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<BODY> <TABLE WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><HR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="font-size:14.0pt">Engineering Analysis & Testing:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS001.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Design Assessment of a Train Bearing Housing:</SPAN></B></FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">An assessment of a bearing housing for use on a rail vehicle was performed to determine if the design had sufficient strength and an infinite fatigue life.Optimization of the design was undertaken to achieve the required fatigue life.</SPAN></FONT></P><HR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Process Industry Equipment Failure:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS004.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Following the failure of the drum head of a Through Air Dryer, resulting in the complete shut-down of a paper mill, Eatec undertook an assessment to determine whether further failures of the assembly were likely.It was shown that under the maximum operating conditions, further failures would occur, and hence a claim for a replacement drum was submitted.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>Eatec provided technical support to the client during the litigation process.</SPAN></FONT><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Failure of a Quarry Screen:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS005.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">A quarry screen which is used to sort crushed rock started to crack soon after entering service.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>By measuring the motions of the corners of the screen, it was possible to identify that the first torsional mode of the screen was being excited by the drive mechanism.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>Through the use of finite element modeling, potential design modifications were investigated to identify the optimum changes to prevent resonance.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>No further cracking of the modified design occurred.</SPAN></FONT><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="font-size:14.0pt">Analysis/Simulation Tools:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS003.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Rubber Property Predictor:</SPAN></B></FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">The stress-strain behaviour of rubber is sensitive to composition and processing, and is difficult to predict.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>A software tool, based on a neural network, was developed to enable virtual testing of possible rubber compounds.The use of the tool has led to significant time and cost savings in achieving required rubber characteristics.</SPAN></FONT></P><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Seal Reliability Analysis Tool:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS006.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">The reliability of the bearing seals on drill bits used in the oil and gas industry is fundamental to the life of the bit.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>A client has a programme of continuous improvement of seal design based on field performance.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun:yes">  </SPAN>Performance data needed to be processed such that reliability metrics could be generated and compared.An analysis tool was generated and embedded in an Excel spreadsheet which enabled non-specialists to produce reliability results in graphical and tabular forms.</SPAN></FONT><HR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US" STYLE="font-size:14.0pt">Database Application:</SPAN></B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><B STYLE="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Test Results Database:</SPAN></B></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="150"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#0071C9" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="downloads/CS002.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-1"><B>Click here</B></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="-2">for detailed assessment</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1"><SPAN LANG="EN-US">Large quantities of test results had been obtained over a long period, and were stored using different formats, making searching and processing difficult.A test results database system was developed to archive the data and provide comprehensive search and processing functionality.Using the system, changes to product performance which had previously gone unnoticed were identified.</SPAN></FONT></P><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"> Please <A HREF="javascript:addbookmark()">bookmark for future case studies</A> (when clicked this site will be automatically be bookmarked into your favourites). </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>