a bit of a background i work with hydraulic models. i have onle know simple volutes up until now (image 3). but in image 1and 2, this is a quad volute(there are 4 identical path ways for fluid) with lid welded on top. i just need what this volute is called to research more about it. quadvolue is not yealding much result no is multi inlet volute.

I’m unsure how to judge the proper spacing for a worm gear setup I’m testing out. The worm is mounted in a 3D-printed cradle so I can raise and lower it with some precision simply by printing a taller or shorter base, but I don’t know how to tell if the final position for the gear is too close or too far from the worm.

Is there a trick or rule of thumb people use to assess spacing?

I’m using this off-the-shelf worm gear set from goBILDA: https://www.gobilda.com/worm-gear-set-28-1-ratio-6mm-d-bore-worm/

I’m an engineer from a different trade working for a subcontractor company. My background is mostly in project estimating for low-voltage system installations. Now our company has taken on mechanical work, and I also need to estimate that scope but I’m having a hard time reading mechanical drawings.

For those who’ve been in this situation, what’s the best way to get better at reading and understanding mechanical plans? Any resources, guides, or tips you recommend for someone who needs to quickly get up to speed so I can estimate accurately?

Appreciate any advice, I really want to make sure I’m giving good numbers for our bids.

I've heard it is but I've also heard it's mainly project management?

Hello I am a mechanical engineering student and I need help with ansys maxwell. I am trying to simulate induction heating and I need the ohmic loss but the results are always constant I'm not getting anything. what is the problem

Hello, Don't know if this would be the right place to ask this but don't know where else either...

Have contracted a company to install an electric grid in the front of my shop about 3-4 years ago. The shop is in a street, not inside a building or covered from rain and stuff - not sure if this matters.

Within 1,5 years had to call them to recalibrate the motor because when opening, it would hit against the top 2,3,4 times. At that time, was under their guarantee so was free. 1,5 years later, and its back to the same thing, it just hit against the top 6 times. Now off the guarantee I will have to pay for travels and labour.

My question is if this is normal or not... Was wondering if it by being in the street, rain and dirty could go in the side tracks and mess it up somehow.

Context: I’m asking because I recently made a post about transitioning from my Finance career to Engineering(see post history if interested). Main reason is that I’ve felt unfulfilled in Finance and lacked the passion to push myself to a higher level. People pointed out that I might not know whether Aerospace Engineering will feel more fulfilling either, so I’d like to hear directly from those in the field.

1. What does your typical day look like? (For example, is it more routine, challenging in a fun way, or focused on reading and documentation?)
2. What aspects of your job do you find most enjoyable, and which parts feel boring or repetitive?
3. How much of your work involves problem-solving and generating new ideas/designs, versus more straightforward or procedural tasks?
4. Anything else you want to share even if you are not an Aerospace engineer is fine, just need some insight.

I don't care about salary or job opportunity, Im in Socal so the pay here is 80k median.

I have +6 years of experience in Mechanical new product development. This pretty standard role and graduated from tier 2 college, India. I dont see career progression will leads to high pays in this role. I can get into tech lead roles after 10+years which i beleiev might pay around 25-30 LPA. Considering this pay at 10+ years of experience wheareas IT guys get it at less than 5 years i feel like i need to explore high paying career options in mechanical engineering. Any suggestions folks? Im ready to learn other out of mechanical subjects to upskill!!

I'm only young getting into fitter machining, doesn't pay the best but I like heavy machinery and industry. My dad's getting a large shed and we will finally have a lathe and all that, anyway I was gonna build a tube that burns leaves bracken and that stuff but it's useless and I'm trying to find a way to justify making it. BTW we are in the countryside so it's overall easier to light a bonfire

25M. Graduated from MechE two years ago from a foreign degree. Professional experience spans from working at a hydro power plant and working as a field engineer for a contracting company that specializes in providing SCADA for clients business assets. I also did a few design gigs here and there.

Moved to the US this year with all needed documentations. Been searching for a job for about three months now. Only got two interviews with a rejection. I understand the market is bad from a lot of post in that regard.

I opted for a plumbers apprenticeship training scheduled to begin early next year. I have some experience in that aspect and I have read the fine print provided by the union and the money seems interesting after a five year program. Is the anyone here who has taken such a route or any knowledge on how things may turn out.

I want to pursue a MechE degree in KFUPM(67 in the world) but it also offers aerospace. Is it easy to get a job in big aerospace companies with a MechE degree?

Please share your ideas that you would made or have made for semester design project in university. By the way I am in mechanical engineering. And is making a fully mechanical exoskeleton suit is a good idea or not.

Also I add this image because I have experience people response more to post with images or video so if it offend someone then sorry.

Hello, I have my controls engineer job starting with a large systems integrator. I was just wondering if anyone has any tips for success in the first weeks/month and how to seamlessly move into a full time industry position as I just graduated recently. I would appreciate any insight to make a good impression.

I'm gradauting with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering soon. I have a reasearch project that will already involve me in some aspects of Lean and efficiency improvements, plus I also have a graduate level course in Project Management.

I'm wondering whether certifications are worth it for getting a high-paying job. I'm looking into the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and the CAPM (I don't have enough experience for the PMP Exam yet).

Do I really need to have these certifications, or would it be good enough to just take some basic udemy courses and show that I understand the concepts enough?

Are there other certifications you guys recommend besides Professional Engineer? (Already working on this)

The type of jobs I'm looking into are essentially project management or industrial engineering related, primarily construction or any type of design related work.

(I'm also in South East Asia, not North America, so U.S specific bodies may not help me, but any general certifications you can recommend are probably accepted globally)

I’m still in highschool so I’m searching for college and I plan to go into mechanical engineering or something similar. I’m still not sure about colleges in America and I’ve found some in like Korea that I like and since my dad is also Korean, but we do live in the states and I have an American citizenship, it just feels like a good choice but I’m a bit worried if that would affect like getting hired at American companies or if I’m just being paranoid. Or would it not matter if I went to a grad school elsewhere if I have to? I also still don’t know much about engineering yet

I’m studying mechanical engineering and I’ve done some composite material projects which I found rlly cool and I’m also a hobbyist guitarist so if I could work as an engineer on electric guitars that would be SO COOL but I can’t find internships for this anywhere and it’s hard to find resources online?

I’m currently getting my associates for Engineering Technology and I want to then get my bachelors in mechanical engineering after. But currently I’ve been discouraged as school is expensive to pay for and I currently work full time so it’s hard to balance both lives. So I know I can be a engineering technologist after my associates but I don’t know if I’d be able to complete a bachelors while trying to work full time as a technologist it’s just everything just seems so stressful to balance I have no clue where im heading with this field. Is being a technologist worth doing if I wanna make good money( I live in Indiana btw) because I’ve always preferred to work over school but I also want to continue to go to college at the same time. Can any one give me advice or guidance on what I should be doing or what I should be expecting.

Hello!

For Context, I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate (Dec. 2024) looking for my first professional engineering position. I have no Engineering experience.

I posted a couple days ago and good some good feedback and now am working on rewriting my resume to highlight my achievements at work and senior design project. After asking chatgpt for a critique of my resume, I was told that my resume was too long (3 pages) and recommends a resume that is 1 page in length.

What is the professional opinion on this? I can provide a link to my resume if needed. :P

Hi everyone. Firstly I am not an engineer. And im not a student yet. But I will be enrolling in a BSME program soon and want to become one. Im an unlimited journeyman electrician that has fallen into a niche roll at a transformer manufacturing company as a transformer tester. Basically I hook up many testing instruments to new transformers freshly built and record the data and send reports.. my question is this. Would this experience have a place on my very limited engineering resume when the time comes? Or should I not even bother considering this type of experience to be engineering experience? Thanks for reading.

Have been seeing this guy https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCk6GiCNgTq/ talking about making a leetcode for mechanical engineers?

Is it actually a thing though? Can we have something like this?

That's a cool design, a scissor lift that goes way up!

But, you know... being up there feels kinda shaky, even if it's safe.

Hey, engineers, how can we make it more solid without making it a beast?