Where Candy Canes Come From

From mental_floss Blog:

One year when I was very young, my mother took me to see Santa Claus at Miller's department store in Knoxville. They had a candy cane factory set up in the middle of the sales floor! While we kids waited in line to see Santa, we could watch through the glass

Flare gas sensing

I'd like to be able to sense and identify gas types in real time in a well test flare. Calorimeters or GC's are slow, bulky, and cost prohibitive. Single transmitter units limit me to either combustibles or toxics and generally only one gas type at a time. Any ideas?

An Electric Car for Every Garage?

Instead of tailoring electric vehicles (EVs) to meet driving needs of large consumer segments, automakers should design plug-in EVs that meet some needs of some consumers. One consulting firm advocates a shift to mission-specific vehicles, such as for commuting. These would require higher energy sto

3D Displays for Mobile Devices?

A handful of companies are perfecting the technology to bring no-glasses-needed 3D displays to cell phones and other mobile devices. While the technology itself is impressive, applications beyond movies and entertainment are just waiting in the wings. What other types of applications do you think co

Relay

Sir I want to know the advantage of using pilotwire protection relay & supervision equipment relay & SPAJ Relay in a substation in HT Switchgear panel.

Steam Turbine Inlet Flanges

my dear I have a steam turbine having two inlet connections from top one from left and one from right of machine flange are raised face we are using spiral wound {flexitelic } gasket 8" 1500 psig when we start the machine after any shut down {thermal shock} minor steam leakage appears from

Measuring Capacity of a Loadcell

Halo everybody

I'ld like to know about the total weight measuring capacity of a loadcell.

That means if a loadcell is having a capacity of say around 10Tonnes, then is it including Tare or Gross weight? Means is it capable of measuring total 10T weight?

Or if it is mounted

Level SENSOR

Hi...........

What are the high accuracy Level Sensor available for the LIQUID AND GAS (ETHYL MERCAPTAIN ) LEVEL MEASUREMENT.

Regards

Bharat NARAYAN

medium voltage and low voltage ducts

Dear All;

i have design issue with MV(13kV) and LV (480kV), for cost saving i tried to put mv and lv in same duct banks ( MV bottom layer)

and i checked NEC, i couldnt find any info about segregation of MV and LV underground installation.

all replies will be appriciated

Accelerating Pads

hai dear gentleman's around here ...i have a thought about accelerating pads i mean a moving pad which could help peoples in more rushing areas like in airport or at railway stations etc.,instead of using escalators which are relatively slow in speed my concept of arranging fast moving flat pads so

December 17, 1969 – Closing Project Blue Book

On this day in engineering history, the Secretary of the United States Air Force announced the closing of Project Blue Book, a 17-year study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., a former NASA Deputy Administrator and MIT professor who served as Air Force Secretary

Steam Expansion

Hey everybody, it's my turn to ask a question.

Suppose I fill a chamber (1.7446 cu. ft.) on top of a piston with, say 250 PSIG steam (1.7446 cu. ft. per pound) then shut off the steam inlet valve and let the pressure move the piston full stroke to a "expose" a total cylinder volume of 32.7174

EMP Resistant Vehicles

I am interested in finding a vehicle that is not subject to electromagnetic pulse events (EMP.) I understand that computer chips would be affected. What about electronic ignition? What were the cut off years for vehicles manufactured before these technologies were adopted? What about diesel vehi

Mother Nature's Little Helper

One of my favorite, silly Monty Python songs begins with "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK", and then quickly jumps into the absurd – something, as many CR4 readers know, Monty Python is famous for. Another, continuing their forest-related theme, is their Finland Song – click here to liste