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link to How to Easily Calculate Gear Ratios in Planetary Systems

How to Easily Calculate Gear Ratios in Planetary Systems

Planetary gear systems can be intimidating to understand. There are so many types of motions and reductions possible that it can be overwhelming. The motion of planetary gear systems is expressed...

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How to Attach Gears, Sprockets and Pulleys to Shafts

Unlike the Lego gears and shafts shown below most motors have perfectly round shafts. This makes attaching gears, pulleys and sprockets difficult. The main methods of attaching gears to...

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link to FREE Hydraulic Hose Size, Pressure Drop and Calculator

FREE Hydraulic Hose Size, Pressure Drop and Calculator

Never guess again what hose size to use! Automatically the proper hose size for any application. Simply input a few measurable variables and click Calculate. This calculator adjusts for oil type...

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link to Top Life Lessons Learned from My Engineering Career (Part 1)

Top Life Lessons Learned from My Engineering Career (Part 1)

Even though my engineering career is far from over, I wanted to look back and reflect. I realized that midway through my career is probably the right point to do this because if I wait too long, I'm...

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link to Proper Tab and Slot Design and How to Avoid Serious Issues

Proper Tab and Slot Design and How to Avoid Serious Issues

Steel design seems to be moving in the direction of self-fixturing where the weldment or assembly components will align with each other. When a tab or slot is added to a part, the stress flow is...

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link to How to Connect Multiple Valves Using Power Beyond Technology

How to Connect Multiple Valves Using Power Beyond Technology

Connecting multiple valves together is always a challenge. You want to have individual valve functionality, but not loose sight of the overall system characteristics. Open center or through...

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link to Best Guide to Determining Deflection in Variable Cross Section Beams

Best Guide to Determining Deflection in Variable Cross Section Beams

Beam tables give information on and assume that the deflection calculation is based on a constant cross section.  So, what do we do if our beam has a cross section that changes over the length...

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link to The Best Guide to Two Stage Hydraulic Pumps

The Best Guide to Two Stage Hydraulic Pumps

Two stage pumps, often called log splitter pumps, are a great way to get better performance without increasing horsepower. A two-stage hydraulic pump is two gear pumps that combine flow...

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link to The Best Way to Read a Hydraulic Schematic

The Best Way to Read a Hydraulic Schematic

Reading a hydraulic schematic for the first time is a daunting and confusing thing.  There are so many symbols to identify and lines to keep track of.  I hope to impart to you a systematic...

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link to 6 Reasons Why Bolts Fail & How To Prevent It

6 Reasons Why Bolts Fail & How To Prevent It

This article is going to be a bit more technical than the previous article about fasteners, “The Magic of Fasteners.”  I’m going to try to keep it as simple as I can, but this topic is so...

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link to Official Black Widow Point of View Video

Official Black Widow Point of View Video

No roller coaster is complete without a POV video. The Black Widow is no exception. https://youtu.be/o0k4BMdUSUI

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link to Black Widow Backyard Coaster Fails

Black Widow Backyard Coaster Fails

So not everything always goes to plan. This video is evidence of that. https://youtu.be/u3LM6VMBBRk

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link to Why Failure is a Good Thing – Do It More!

Why Failure is a Good Thing – Do It More!

I sat down with Spencer Krause of SKA Solutions to discuss the world of engineering. One of the topics was about failure and how it is a good thing. Human nature and our society want us to avoid...

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link to Its Alive! – This Linear Synchronous Motor Actually Works

Its Alive! – This Linear Synchronous Motor Actually Works

We've finally got our Linear Synchronous Motor working with 2 phases on our test bench. It has been a long time coming! Now that it is working, we need to answer the question, should we continue? All...

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link to Best Method for Calculating the Electromagnetic Force for a LSM

Best Method for Calculating the Electromagnetic Force for a LSM

Math….you either love it or you don't. Well I do, so I'm not ashamed to share it with the world. But videos like this make me nervous. There is some fuzzy math in here that I'm not necessarily...

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link to Easily Controlling High Current on Our Linear Synchronous Motors

Easily Controlling High Current on Our Linear Synchronous Motors

As we continue our journey to design a Linear Synchronous Motors, we realize that a lot of current is needed for this to function. Controlling the electromagnets with a sine wave AND using digital...

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