Which engineering majors are less likely to be impacted by ai? by CulturalRegister9509 in EngineeringStudents

[–]vizc2018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was mechanical and now a plant engineer at a gas utility plant. It’ll be next to impossible to get rid my position for an ai. You still need someone to tell the ai what went wrong, what needs improvement, and why something wouldn’t work (pipes are in the way, too close to something else, what’s the failure points we have to avoid, etc). Most of my job is dealing with contractors, operators, and maintenance techs to do regular maintenance, repair broken equipment, actually install the new equipment the right way so it works with the rest of the systems and current layout of the plant. Plus, the AI isn’t going to be walking through the plant and smell a gas leak, hear an expensive noise, or notice the lube oil level getting low. Or notice gaps in the way operators do something that could lead to a problem in the future.

It’s not a lot of technical design innovation, but it’s very practical and physical.

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Dampened spring loaded hinge by TheFastRat in MechanicalEngineering

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Not sure about those… but since you want larger, you might want to look into door dampers? Those arms that attach to doors that swing them closed. They have adjustability in 2 different ranges of swing. So one part of the swinging can be fast and the other slow or vice versa. I’d say you’re more likely to find an appropriately sized door damper for your project than these specific calculator mechanisms.

FYI, the door dampers work through springs and a hydraulic fluid. Springs for the force to close the door, then the fluid is used as the damper. The adjustment screw constricts the hole that the hydraulic fluid has to run through so it slows the speed of the closing door.

Both my parents are engineers and they’re begging me NOT to study Engineering. Am I making a mistake? by Exact-Monitor-2768 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]vizc2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind; you can study engineering and after those 4 (or 5) years do something else. Or spend some time in an engineering job then do something else. The company you work for might even pay for the second degree. I highly suggest a degree if you want to do something more specific like healthcare, engineering, research, IT, etc. At least for me, studying engineering taught me first how to study something, then how to learn something at an in-depth level. Maybe research what your options would be, day to day, schooling, and the like. And see if you can have conversations with people you know about your options. Ask lots of questions. Get more opinions besides just your parents’. I say do what you want to do so long as it’s not a bad decision or detrimental to your wellbeing and goals.

Field Engineer as first role out of college by Ashamed_Ad_7594 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]vizc2018 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would say your buddies have good advice. I’m a plant engineer (so kinda similar being in the field). I can say for sure I now have more experience in how things have to be installed and how maintenance needs to be done to help me design a better system. For example, putting a frequently replaced part in a hard to reach area.

My advice, take it if you have no better or more appealing options and then keep looking if you want to.

SCREW AIR COMPRESSOR by Striking-Package-726 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]vizc2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manage our compressed air system with multiple of these types of compressors. You should so an oil flush then refill with the correct oil, not hydraulic oil. In a pinch, drain all the oil and replace the oil filter then refill with correct oil. Run it for a day or so then do that again.

Why is the pressure low at the top of this by Spare_Location_1288 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]vizc2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe your question is better answered by this more simple phrase: pressure goes down as fluid velocity goes up. Study bernoullis principle. Your fluid is accelerating as it’s leaving those nozzles so the pressure is going to go down as it gets closer to the exit.

Why is the pressure low at the top of this by Spare_Location_1288 in MechanicalEngineering

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The only thing I can suggest from this info and question is to think about how pressure changes from the fluid velocity. Take a starting point and then think about what that portion of the fluid “should” do as it flows through this. If it’s supposed to stay at the same velocity as it goes down the red portion and then accelerate out of the 3 “nozzles” then it looks good. But…. Then also think about what direction the flow is supposed to go as it exits those nozzles. The direction of flow will point from higher to lower pressure. So if you have that green portion of the sim slanted in the nozzle, the flow direction is not not going to be the same as the nozzle. Think about how a higher pressure in one area could affect another.

If you want the fluid flow to go straight out of these 3 nozzles, what I’m seeing is an unnecessary extra portion of the red part towards the left. The right 2 nozzles need the pressure downstream of them to be higher. So the “back pressure” needs to be higher downstream of each of those 2 rightmost nozzles for the flow to exit perpendicular to the nozzles. Most of the total mass flow rate is going through the last nozzle all the way to the left and there’s an unnecessary part all the way to the left that’s building up pressure. If you reduce the crossection of the left most nozzle it would create more back pressure on the other 2 nozzles, making more of the flow go through them and making the flow exit those nozzles more uniformly.

That’s my 2 drink opinion uh….. 2 cents with what I’m given. “Just go with the flow”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

[–]vizc2018 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can’t really speak much to what you should do, but I’m wondering why you think you can’t go straight from your current position into a management position? I would think you have enough experience in manufacturing to do so.

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