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Peugeot 505 FAQ and Buyers Guide-North American Specs.pdf

August 27, 2009 · Filed Under Peugeot · Comment  · Tags: ,

Taken from Body Construction: All models of the Peugeot 505 are constructed on an all-steel unibody frame. The sedans have a 108-inch wheelbase. The 505 wagon has a longer 114.2 inch wheelbase and has a half-ton cargo capacity. Both models are designed by Pininfarina and features design that was modern to its day, and still remain stylish. The forward slope of the hood and backward slope of the windshield yield aerodynamic benefits and esthetic beauty that is common on all Peugeot models. It should be noted that Chrysler was consulted by Peugeot to help with targeting the 505 to North Americans. Chrysler to this day continues to “borrow” their innovations from French carmakers. The 505 from a stylistic point of view is a very flowing car. All of its lines seam to flow and converge with subtle smoothness.
The 505 body is also a very durable body. Many owners have had accidents that yielded little damage to their cars and greater damage to cars that have hit them. My mechanic mentioned a 505 of his that was hit hard in an accident. The first body-straightening machine was not strong enough to pull out the 505’s sheetmetal! The owner of the machine exclaimed that most Japanese sheetmetal usually tears on this machine. The 505 was truly ahead of its time in the safety department. All 505’s have crumple zones, windshield and door pillars are designed as box sections, and the doors contain side-impact beams. The 505 was also designed with the philosophy to avoid wrecks, and this can be felt most by the way it handles.

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Safety in Gas Welding Cutting and Similar Processes.pdf

August 21, 2009 · Filed Under Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · Comment  · Tags: , ,

Oxy/fuel gas equipment has many uses - welding, cutting, heating, straightening, and descaling. The equipment is versatile, easy to move about and relatively inexpensive. As a result, it is used widely in garages, machine shops, engineering workshops, plant maintenance and construction.

Toyota Collision Repair Information - Welding High Strength Steel (H.S.S.).pdf

August 21, 2009 · Filed Under Toyota · Comment  · Tags: , , , ,

Taken from REPAIR GUIDELINES
H.S.S. and ordinary steel parts in Toyota vehicles are welded using the same methods. The following precautions apply:
Use either spot welding or MIG/MAG (shield gas) welding. MIG/MAG (shield gas) welding should only be done by an experienced body shop person.
Only braze body components previously brazed at the factory and as indicated in the Toyota Repair Manual for Collision Damage.
Do not use an oxy–acetylene torch for fusion welding auto bodies. The large heat affected zone may destroy galvanized coatings and cause excessive panel distortions. In addition, an oxy–acetylene torch will reduce the strength and increase the brittleness of H.S.S.

The Ethics of Genetic Engineering - A Position Paper from the Center for Inquiry Office of Public Policy.pdf

July 8, 2009 · Filed Under Biology · Comment  · Tags: , , ,

Taken from the third page: THE ETHICS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING: Just as the twentieth century was a golden age of computing, the twenty-first century is the DNA age. The silicon age brought about dramatic changes in how we as a species work, think, communicate, and play. The innovations of the computer revolution helped bring about the current genetic revolution, which promises to do for life what computing did for information. We are on the verge of being able to transform, manipulate, and create organisms for any number of productive purposes. From medicine, to agriculture, to construction and even computing, we are within reach of an age when manipulating the genetic codes of various organisms, or engineering entirely new organisms, promises to alter the way we relate to the natural world.

Titanium - Design and Fabrication Handbook for Industrial Applications.pdf

June 29, 2009 · Filed Under Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · Comment  · Tags: , , ,

Titanium offers an excellent combination of mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. These features, coupled with availability of product forms and ease of fabrication, have led to extensive use of titanium and its alloys in chemical process equipment. Titanium is now a standard material of construction for many chemical processes and equipment, and systems are being assembled by a variety of fabricators on a routine basis for use in many other industries.




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