Heh, heh. A man after my own heart!!

I'm currently developing various lab exercises for ME students in
machine design. Trying to do 'real' stuff in this day of computer
simulations is a challenge. And getting across the message that flaws in
your simulation have nasty effects in the real world is best done with
things like 20hp motors and 10:1 gear boxes. Only issue is how to get it
impressive but still safe for udergrads who's idea of a big power supply
is a 300 watt ATX box for their computer.

Don Foreman wrote:

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:34:51 +1000, "John G"
wrote:


"smitha4u" wrote in message
groups.com...

I believe i can bulid in my school lab.
Aprreciate if you can expalin it in detail
Thanks
Rgards
smitha


This is not a job to be undertaken by someone who has to ask such basic
questions in a METALworking group.

It is proper engineering job for an experienced consulting engineer with
experience in this type of indstallation.


How do you suppose engineers become trained to do such consulting?
That's why schools have labs.

I'm glad there are still students working with real machines in a real
laboratory rather than with 'puter sims. You can't simulate the
experience of a 50 HP DC motor drawing a gazillion amps of armature
current at stall, or if the field comes loose. Ya gotta see it in
person, after duly noting the motor bits still embedded in the bricks
from previous oopsies.

Unscheduled experiment: how fast can a twit lab TA dive under a
bench? Open field on big DC motor running with rated armature
voltage, time the twit when he hears it accelerating rapidly toward
kaboom. (Do close the field pretty quick. Forget about killing
armature current at that point; opening the switch results in a big
green arc)

The show is well worth the ensuing loud lecture endured with
simulated contrite humility. Your grade may partly depend on the
quality of your simulation....