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Sheet metal enclosure design, stage by stage: bends, hardware and finishes
Follow an enclosure through cutting, bending, hardware, joining and coating, with typical rules for bend radius, flange length, hole spacing and tolerances.
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Quality and Inspection
Turned stainless steel shafts: tolerances, fits and finishes on the drawing
A feature-by-feature walk along a stainless shaft drawing: grade choice, datums, ISO fits, runout, surface finish, secondary features, finishing and inspection.
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Designing 5-axis CNC aluminum housings: eight practical tips
Datums, pocket corners, wall thickness, threads, sealing faces and finishes: practical guidance for machined aluminum housings with features on several faces.
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