 48 VDC when the windmill slows down.
So, here is the problem with this concept: A utility charges you about 12 cents for using 1000 Watts per hour. Your windmill can only produce a maximum of 350 W per hour in a 30 MPH wind which is only 4.2 cents worth of power per hour.
So, if you have 30 MPH hurricane wind 24 hours per day you could produce $1.00 of power per day. Assuming your system cost $3000 to buy and install, not counting builting permits, it will take you 8.3 years to pay off your system. Duh! Is this a good plan?
The only practical application for a small 1KW size windmill is for charging batteries in a remote area where utility power is not available. You can make a PMA for charging batteries your self. Go to http://www.windstuffnow.com/main/ for plans, or we will sell you one built and tested for $480.
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