Air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE) drives can spin backwards when fans
are off but subjected to air movement across the fan blades. This is known as
back-drafting or wind-milling and can be dangerous. Technicians are often in
close contact with the drive, and in extreme situations bodily damage occurs
due to back-drafting. DraftguardTM anti-rotation device secures the drive from
spinning backwards during maintenance operations. Draftguard also protects the
entire system from extreme shock load which causes unnecessary wear of the
motor components and which can lead to belt breakage. Often design engineers don't consider the effect a drive which rotates
the opposite direction causes. Draftguard protects the drive from damage, or
other unsatisfactory events from occurring, when units back draft. The design of the flange plate allows
Draftguard to mount on nearly any bushing or shaft which eliminates the need of
retrofitting drive components. Gates Draftguard can be mounted to prevent
rotation in either the clockwise or counter clockwise direction. It can easily
be mounted on either vertical or horizontal shafts and typically fits within
the existing fan cage.
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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