Please differentiate between gauge cock and manifold with respect to process usage. my designer has suggested gauge cock for pressure gauges but vendor has quoted manifold. Now can i use manifold instead of gauge cock. please clarify.
Category Archives: Aerospace
Should Cell Phones be Registered?
One high tech advantage that criminals have today is the cell phone. With it they can communicate virtually anonymously, with great mobility and little fear of being detected. To counter this advantage, the Mexican government has started a program to register every cell phone in the country linking
Substation Lightning Protection
Hi
All Can any one give idea for substation sheilding .
Any good guide lines ..
regards
Composition of Producer Gas
I want to know whether it is possible to analyse the constituent of the producer gas in volume or by weight, by knowing the composition of the coal under combustion
Determination of Size of Conductor/Cable
How to determine the size of conductor or cable...i need the basic formula.. not a selection chart from different manufacture.
Need Advice for LPG Kit with K&N Filter
i want to put k&n Air Filter in my Lpg Driven Esteem car , where it can be located for better performance
Current Density of Electrolytic Aluminum Flats
Could you tell me the current density of electrolytic aluminum flats?
Reverse Engineering advice
Hello Cr4ites,
I am a relatively new designer. Our company, which makes electrical connectors, has been doing reverse engineering for ages now. Generally ppl use vernier calipers and intuition to measure the modeling dimensions. Sometimes, the optical projector is used for intricate/critical pro
High and low Grid frequency and voltage
Please help,
while running the STG in parallel to the grid,
1. If the unit is at full load and the grid frequency goes to 51 hz. what will be course of action for the station incharge to save the machine and the unit.
2. If the total power is sold in open access then what will be course of
Money Talks: Can You Speak the Language?
Chances are, your management team couldn't repair a broken bracket with a step-by-step schematic. But what they lack in vocational skills, they make up for in accounting expertise. So, when you make a case for plant improvements to the business office, do you speak in language they understand, namel
Where are You in the Flash Fight?
You've seen reports of the ongoing war of words between Adobe and Apple over Apple's decision not to support Flash on iPhones, iPods, and iPads amd looking instead to HTML5 as its platform for video support. What do you think about this Flash vs. HTML5 debate? Should Flash's (and Adobe's) grip on we
Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots
From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:
America may have eighty-sixed its moon base ambitions, but the Japanese have no plans to let perfectly good lunar real estate go to waste. An ambitious $2.2 billion project in the works at JAXA, the Japanese space
Recycling a Cellphone: Responsible E-Waste Transformation
From Wired Top Stories:
Thanks to the ever-shortening product upgrade cycle, the US generates about 2 million tons of electronic waste each year. Many discarded cell phones are shipped abroad, where valuable parts are stripped out and toxic metals are burned or dumped. But most dom
Lending Landlines a Lifeline?
The U.S. telephone industry could be flooded with bankruptcy stories in the coming years as consumers opt to cancel land lines for cell phones. Smaller phone companies like Qwest and Frontier don't offer wireless options to retain customers. As their revenue decreases, they have less money to mainta
Safety Rules Can't Keep Up With Biotech Industry
From NYT > Science:
They are the highly trained, generally well-paid employees in the vanguard of American innovation: people who work in biotechnology labs. But the cutting edge can be a risky place to work. The casualties include an Agriculture Department scientist who spent
Man Single-Handedly Building a Metro Rail
From Boing Boing:
"Russian hero" Leonid Murlyanchik has been building his own metro rail system, single-handedly, since 1984, using materials he buys with his pension.
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BP Resumes Gulf Spill Top Kill After 18-Hour Delay
From NPR Topics: News:
After halting work to assess its efforts and bring in more materials, BP resumed pumping drilling mud into the Gulf well. The company insisted the top kill was progressing as planned but acknowledged drilling mud was escaping from the broken pipe along with t
Corona Detection from Distortion of Source Voltage Waveform
Recently I conduct a research on corona detection from the voltage and current waveform distortion. So far what I got is that there is total harmonic distortion on voltage waveform of source voltage that caused by corona but the difference is only small amount less that 2 %. Is there was something w
Lest WE Forget
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
Honor those who sacrificed all for our freedom this weekend – that's what this holiday is truly about.
General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868
I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers
Will Recovering a OS Harm a Motherboard?
All,
I know, the obvious answer is "no" because a similar process is used to create the PC in the first place, but bear with me. A friend donated a used PC and I was in the middle of cleaning the hard drive and OS so it could be re-donated for use teaching a language class. I didn't have access