Careening Chip

Image Gallery

$Schematic of saw blade, showing how the carbide tooth fractured both along the join and through the carbide.$

Photo of rotary saw blade.

$Detached tooth No. 1 in SEM mount, edge-on, showing fracture through the joint and the carbide.$

Reading

Russell, Ken. Letter, Sawblade Investigation. (PDF)

Assignments

Please prepare a short presentation on soldering and brazing. Pay particular attention to the processes intentions and techniques/methods.

Please prepare a short presentation on the Careering Chip case and evidence.

Further Reading

"Calamities" column: The Case of the Careening Chip