Archive for 'April 2009'

Statistical Quality Control In Manufacturing

by Hans F. on Apr 9, 2009

Imagine a manufacturing plant that produces a large quantity of the same items, such as Sun Chips, printing paper, or t-shirts, just to name a few examples. How do manufacturers keep their products to their desired characteristics (such as salt content in Sun Chips, brightness of printing paper, or actual size of a given t-shirt [...]

Why Don’t Mirrors Flip Vertically? (Hint: It’s Not Because of Gravity)

by Kevin C. on Apr 7, 2009

So we were talking about plane mirrors the other day. What makes mirrors so special that they apparently only only reflect left and right and not up and down? After some discussion, we jokingly decided that  it was because of gravity, because one way or another, we can usually blame gravity for just about anything. [...]

Turbos in Car Engines

by Taylor B. on Apr 2, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to our first guest writer, Taylor, our very own in-house car guy. This is a very dense article about turbochargers and intercoolers. We hope for many more from Taylor in the future. ———- When categorizing car engines there are two groups that describe how the air/fuel mixture is sent into the cylinders. [...]