Corroded Contactors Bring Lift Truck to A Screeching Halt
Rather than braking, some vehicles rely on plugging, which involves reversing the motor voltage to power to a stop. In the Design New Calamities column, The Case of the Culpable Contactor, Forensic...
View ArticleDriver Run Over by Own Rig — Corrosion the Culprit
In this real world engineering who-dunnit from Design News– you couldn’t write a TV script better than this! — corrosion and wear-and-tear on a key component of the lift cylinder on a tractor-trailer...
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