Slyke@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 days agoCanada’s nuclear plant to add mighty turbine to power 300,000 homesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12
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minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 days agoImagine dropping this shaft on the floor:
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThat’s a high pucker factor situation.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoJust considering the amount of high accurcy machining labour done on that thing. It’s indistinguishable from an artwork.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoWonder what the tolerances are. That is a big piece to fixture.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThe tolerances are probably the same as aircraft at the minimum. Most likely uses similar tolerance to the space program. You wouldn’t even think of trying to remachine if it had a energetic collision.
Imagine dropping this shaft on the floor:
That’s a high pucker factor situation.
Just considering the amount of high accurcy machining labour done on that thing. It’s indistinguishable from an artwork.
Wonder what the tolerances are. That is a big piece to fixture.
The tolerances are probably the same as aircraft at the minimum. Most likely uses similar tolerance to the space program. You wouldn’t even think of trying to remachine if it had a energetic collision.