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Launch of Ebay store
Graphskill are pleased to announce the launch of their EBay store – just one more way to get our products at amazing prices. It will take a while to get all our product lines on, but we have made a Read more…
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EEF Economics Blog | Printing the future of production
EEF Economics Blog | Printing the future of production. A great article discussing 3D printing.
General Engineering
Real-TIME CONTROL OF POLARISATION IN HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO ULTRA-SHORT-PULSE LASER MICRO-MACHINING
Technical Report Mr Olivier Allegre from Liverpool University has kindly offered this short summary of a paper he submitted at this year’s ICALEO conference in Los Angeles. Many thanks to Olivier: Figure 1. (a) Exit hole resulting from helical drilling Read more…
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The advantages of Thread Rolling
The advantages of Thread Rolling There are a number of ways of applying a thread to a bar, from the very traditional Tap and Die, single point threading on a metal lathe, bar threading machines which using the chasing method, Read more…
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Tylok International, Inc. – Tubing Specifications
Tubing Specifications Suggested Allowable Working Pressure Tables (psig) Tylok International, Inc. – Tubing Specifications.
General Engineering
When should you use galvanized steel or zinc plated steel?
When should you use galvanized steel or zinc plated steel? Both add a layer of zinc to the outside of the product. Zinc plating looks shiny and pretty, galvanized looks dull. But don’t be a magpie and just pick up Read more…
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Nominal Bore for pipe support systems
First some common definitions of the two words in the title: Nominal: as expected or planned; normal Bore: diameter of a tube / pipe So, putting those together we would expect “Nominal Bore” to mean the expected diameter of a Read more…