10-20-2011, 10:30 PM
For $14 some aluminum or plastic, a bit of glue and duct tape and the expense of a lot of time, one could prove almost without doubt that this is not the way to construct a magazine with even a remote chance of working!
Magazines require a stable design with correctly manufactured parts and mostly expensive tooling (to maintain repeatable stability)
If one stops to think, the route to a polymer magazine is through a hybrid design as demonstrated in this thread, hell the base design lies within these pages. The trick is to stop rushing and think about what you want to actually achieve. Take the materials you are considering and examine carefully how they respond to the loadings you are imposing. Look at the manufacturing routes and the most effective way to combine the materials to get to where you want. Look at your design envelope. Start by listing the properties you need within the sections of the magazine and then select materials based upon this. The figure how they must interact to get the best contribution from each. No! I am not going to teach everyone and the world composite engineering.
The magazine design exists in concept and we are slowly progressing towards a possible solution. Tooling cost is the biggest impediment as there is a co-molding component which hugely increases costs. In the meantime we have a solid supply from ASC and D&H are moving happily forward.
Magazines require a stable design with correctly manufactured parts and mostly expensive tooling (to maintain repeatable stability)
If one stops to think, the route to a polymer magazine is through a hybrid design as demonstrated in this thread, hell the base design lies within these pages. The trick is to stop rushing and think about what you want to actually achieve. Take the materials you are considering and examine carefully how they respond to the loadings you are imposing. Look at the manufacturing routes and the most effective way to combine the materials to get to where you want. Look at your design envelope. Start by listing the properties you need within the sections of the magazine and then select materials based upon this. The figure how they must interact to get the best contribution from each. No! I am not going to teach everyone and the world composite engineering.
The magazine design exists in concept and we are slowly progressing towards a possible solution. Tooling cost is the biggest impediment as there is a co-molding component which hugely increases costs. In the meantime we have a solid supply from ASC and D&H are moving happily forward.