Was wondering if anyone can link me a nice-looking graphical chart that gives some basic rules of thumb about material and thermal expansion/contraction. Something like a feeds and speeds chart or decimal conversion chart.
I'm often asked to inspect parts that are ~30 degrees F different in temperature than our inspection environment. Some hadny rule-of-thumb chart I can point to may at least get my point across to these people that we should wait for the parts to normalize to room temperature.
I did a google search but didn't find anything I liked. Was thinking it would be something like Temperature difference on the X axis, thermal movement on the & axis, and comparing common materials like steel, aluminum, stainless, etc.
Thank you!
I'm often asked to inspect parts that are ~30 degrees F different in temperature than our inspection environment. Some hadny rule-of-thumb chart I can point to may at least get my point across to these people that we should wait for the parts to normalize to room temperature.
I did a google search but didn't find anything I liked. Was thinking it would be something like Temperature difference on the X axis, thermal movement on the & axis, and comparing common materials like steel, aluminum, stainless, etc.
Thank you!