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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

I'll never understand Cast Steel as an acceptable material for applications involving water immersion.

At 1/10/2007 9:26 AM, Jorge said...: Is that some sort of sump pump?
At 1/10/2007 5:17 PM, nate said...: Maybe. It definately is a belt driven pump for water. I wouldn't use it for sump apps for fear of clogging the impeller.
At 1/11/2007 9:39 AM, Anonymous said...: i bet stainless wasn't really in heavy use in 1955 - link.

same goes for aluminum...

coulda made it out of brass maybe? have some TEDs polish it for 8hr/day?
At 1/11/2007 10:34 AM, Jorge said...: Any stainless steel timeline that doesn't include the Delorean is just bogus!
At 1/11/2007 10:35 AM, Jorge said...: But yes Ted's polishing brass the the low cost alternative!
At 1/14/2007 6:23 PM, Anonymous said...: The majority of the NE United States' water moving infrastructure is cast iron, so there are worse alternatives for you.

Since all this is about to reach its service life (about 50 years or so), civil engineers will have work for at least the next 20.

Be glad it wasn't something truly atrocious like lead.