Engineering Office
“The best way to reduce maintenance costs….
Design it right the first time ! “
“The best mechanical design for maintenance…
Is the one with the fewest moving parts”
By Fred J. Weber
General Engineering
Online Approved DOE Technical Standards…
“PDF” Handbooks in physics,thermodynamics, math, instrumentation and etc
Online Approved DOE Technical Standards http://energy.gov
Click on “Offices” go to Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) is the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
http://energy.gov/hss/office-health-safety-and-security
Go to “Information Center” and Click on “DOE Technical Standards Program”
http://energy.gov/hss/information-center/department-energy-technical-standards-program/doe-approved-technical
Click on “Approved standards”
http://energy.gov/hss/information-center/department-energy-technical-standards-program/doe-approved-technical
Cheresources excellent site for chemical and process engineers
http://www.cheresources.com/
eFunda is a premier online of engineering fundamentals and calculators.
http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm
On-line Engineering tool to assist in design, construction and maintaining your facility
http://www.freecalc.com/
Eng-tips and feedback forum
http://www.eng-tips.com/
Engineering jobs
http://www.engineeringjobs.com/tools.html
Mechanical components everything from fitting to tools
http://icrank.com/cgi-bin/pageman/pageout.cgi?path=/index_html.html
The Chemical Engineers’ Resource Page
Control Engineering
Looking for control problems:
1. Output stays at 0%
2. Output stays at 100%
3. Output goes from 0% to 100%
Control.com…Nerds in Control…Information on controls
http://www.control.com/links_page
Electrical and PLC…Industrial test and video company (PLC and general controls)
http://www.industrialtext.com/freestuff.htm
Expertune
http://www.expertune.com/articles.html
ISA instrument search
http://www.isadirectory.org/online/prod1.cfm
Control Magazine
http://www.controlmag.com/ct/index.html
Computer Engineering
Number one solution to any computer problem….
“turn off the power”
Search engine with subtopics
http://www.yippy.com/
Computer Hope…. general computer information
http://www.computerhope.com/sindex.htm
Computer and communication…general computer info and standards
http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html
Tek tips forums Ask software or hardware question
http://www.tek-tips.com/
Sun Informantion …help for Sun users
http://www.sunhelp.org/
UNIX users
http://www.unix.com/index.php
Mechanical Engineering
Pump and piping
http://www.pumped101.com/
http://www.pumpfundamentals.com/tutorial3.htm
Pipe design Central… info on any pump or piping
http://www.pipingdesign.com/sitemap.html
Pump information
http://www.pumps.org/ or http://www.pumps.org/public/pump_resources/home.htm
Pump and System
http://www.pump-zone.com/index.php
Compressed Air
Reliabilty Web
http://www.reliabilityweb.com/fa/compressed_air.htm
Gas industry conversions
OneSmartClick.Com
http://www.onesmartclick.com/engineering/heat-transfer.html
Structural and Materials
Spreadsheet for Structural Engineering
Structural calculations
http://www.xcalcs.com/
Powder Materials
http://www.powderandbulk.com/
Corrosion
http://www.corrosionsource.com/
Defense and federal specification
http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/fsc_quicksearch.cfm
Weight standards
http://www.scalemanufacturers.org/Links.htm
Inventor’s Workshop
Why is maintenance always redesigning equipment ?
“I believe it’s because 50 % of all maintenance people are related to Thomas A. Edison.”
Steps for an sucessful invention
1. Get an idea
2. Write/sketch it down.
3. Search the web (look for images) and search www.uspto.gov/
4. Design it.
5. Build it
6. Calculate the cost
A. (+) costs…What you can sell the product for ?)
B. (-) costs…. What it costs to design it, build it, ship it, market it , account it, lawyer it and etc. ?
7. When the (+) costs are greater than the (-) costs
Patent it , Manufacture it, and Sell it !
Useful web sites
US patent office… www.uspto.gov/
Inventor fraud… http://www.inventorfraud.com/
European Patent office… http://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP
Physics, Chemistry and Math Web sites
http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm
http://www.eng-tips.com/
physics forums
http://physforum.com/
Basic physics
http://230nsc1.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
Physics websites
http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/resources/physics.htm
Industrial physics web site
http://www.aip.org
Chemistry Periodic table
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/index.html
Math calculation
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/trig.html
http://www.engineering.com/content/community/library/tables/tables.jsp?disciplineID=mechanical&tabID=200&subTabID=210
Alternate energy… http://www.altenergy.org/
NASA technical papers… http://www.nasatech.com/TSP2/cats.php
“PDF” Handbooks in physics,thermodynamics, math, instrumentation and etc
Online Approved DOE Technical Standards http://energy.gov
Click on “Offices” go to Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) is the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
http://energy.gov/hss/office-health-safety-and-security
Go to “Information Center” and Click on “DOE Technical Standards Program”
http://energy.gov/hss/information-center/department-energy-technical-standards-program/doe-approved-technical
Click on “Approved standards”
http://energy.gov/hss/information-center/department-energy-technical-standards-program/doe-approved-technical
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