Hammers are the most important tool and have made their space in every household and industry nowadays. It was all started around 3 million years ago during the stone age when all other human were largely used hard stone to break down or hammer soft stones or woods. From the Stone Age to Bronze Age […]
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Are you curious to know what is heat treatment process? What are the types of it? Well, in this article you will get answers of all these questions. So, let’s get started. Heat treatment process is a technique in which metals in the solid state are subjected to heating and cooling processes. The basic purpose
Today, we will learn about the Plasma Arc machining (PAM), Its working, applications, advantages, disadvantages. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get started. What is Plasma? Whenever we heard the word Plasma Arc Machining we firstly think about what is plasma? So, let’s have a close look at what is plasma? When a gas
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Introduction “An object remains in its state of rest or in motion until and unless acted upon by an external force” Newton’s first law of motion, this law by Sir Isaac Newton gave rise to the development of braking system in an automobile, developing an automobile vehicle not only requires the power source but also
Introduction “Ride Control” have you heard it? No, ok let’s try it again with local market name “Shocker” or “Shock Absorber” yeah now you got it, when we talk about the driver and passengers comfort we usually refer to the suspension system of a vehicle as in our article on suspension system we cleared our
Before understanding, the difference between capstan and turret lathe let us first understand what is a lathe? and how it is different from the capstan and turret lathe. A lathe is a machine used to do various operations such as drilling, boring, knurling, thread cutting, facing, etc. on the workpiece to make it a value-added
Introduction “Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury” very rightly said as when we talk about today’s automobile, luxury becomes the need of this modern era, so decreasing driver’s driving effort and ease of operating the automobile vehicle becomes the main focus for the designers and engineers which in turn gave rise to
Introduction “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” very rightly said as when it comes to automobiles even a small components like sprockets, valves, piston rings etc. Have great impact on overall working of an automobile vehicle. We often talk about the components and forces that help the vehicle to
You may have visited a shop and you need a few screws, but there are a thousand types of screws in the shop having different shapes, sizes, materials which surely confused you. There are different screws that mainly depend upon the application, head shape, drive style or recess type, threads shape. Screw type is totally
As we know that milling is the cutting process used in various applications and it is the most important process in industries. Have you heard about milling machines? Milling machines are used for drilling, boring and producing slots. They are also used in the process of shaping metals and irregular surfaces. Here, the question arises
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Are you ready to know about what is up milling? What is down milling? What’s the exact difference between up milling and down milling? So, don’t worry. You will get exact answers of all these questions in this article. Let us first start with the definition of milling. Basically, milling is a cutting process where
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Screwdrivers are essential tools in any toolkit, whether you’re a DIY enthusiast, professional mechanic, or simply handling everyday repairs. From flathead to Phillips, and specialty drivers like Torx and hex, each type of screwdriver serves a unique purpose. This guide will walk you through all types of screwdrivers, their designs, and specific applications, ensuring you’re
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You must have done many projects in which the requirement of screws was necessary, but you may not have ever wondered why there are so many different types of heads over the screw. Everything in this world is designed for a specific reason and so is the head style. Screws are the type of fasteners
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Have you ever wondered how Baseball bat, gun barrel, cam shaft, crankshaft, screws, locomotive wheels, metal die etc. are made? Now let’s start to find out answers. What is Lathe Machine? A lathe machine is a type of machine which is used for shaping and machining of various types of workpiece. There are different types
What is Brazing? Basically, brazing, welding, soldering all are quite similar metal joining processes. There are some little bit differences which compel us to give different names to this metal joining processes. In this article we will discuss what is brazing, why brazing is different from soldering and welding, why to select brazing and not
Basically, both the flywheel and governor are used to accomplish two different goals that is to regulate fluctuations of energy or to regulate constant speed. In this article, we are going to discuss what’s exactly the difference between flywheel and governor, their applications and functions. Let us first start by knowing what is flywheel? What
As you all know soldering is a process of joining two or more metals or two dissimilar items by melting and putting a filler metal (solder) into the joint and this filler metal have lower melting point than the base metal. Soldering requires practice, skills and some perfect knowledge for doing it. In this article,
What is Soldering? In this article you will know what is soldering, various processes involved in soldering. Soldering is a process of joining two or more metal pieces by melting and then filling the joint by a solder. Solder and a flux are the two important things required during soldering. Soldering has a wide range
Soldering, brazing and welding is the metal joining techniques. Each of them has their own importance. In this article, you will know soldering and brazing techniques and the difference between soldering and brazing. Soldering: Basically, soldering is a process of joining two or more metal pieces by melting and putting a solder into the joint,
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If you have a car or motorcycle than you might have heard about flywheel. But do you really know what is flywheel? And what is its function in the automobile engines. In this article, will discuss the every possible thing about flywheel. So let’s Begin our research. What is a Flywheel? Flywheel is a circular
What is Center of Gravity? Center of gravity is defined as the point where whole weight of the body supposed to be acting irrespective of its position. For every position of a body we have only one center of gravity, it does not alter (changes) with the orientation of the body. It is also defined
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Reciprocating Air Compressor is a positive displacement air compressor in which air is sucked in a chamber and compressed with the help of a reciprocating piston. It is called as positive displacement compressor because air is first sucked in a chamber and then compression is achieved by decreasing area of the chamber. The area is
An air compressor is a mechanical device that converts power from an electric motor, diesel engine, or gasoline engine into compressed air energy. Have you ever noticed how we fill the air in the tires of our vehicles? This is possible with the help of an air compressor, which compresses atmospheric air and delivers it at
What is a Refrigerator? A refrigerator commonly called as fridge is defined as a machine which is used to maintain or keep the food materials at low temperature and prevents their spoilage. The food materials kept at low temperature spoils or degrade gradually and can remain fresh for longer time. The refrigerator generally keeps the
What is Kaplan Turbine? Kaplan Turbine is an axial flow reaction turbine with adjustable blades. This turbine was developed in the year 1913 by Viktor Kaplan, who was a Austrian Professor. In his design, he combined automatically adjusted propeller blades and automatically adjusted wicket gates to obtain efficiency over a wide range of water flow
History of an Automobile “There is nothing new in the world except the history you don’t know” very rightly said as the thing we use today always makes us curious about its history, specially engineers like me always have many question in our minds like Who invented it? , What was the idea behind the
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Introduction From 2 wheeler like bike to 4 wheeler like cars we often hear the term “Clutch” whenever we talk about gears or gear shifting in an automobile, as we know to shift the drive from high torque to high speed or vice versa we need to press the clutch pedal than only the gear
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Introduction Turbines using the impulse action of water are the best ones. No it’s not like that reaction turbines are more efficient, when all of this was happening, James B. Francis, an American civil engineer comes up with his turbine called Francis turbine. What’s different he is doing!!! He is just mixing them up. The
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Introduction From wind mills to hydro-power plants we have reaction turbines all around the world to generate electricity efficiently. Almost 60% of turbines used in hydro-power plants are reaction turbine. Unlike impulse turbines they remain dipped in water and use the pressure energy of water to generate power. The idea of dipping the whole turbine
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Introduction “The development of a family starts with a old grandfather” very rightly said as with the introduction of the transmission in an automobile vehicle, development of a device that can transfer fluctuating power (rotational motion) between 2 shafts became essential due to which various researches had been done and finally the engineering minds of
