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“Have you tried a different process?”
“Yes”, I say.
“How about different form steels?”
“Yes.”
“How about different materials?”
“Yes.”
“Well, try different materials until you find one that works,” the engineer says to me.
Now, nevermind that the forming condition is impossible to make in any ferrous material. The product design is simply not manufacturable.
But, give me an inch of rope and I will take about 10 feet of it, find a tree, and end up hanging you with it.
Which leads me to my latest invention: Super Steel.
I found a material that will work. Are you ready for the mechanical properties? Here they are:
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Yield Strength: 5000 MPa
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Tensile Strength: 20,000 MPa
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n: 0.5
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r: 2.0
This is super formable yet super strong. I am working on a super coating so that instead of the die surfaces wearing, the die actually gets better with use. No more polishing and sharpening required. This means inserts and all that are a thing of the past.
Sure. I have to work out something with press force and energy. But I shall find a way or make one.
Bitter much?
Please: can this new material take shape without the bother of elastic deformation, at room temperature?
Is how you took it? Just having fun.
To answer your question of temperature, it depends on the room.
Your PhD buddies will want to know about barometer and elevation and earth rotational speed variation relative to the lunar cycle. For all that, I simply adjust the coefficient of friction variable to get the results I need for my report.
You left off a few items:
1) The mechanical properties you listed are not the average or even typical values. They are the exact values of every coil, since the strength-o-meter on the steel mill has been perfected.
2) It has the density of magnesium, yet amazingly becomes lighter when exposed to the sun.
3) It costs no more than 30 cents a pound with built in cost reductions of 2 cents per year. The suppliers, based on every continent except for Antarctica, soon pay you to use it.
And I’ll ignore that comment about those who know how to Pile Higher and Deeper. The true variable is the air speed velocity of an unladened swallow.
thanks for checking in Danny!
since when are you one of EK’s buddies?
good points … you should blog!!
thanks for playing along.
Danny,
“the air speed velocity of an unladened swallow”
African or European???
I’m glad Eric knew which question to ask next. (Ever notice how consultants always answer a question with a question and never an actual answer?)
I have a question. Why do my parts look so bad out of the press when my sim looks so damn good?
Sure wish I could have predicted all this springback better …
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Whoa, whoa, get out the way with that good infomraotin.