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- First, I'll load some plastic pellets into the hopper and let them heat up for 6-8 minutes so it flows and injects better into the die
- Once the plastic is warm, I'll clamp the die together and rotate the lever to push the pushrod that presses the plastic into the die
- I have to make sure to keep pressure on the lever so the plastic continues to feed into the die even as the part cools and fills
- Now that I have a finished sample, I can test it using a tensile test with this machine
- I have to be careful to load the sample such that the clamps attach to the wider part of the dog bone shape so there is not a failure at the connection point
- Once the test has been run and the data has been collected, I can see where the yield stress is for this material
- Now if I ever need it, I'll know!
- Back to the bridge...
- What's wrong with the bridge?
- One of the cables on the bridge is not secured correctly, if we don't do anything, the bridge will fall!
- I know just the thing!
- Based on the yield strength of this plastic part, it should be able to keep the cable from sliding out of its channel with a factor of safety of more than ten!
- You did it Matman, you saved the bridge!
- It was the least I could do, I'm just glad I could help in time!
- All thanks to some engineering know-how and a little bit of preparation!
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