Gear Box and Energy Saving

We have 2500 KW Slip ring Induction Motor 995 RPM attached to a Gear unit Output of the Gear unit gives 928 RPM. Gear Unit Drives a Fan (Raw Mill Fan in Cement Plant).

Motor Normally runs at 2250 KW. (Output torque of Motor is about 21615 N.m)

How to Determine the torque of the Load (

Clive Thompson on the Cyborg Advantage

From Wired Top Stories:

Which are smarter, humans or machines? Back in 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer struck a blow for bots when it beat Garry Kasparov at chess. Deep Blue won because computers can perform endless lightning-fast calculations; humans can't. It basically pre

Cooking Bacon with a Machine Gun

From Neatorama:

A simple but elegant solution to a common household problem: you have raw bacon, but you have no frying pan with which to cook it. You do, however, have a machine gun. All you have to do is wrap the bacon in tin foil, tie it around the barrel of your Rheinmetall M

The Hubble Telescope's Most Underrated Images

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The stunning pictures of Saturn, the deep field, the Eagle, Crab, and Butterfly nebulae -- in its 20 years of operation, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken what are now some of the most famous images in astronomy. But you've seen those over and o

Industrial Software: Boon or Bogus?

ERP, EAM, MES, CMMS, energy monitoring, valve monitoring… the list of application specific industrial software designed to increase productivity goes on and on. Do you use application specific industrial software (beyond Microsoft Office programs) on a regular basis? Do they live up to expecta

How Much to Go Green?

Engineers are under pressure to create sustainable designs. Do you understand environmental impact analysis technology? Do you know environmental compliance requirements on a global basis? And are you aware of the potential economic trade-offs? Using this product analytics software, engineers can sc

What is Diesel Fuel?

Diesel fuel is a very complex mixture of thousands of individual compounds with carbon numbers between 9 and 23 (number of carbon atoms per hydrocarbon molecule) Most of these compounds are members of the paraffinic, naphthenic or aromatic class of hydrocarbons (HC).

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Extra HDD For Graphics Apps.

Hello,

I have a dell inspiron, I recently sent it back to dell to have a new motherboard put into it(under warranty). Before this we had tried a new hard drive a troubleshooting, and it didn't work. I do now have an extra hard drive. 500 gb scada, along with the 500 gb scada in the comput

Why We Talk Endlessly About NOTHING

My discussion spans 10 letters with nothing but bragging and finding faults.

said earlier that a straight answer could suffice.

It was succinct to say ,to google to, a person who might have forgotten.

May be he/ she wanted engineering community to comment rather than Googl

Chilled Water Network

Dear All,

Thanks for this interesting forum... hope to find a solution for my question below:

Does it exist international standards or handbooks for DCP buried pipes? like minimum cover, min distance between supply and return, min dimensions of valve chambers...

thanks a lot

Pocket In Pump Out Line?

Is it acceptable to have pocket in pumps out (NNF) line to pump. The line is having 2" drain connected to drain system. If pocket is not accepatble then we need to elevate the equipment by another 2000 mm.

Ignition Timing Advice

I have a KKSB solenoid switch in my truck used for advancing the ignition timing of engine during cold start.

This switch goes OFF once the desired engine temperature is achieved.

Will the fuel economy of the vehicle increase or decrease if KKSB switch is kept continuously ON deliberat

Worldwide Solar Energy

Has anyone explored the idea of a world network of solar power energy? What I envision is for all countries to have their country produce all their electricity from solar energy. Then, all countries connect their grid to their neighbors. When it gets dark in one country, they could get energy from t