No. If a hydraulic line gets a pinhole leak it sprays a jet of highly pressurized fluid out which can dig through your skin, wounds from this are gruesome and can be fatal. It's not uncommon for the fluid to penetrate your skin and then rip apart underneath it and wreak havoc on your internals.
A towel isn't gonna do anything though, the fluid will go straight through it.
Also the idea with a rope is normally weights not towels, tensioned ropes have a lot of energy compared to their weight but overall it's not actually that much energy. So you add weights to them, same energy but now it's gotta accelerate way more mass. I guess towels could be an alternative, increasing air resistance, but i wouldn't trust that.
If there's a leak that fluid can get through then it's going to come out with lots of force. Not likely to have a slow leak when there's 3000psi behind it.
Only time you'd normally have one is just an improperly tightened fitting, in which case it'd take less time to just tighten it than try to put a towel down.
Any other problem leading to weeping will almost inevitably end up with a pinhole or catastrophic leak eventually, so covering with a towel is just a death wish.
You grind it to shape. And they aren’t really blades, usually made into inserts and inserted into a tools holder. Google “carbide insert”. They are most used for machining, CNC machine most specifically. I use them all day every day.
Well damn, can I at least use a gentle 140 ton grinder
I really do appreciate you dropping some actual knowledge even though I was being blatantly dumb. Folks like you make this sub fun and really informative for dullards like myself.
I’ve thought about this process soooo many times. And honestly this is really similar to what I thought, maybe even simpler. There has to be a more mass produced process though, the amount of carbide used in just the US everyday is a shit ton.
The fucking towels over the hydraulic lines
The fingers in the work area while stuff is moving
Right? That'll stop absolutely nothing
70.0003 ton better than 70 ton
Is this done with the same thought process that putting a towel over a highly tensioned rope will stop it from flailing around if it snaps?
Because that isn't really the danger here.
No. If a hydraulic line gets a pinhole leak it sprays a jet of highly pressurized fluid out which can dig through your skin, wounds from this are gruesome and can be fatal. It's not uncommon for the fluid to penetrate your skin and then rip apart underneath it and wreak havoc on your internals.
A towel isn't gonna do anything though, the fluid will go straight through it.
Also the idea with a rope is normally weights not towels, tensioned ropes have a lot of energy compared to their weight but overall it's not actually that much energy. So you add weights to them, same energy but now it's gotta accelerate way more mass. I guess towels could be an alternative, increasing air resistance, but i wouldn't trust that.
Large pieces of sailcloth were also used for the same purpose when mooring ships.
But yeah, I was thinking pinhole leaks are going right through that towel without slowing.
Th is YouTuber demonstrates the effect of an hydraulic oil leak on a ballistic gel: https://youtu.be/mFea7RNhw2w
.. Am I the only one that thinks the towels may be there for a slow leak and not pinhole protection?
If there's a leak that fluid can get through then it's going to come out with lots of force. Not likely to have a slow leak when there's 3000psi behind it.
Only time you'd normally have one is just an improperly tightened fitting, in which case it'd take less time to just tighten it than try to put a towel down.
Any other problem leading to weeping will almost inevitably end up with a pinhole or catastrophic leak eventually, so covering with a towel is just a death wish.
https://i.redd.it/yff15paxnu8g1.gif
Cuz it’s hard as fuck and cuts metal real good like.
But what do you use to make them into blades?
Carbide powder and an even gentler 140 ton press??
You grind it to shape. And they aren’t really blades, usually made into inserts and inserted into a tools holder. Google “carbide insert”. They are most used for machining, CNC machine most specifically. I use them all day every day.
They would be pre formed into a oversized shape, not out of a block like this. Sandvik has a video. My guess is its teeth for something in mining.
Nope, this is carbide stock. We use this in the aerospace industry for a lot of things we can't really say
https://i.redd.it/wsggqn5t489g1.gif
Well damn, can I at least use a gentle 140 ton grinder
I really do appreciate you dropping some actual knowledge even though I was being blatantly dumb. Folks like you make this sub fun and really informative for dullards like myself.
Are they sintered at any point or just used as a block of compressed powder?
Yep, next step will be sintering
Diamonds or other harder carbides
Finally I'll be able to maintain an erection.
Pablo Escobar would have loved this guy.
I’ve thought about this process soooo many times. And honestly this is really similar to what I thought, maybe even simpler. There has to be a more mass produced process though, the amount of carbide used in just the US everyday is a shit ton.
Is that a Metric or US Standard shit ton sir?
SINTER IT!!!
The press just makes it hold its shape, it still needs to be baked at a high temperature to sinter it.