Automobile Sector - The Indian Scenario!

Introduction:

During early 60s & 70s, automobiles came largely in twos.

In scooters, you had a Lambretta or a Vespa.

In motorcycles, you had a Bullet or a Java.

In cars, you had to choose between an Ambassador and a Fiat.

In trucks, it was either an Ashok Leyland or a Tata.

In tractors, it was between a Swaraj and a Mahindra.

This situation reflected the India of yester years. Economic reforms and deregulation have transformed that scene. Automobile industry has written a new inspirational tale. It is a tale of exciting multiplicity, unparalleled growth and amusing consumer experience - all within a few years. India has already become one of the fastest growing automobile markets in the world. This is a tribute to leaders and managers in the industry and, equally to policy planners. The automobile industry has the opportunity to go beyond this remarkable achievement. It is standing on the doorsteps of a quantum leap.

The Indian automobile industry is going through a technological change where each firm is engaged in changing its processes and technologies to maintain the competitive advantage and provide customers with the optimized products and services. Starting from the two wheelers, trucks, and tractors to the multi utility vehicles, commercial vehicles and the luxury vehicles, the Indian automobile industry has achieved splendid achievement in the recent years.

"The opportunity is staring in your face. It comes only once. If you miss it, you will not get it again"

On the canvas of the Indian economy, auto industry maintains a high-flying place. Due to its deep frontward and rearward linkages with several key segments of the economy, automobile industry has a strong multiplier effect and is capable of being the driver of economic growth. A sound transportation system plays an essential role in the country's rapid economic and industrial development. The well-developed Indian automotive industry skillfully fulfils this catalytic role by producing a wide variety of vehicles: passenger cars, light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, multi-utility vehicles such as jeeps, scooters, motorcycles, mopeds, three wheelers, tractors etc.

The automotive sector is one of the core industries of the Indian economy, whose prospect is reflective of the economic resilience of the country. Continuous economic liberalization over the years by the government of India has resulted in making India as one of the prime business destination for many global automotive players. The automotive sector in India is growing at around 18 per cent per annum.

"The auto industry is just a multiplier, a driver for employment, for investment, for technology"
The Indian automotive industry started its new journey from 1991 with delicensing of the sector and subsequent opening up for 100 per cent FDI through automatic route. Since then almost all the global majors have set up their facilities in India taking the production of vehicle from 2 million in 1991 to 9.7 million in 2006 (nearly 7 per cent of global automobiles production and 2.4 per cent of four wheeler production).

The cumulative annual growth rate of production of the automotive industry from the year 2000-2001 to 2005-2006 was 17 per cent. The cumulative annual growth rate of exports during the period 2000-01 to 2005-06 was 32.92 per cent. The production of the automotive industry is expected to achieve a growth rate of over 20 per cent in 2006-07 and about 15 per cent in 2007-08. The export during the same period is expected to grow over 20 per cent.

The automobile sector has been contributing its share to the shining economic performance of India in the recent years. With the Indian middle class earning higher per capita income, more people are ready to own private vehicles including cars and two-wheelers. Product movements and manned services have boosted in the sales of medium and sized commercial vehicles for passenger and goods transport.

Side by side with fresh vehicle sales growth, the automotive components sector has witnessed big growth. The domestic auto components consumption has crossed rupees 9000 crore and an export of one half size of this figure.

Eye-Catching FDI Destination - INDIA!

India is on the peak of the Foreign Direct Investment wave. FDI flows into India trebled from billion in 2004-05 to billion in 2006-07 and are expected to quadruple to billion in 2007-08. By AT Kearney's FDI Confidence Index 2006, India is the second most attractive FDI destination after China, pushing the US to the third position. It is commonly believed that soon India will catch up with China. This may also happen as China attempts to cool the economy and its protectionism measures that are eclipsing the Middle Kingdom's attractiveness. With rising wages and high land prices in the eastern regions, China may be losing its edge as a low-cost manufacturing hub. India seems to be the natural choice.

India is up-and-coming a significant manufacturer, especially of electrical and electronic equipment, automobiles and auto-parts. During 2000-2005 of the total FDI inflow, electrical and electronic (including computer software) and automobile accounted for 13.7 per cent and 8.4 per cent respectively.

In services sectors, the lead players are the US, Singapore and the UK. During 2000-2005, the total investment from these three countries accounted for about 40 per cent of the FDI in the services sector. In automobiles, the key player is Japan. During 2000-2005, Japan accounted for about 41 per cent of the total FDI in automobile, surpassing all its competitors by a big margin.
India's vast domestic market and the large pool of technically skilled manpower were the magnetism for the foreign investors. Hitherto, known for knowledge-based industries, India is emerging a powerhouse of conventional manufacturing too. The manufacturing sector in the Index for Industrial Production has grown at an annual rate of over 9 per cent over the last three years.
Korean auto-makers think India is a better destination than China. Though China provides a bigger market for automobiles, India offers a potential for higher growth. Clearly, manufacturing and service-led growth and the increasing consumerisation makes India one of the most important destinations for FDI.

Automotive Mission Plan 2016

The bumper-to-bumper traffic of global automobile biggies on the passage to India has finally made government sit up and take notice. In a bid to drive greater investments into the sector, ministry of heavy industries has decided to put together a 10-year mission plan to make India a global hub for automotive industry.

"The ten year mission plan will also set the roadmap for budgetary fiscal incentives"
The Government of India is drawing up an Automotive Mission Plan 2016 that aims to make India a global automotive hub. The idea is to draw an innovative plan of action with full participation of the stakeholders and to implement it in mission mode to meet the challenges coming in the way of growth of industry. Through this Automotive Mission Plan, Government also wants to provide a level playing field to the players in the sector and to lay a predictable future direction of growth to enable the manufacturers in making a more informed investment decision.

Major players in the automobile sector are:

o Tata

o Mahindra

o Ashok Leyland

o Bajaj

o Hero Honda

o Daimler Chrysler

o Suzuki

o Ford

o Fiat

o Hyundai

o General Motors

o Volvo

o Yamaha

o Mazda

Foreign Companies in the Indian auto-sector

Until the mid-1990s, automobile industry in India consisted of just a handful of local companies with small capacities and obsolete technologies. Nevertheless, after the sector was thrown open to foreign direct investment in 1996, some of the global majors moved in and, by 2002, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, General Motors, Ford and Mitsubishi set up their manufacturing bases.

Over the past four to five years, the country has seen the launch of several domestic and foreign models of passenger cars, multi-utility vehicles (MUVs), commercial vehicles and two-wheelers and a robust growth in the production of all kinds of vehicles. Moreover, owing to its low-cost, high-quality manufacturing, India has also emerged as a significant outsourcing hub for auto components and auto engineering design, rivaling Thailand. German auto-maker Volkswagen AG, too, is looking to enter India.

India is expected to be the small car hub for Japanese major Toyota. The car, a hot hatch like the Swift or Getz is likely to be exported to markets like Brazil and other Asian countries. This global car is crucial for Toyota, which is looking to improve its sales in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) markets.

Two multi-national car majors -- Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan and Hyundai Motor Company of Korea -- have indicated that their manufacturing facilities will be used as a global source for small cars. The spurt in in-house product development skills and the uniquely high concentration of small cars will influence the country's ability to become a sourcing hub for sub-compact cars.

A heartening feature of the changing automobile scene in India over the past five years is the newfound success and confidence of domestic manufacturers. They are no longer afraid of competition from the international auto majors.

For instance, today, Tata Motor's Indigo leads the popular customer category, while its Indica is neck-to-neck with Hyundai's Santro in the race for the top-slot in the B category. Meanwhile M&M's Scorpio has beaten back the challenge from Toyota's Qualis to lead the SUV segment.
Similarly, a few Indian winners have emerged in the motorbike market -- the 150 and 180 cc Pulsar from Bajaj and 110 cc Victor from the TVS stable. The 93 cc Bike from Bajaj and 110 cc Freedom bike from LML have also emerged as winners.

Evidently, Indian players have learnt from past mistakes and developed the skills to build cheaper automobiles using `appropriate' technologies. TVS, for instance, paid an overseas source 0,000 to fine-tune home-grown engines rather than .5 million to import the entire engine. Similarly, M&M adapted available systems and off-the-shelf components from global suppliers to keep costs down and go for aggressive pricing. True, Indian players are still lacking in scale of operation. While economies of scale no doubt play an important role in the auto sector, a few Indian manufacturers relied on innovation rather than scale of operation for competitive advantage. For instance, Sundram Fasteners was able to achieve the feat of directly supplying radiator caps to General Motors purely on the strength of innovation in product quality. The domestic tooling industry bagged the order for the Toyota Kirloskar transmission plant in the face of stiff competition from multinational corporations. The cost of the entire job turned out to be only a fraction of the original estimate.

As the automobile industry has matured over the past decade, the auto components industry has also grown at a rapid pace and is fast achieving global competitiveness both in terms of cost and quality.

In fact, industry observers believe that while the automobile market will grow at a measured pace, the components industry is poised for a take-off. For it is among the handful of industries where India has a distinct competitive advantage. International automobile majors, such as Hyundai, Ford, Toyota and GM, which set up their bases in India in the 1990s, persuaded some of their overseas component suppliers to set up manufacturing facilities in India.

Consequently, the value of cumulative output of the auto components industry rose rapidly to Rs 30,640 crore at end-2003-04 from just Rs 11,475 crore in 1996-97. Foreign companies such as Delphi, which followed General Motors in 1995, and Visteon, that followed Ford Motors in 1998, soon realised the substantial cost advantage of manufacturing components in India.

Finding the cost lower by about 30 per cent, they began exploring the possibility of exporting back these low-cost, high-quality components to their global factories and, thus, reducing their overall costs. Not surprisingly, the industry's exports registered a more than four-fold jump to Rs 4,800 crore in 2003-04 from just Rs 1,033 crore in 1996-97.

Automobile majors such as Maruti Udyog, Toyota, Hyundai have now finalised their plans to invest in some of the critical auto components. According to the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) officials, auto component manufacturers are expected to invest about Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years at the rate of Rs 2,000 crore per annum.

According to analysts, the auto component industry could emerge as the next success story after software, pharmaceuticals, BPO and textiles. The size of the global auto component industry is estimated at trillion and is set to grow further. Against this backdrop, McKinsey's latest report has estimated that the sector has the potential of increasing its exports to billion by 2015 from .1 billion in 2004.

Threat to the Dream!

India's expedition to become a global auto manufacturing hub could be seriously challenged by its inability to uphold its low-cost production base. A survey conducted by the research, KMPMG firm reveals that the Indian auto component manufacturers are increasingly becoming skeptical about sustaining the low-cost base as overheads including labour costs and complex tax regime are constantly rising.

The survey said many executives believe that India's cost advantage is grinding down fast as labour costs are constantly increasing and retaining employees is becoming more and more difficult. Increased presence of global automotive companies in the country was cited as one of the reasons for the high erosion rate.

Indian auto businesses will only flourish if they boost investments in automation. In the longer term, cost advantage will only be retained if Indian capital can be used to develop low-cost automation in manufacturing. This is the way to preserve our low cost.

Global auto majors are also cynical about India's low cost manufacturing base. India taxation remains a big disadvantage. This is not about tax rates it is just about unnecessary complexity. But some companies also believe there is scope for reducing the cost of doing business.

In spite of this there are opportunities to exploit lower costs right across the board. It's true that labour costs are definitely increasing but they are still five per cent of the total operational costs. The labour costs can be further reduced if companies are successful in bringing down other costs like reducing power costs. Low-cost base can never last long. The company said Indian industry has till now relied on very labour intensive model but it would have to switch to a more capital intensive model now.

Automobile Sector - The Indian Scenario!

Component Shelf

Automobile Sector - The Indian Scenario!

Automobile Sector - The Indian Scenario!
Automobile Sector - The Indian Scenario!

Component Shelf

QuikPod DSLR Handheld Convertible Tripod 58mm 045x SUPER WIDE Canon

Basic Woodworking Joints - Rebate and Housing Joints

A rebate joint, at its simplest, is a slightly stronger version of a butt joint it provides contact between the mating components in two planes instead of one. A rebate is formed by removing a square or rectangular section across the end or along the edge of a piece of wood using hand or power tools.

Rebate joint
In the simplest type of rebate joint, the rebate is normally cut to half the wood thickness, leaving a projecting tongue equal to the thickness of the other, square-cut component. This type of rebate is often used on the tops of bookcases and shelf units where the top rests on and between the top ends of the sides. It may also be used for joining drawer fronts to and between the sides. At least half the end grain is hidden.

The joints are usually reinforced with pins, driven through the overlap in pairs at opposing angles - this is called dovetail nailing.

The rebate is usually cut with a rebate plane. This has a width guide and a depth stop and cleans the vertical edge of the cut as it is used. Short rebates in a board end, for example can be cut with a saw but care is needed.

Bare-faced halving
This is another type of rebate joint often used for fixing shelves in bookcases. The shelves have rebated ends with the projecting tongue lilting into the horizontal slots in the inner faces of the bookcase sides. The joint is made shoulder-up for strength. This joint may be used in drawers; a rebated back may be housed between the sides, or a front

Housing joints
Not all housing joints are rebated, but whether they are or not. they fall in two categories: the through housing, in which the construction is visible at both back and front edges of the joint; and the stopped housing which from the front edge appears to be a simple butt joint.

Through housing
This is a simple joint to set out and cut. The shoulder lines of the housing (the thickness of the board to be housed apart) should be marked across the inner face of the board and squared over the edges. The depth of the housing - between one-third and half the thickness - should be marked with a gauge. Then shoulders should be sawed and the waste removed with a chisel again work from each edge towards the centre. Finish the bottom of the housing with a router or a paring chisel.

Stopped housing
In this joint the cut should be taken only part way across the board, stopping about 20mm from the front edge. The end of the board to fit into it should be cut at the front corner to accommodate the 'stop'.

Mark shoulder lines across the inner face as far as the stop and on the back edge. Gauge the depth on the back edge too. To allow room to work the saw, the first 50mm of the housing back from the stop should be cut out with the chisel -used with its bevel down. Then saw shoulders, and chisel out the remaining waste and finish the bottom of the housing with a router if you have one.

Basic Woodworking Joints - Rebate and Housing Joints

Component Shelf

Basic Woodworking Joints - Rebate and Housing Joints

Basic Woodworking Joints - Rebate and Housing Joints
Basic Woodworking Joints - Rebate and Housing Joints

Now you have known about rebate and Housing joints. Working with wood requires a lot of expertise. You should know how to control wood pests and how to work with Plywood.

Component Shelf

Portable GPS Navigator

How Does Blowmoulding Work?

Blowmoulding moulding involves the processing of plastic pellets through a heated screw and barrel to heat the plastic to a molten state. The screw and barrel is similar to an auger arrangement where the material is pushed forward while the screw is rotating.

The molten material exits through the end of the screw and barrel via a diehead, which shapes the plastic into a cylindrical tube shape, which is called a parison.
When the parison is long enough, a mould with two separate halves is moved into position and closed around the parison. A knife then cuts the parison, and the mould is moved out of the way, to allow the parison to continue extruding for the next machine cycle.

A blowpin then enters the neck or opening in the mould, a blows the parison to the shape of the mould with compressed air, and the plastic is allowed to cool against the mould surface. While the plastic product is formed and allowed to cool, the next parison is processed through the screw and barrel, ready for the next cycle to begin.The tool then opens, and ejects the finished moulding.

The total cycle time taken to manufacture a plastic product from blowmoulding will depend on several different factors such as wall thickness of the plastic, and overall size of the component being moulded.

Items that are produced from blowmoulding can vary in size from small cosmetic containers up to large drums and tanks, and moulded parts range from consumer goods, food and beverage storage, automotive, and industrial uses.

How Does Blowmoulding Work?

Component Shelf

How Does Blowmoulding Work?

How Does Blowmoulding Work?
How Does Blowmoulding Work?

Discover more about the design of plastic products, or the tooling design for blowmoulding by visiting, http://www.3dplasticdesign.com

Component Shelf

Portable GPS Navigator

How to A Build Welding Table

It is an accepted fact that welding is a risky operation and finding a safe workspace that can withstand the high heat of welding can be difficult. Welding operators who do not find suitable floor space or feel uncomfortable working on the floor may build their own convenient welding tables.

There are many different ways to design a welding table but the design must be such that it is cost-effective and also provide working comfort to the welding operator.

The biggest cost component in the making of any welding table is the thick steel top. But a 1.6mm gauge sheet metal on top of marine ply should suffice. This relatively thin sheet metal is more to protect the top of the ply wood from all possible spatter and hot sparks that emanate during the welding operations.

The ideal height of a welding table is 900mm high and this height would be right for all welding operators. It will be helpful to fit castor wheels to the bottom of the legs for easy movement of the welding table inside the workshop.

Materials needed to construct a welding table:

* Metal top of 1.6mm sheet metal to size 832x1195mm for use as table top surface
* Marine ply or some similar flat wood for table top, of the same size as the sheet metal
* Legs are 40x40x3mm box section
* Castor wheels - 4 nos.
* Iron angle for the underside of the table preferably 40x40x4mm
* Mesh for shelf beneath the table top
* Iron angle to size 25x25x3mm for using around the top ply edges
* Small length of 5mm diameter rod of half meter length

Procedure to construct the welding table:

* Cut down the marine ply to match the size of the sheet metal top. Chop up some angle iron that will be welded up so that it can be bolted to the underside of the wooded table top. Cut two angle irons to 632mm length and two other 995mm length and these will make up the underside frame of the table top.

* Lay out your four bits of angle on the workshop floor. All the cuts have to be at right angles. You will need to cut them at 45 degrees so that when you weld them together, the height will be flush. On the particular abrasive chop saw loosen the two bolts and adjust the angle to 45 degrees. Once that is done, trim the ends at 45 degrees.

* Get the angle grinder and clean up the cuts and make them fine and smooth so that when the pieces are butted together, there will not have any problems. Lay out the four pieces again and tack-weld them together.

* Once the four corners are tack welded you will need to check the whole thing for square and flatness. Check the corners with a square to make sure that they are at perfect right angles.

* Next, grind down the weld beads on the top flat angle surface. Some holes will have to be drilled around the frame to facilitate screwing the timber top to the bench.

* Now make up the shelf frame to consist of four pieces of the 40x40x3mm box section steel welded into a rectangle of the same dimensions of the top frame. Finish them off with a grinder to get the burrs and metal shavings off the cut face. Go to clamp and weld the frame up.

* Lay out your four lengths of steel and tack-weld them in all four corners four times. This frame should not be fully welded as the legs have to sit on top of and underneath it. So leave the four tack welds in each corner and just grind them down.

* Cut to length four pieces of box at 500mm long. These will be welded onto the frame that that was just made. Next, you will tack weld the angle iron frame to the top of these legs.

* ake some mesh and cut it out to fit on top of the shelf frame. Chop the corners out of the mesh so that the legs can be welded on. The bottom legs will now need to be cut out. Again out of 40x40x3mm box. Only tack welds for now.

* Weld the mesh into its place. The mesh once welded will hold the frame tightly. If everything is perfect and hold square, weld it all up. A few small tack welds for each castor wheel should see them holding on tight. Get hold of the angle grinder and use the wire brush and go over the whole frame work of the welding table.

* Use an angle iron frame to go around the edge of the marine ply top to protect the edge of the wood, and also to make it look more aesthetic. Tack-weld the top sheet of steel in a few places to the angle iron edge and do the vertical down welds for the edges of the angle iron.

How to A Build Welding Table

Component Shelf

How to A Build Welding Table

How to A Build Welding Table
How to A Build Welding Table

Alex David is a professional writer working with Everlastgenerators and he writing articles Welder. Welding Supply. He written many articles like Plasma Cutter, Welding Machines. For more information visit our site http://www.everlastgenerators.com/. Contact him through mail at weldings.info@gmail.com

Component Shelf

Paul Frank Apple Laptop Skins Bose® SoundDock® Portable

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Natural body lotion is a wonderful product, and not at all difficult to make. You can customize the thickness of your lotion, and choose to make versions free of colorants or scent if you have extra sensitive skin. Or you can go all out and use essential oils to make a unique scent for your lotion that cannot be found in stores--the choice is entirely up to you. You can change the moisturizing properties of your lotion by selecting different oils for your recipe as well.

There are many different options for creating a custom natural body lotion; however, there is one crucial step that is common to all lotion making. As a lotion maker, you must ensure that your lotions do not become contaminated with microbes during the lotion making process.

The best way to ensure that your natural body lotion avoids contamination is to sanitize all equipment prior to making your products. This includes any bowls, spoons, measuring spoons and cups, mixer beaters or the non-motor end of your stick blender. In other words, ANY object that will make contact with your lotion or lotion ingredients prior to being bottled. And yes, the bottles or containers that will hold your finished product must be sterile as well.

You will also need some type of preservative for your natural body lotion since you will want its shelf life to be longer than just a few short days. It doesn't need to be anything full of chemicals; vitamin E oil and grain alcohol (aka Everclear) work very well as preservatives.

Natural body lotion has two main components, as does any lotion: oil and water. The water phase will incorporate water, and your preservative. You can also purchase commercial preservatives for lotions in many soap making specialty stores. If you decide that you would like to sell your lotions, check into your local regulations first. They may require use of a commercial preservative, and will also have strict labeling requirements that satisfy FDA regulations. The oil phase contains the oil of your choice, commonly jojoba, grapeseed, almond or olive oils along with any cocoa butter, or a like product.

The ingredient that brings all the components of natural body lotion together is an emulsifier. It keeps the oil and water components from separating back out. It can be something as simple as beeswax, or a commercial product known as "e-wax" is commonly used as well. The oil component of the lotion is slowly added to the water component, in the same manner that salad dressing is made. Voila! In just a few short minutes, you will have your own custom lotion.

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Component Shelf

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version
Natural Body Lotion - It's Easy to Make Your Own Luxurious Version

Do you want to make luxurious natural body lotion to save money and protect the environment as well? Visit http://homemadebeautyproducts.info for easy recipes and advice on creating your own beauty products from ingredients already in your pantry!

Make Your Skin Glow--Start Creating Your Own Homemade Beauty Products with just a click!

Component Shelf

Puma Powercat 5.10 Football Backpack 2-Way Out Door Speakers

A Handy Guide on Shelving Systems for the Home Garage and Workplace

Shelving systems are a sturdy and economical solution to storage needs in the garage at home and in the workplace. They are a simple and effective tool that provides "visible" storage for just about anything from small nuts and bolts, to heavy storage boxes, to fully loaded palates weighing thousands of pounds. The variety of uses and applications for shelving systems leads to a huge number of styles and configurations that can sometimes be overwhelming when trying to decide on an appropriate shelving system for your needs. This article will focus on design and selection of free standing, industrial grade, metal shelving units and how to determine what products are appropriate for your specific applications.

Shelving units in their basic form consist of a frame and decking material. The frame can be constructed out of a variety of materials with the most common being steel sheet. The thickness of sheet metal is called its gauge and the lower its gauge number is, the thicker the steel is. Steel sheet ranges from about 30 gauge to 8 gauge, with thinner 30+ material called foil and thicker 8+ material called plate. The steel sheet is formed into structural members with various shapes for different applications and load carrying capacities. The capacities can range anywhere from a couple hundred pounds to 30,000 pounds or more.

The shelving support structure or frame will vary in gauge and shape depending on its intended use. The structural members consist of uprights, front & side supports, center supports, cross braces, and some type of fastening system. Not all of these support structure members will be present on every design, but at a minimum will have uprights and front/side supports. The steel support members can be formed into many shapes with the most common being tubular, punched "L" angle, or punched "C" channel. Light tubular style supports are very typical for use in wire shelving systems for light duty to medium duty loads. "L" angle is used for medium duty to heavy duty loads, and "C" channel supports are used for extra heavy duty loads. The "L" and "C" support member steel is punched with square, round, triangular or teardrop shaped holes which allow a variety of fastening systems to be used to join them together.

The fastening system is also very important in determining the maximum load capacity of shelving. Light duty wire shelving with tubular steel uprights typically utilizes a plastic collar fastening system. Medium and heavy duty shelving systems utilize a boltless design that incorporates single or double rivets to join the front/side supports to the uprights via the punched holes. Extra heavy duty or high capacity shelving is either bolted or permanently welded together, or may utilize special high strength, boltless fastening systems designed for extra heavy duty applications.

The decking is the final component in a shelving system and also comes in a variety of styles and materials. The most common materials include wire, steel, plastic, particleboard and solid wood. Again the strength of the material is governed by its thickness. Both wire and steel decking is measured in gauge while plastic, particleboard and solid wood is measured in thickness, usually in inches. It is important to note that a shelving system may only be rated for its support frame and the material used for the decking may not support the stated load capacity.

The shelving manufacturer will measure the load carrying capacities of each individual component and together as a shelving system to come up with a maximum shelf capacity and rating. It is very important to note that the rating given to a shelving system is based on slowly adding weight, evenly distributing it over the entire shelf. It will not support that weight if concentrated on one part of the shelf. The manufacturers rate their shelves as light duty, medium duty etc. Do not to let these ratings determine your design selection as every manufacturer rates their shelves differently and there is no commonly adopted rating system. Only careful consideration of the shelf's intended use should be given when choosing a shelving design to prevent catastrophic structure failure.

Examples of light duty storage might include storing boxes of clothing, shoes, Christmas decorations, or anything that is less than around 200 pounds. Medium duty shelving ranges anywhere from 300 to 500 pounds and might include heavier boxes, tools, paint cans, automotive fluid containers and typical garage junk. Heavy duty shelving systems range from 500 to 1500 pounds and examples are fertilizer bags, large tools, tool chests, and multiple heavy boxes. Extra heavy duty capacities range from 1500 to 10000 pounds with examples including tire racks, document storage, machine parts, engine blocks, and bulk liquids or solids storage. Anything over 10000 pounds is usually classified as bulk racks or palate racks, and they are typically found in mechanic shops, storerooms or warehouses and have capacities that can exceed 30000 pounds.

It is important to design a shelving system around the maximum possible scenario. As an example, based on the criteria above an average homeowner may want to choose medium to heavy duty shelving for the garage that may include storing fertilizer or cement bags, tools, paint cans or cases of oil. A "Gear Head" might choose heavy duty or extra heavy duty shelving allowing engine part storage, tires and heavy shop tools. Whatever the required storage capacity is, there will be a shelving system to suit the application. When in doubt you should contact your supplier and discuss your application with them. They can help determine what capacities, sizes, and styles suit your needs and can provide multiple options that you may not have considered.

A Handy Guide on Shelving Systems for the Home Garage and Workplace

Component Shelf

A Handy Guide on Shelving Systems for the Home Garage and Workplace

A Handy Guide on Shelving Systems for the Home Garage and Workplace
A Handy Guide on Shelving Systems for the Home Garage and Workplace

Ryan A Shea - Owner - Garage Storage & Cabinet Systems, LLC. -
For questions on Garage Shelving or to purchase Garage Shelving Systems Please visit us at www.GarageStorageCabinetSystems.com

Component Shelf

Bose® SoundDock® Portable Military Pea Coat Puppy In My Pocket Blue Barrettes and Purple Ring: King Charles, Siberian Husky, Poodle An Introduction to VoIP

Should You Build Your Own Computer? Pros and Cons

There are both advantages and disadvantages to building your own computer. Building, instead of buying a computer can make a lot of sense under the right set of circumstances. It can also be a waste of time and money under the wrong ones.

The primary benefits to building your own computer can come in the areas of price, component selection, and customization. Although the overall price differential for a basic PC is not as great as it used to be thanks to the low cost mass produced machines now available, you can still get a lot more performance from the individual components for the same price.

If you only need an entry level, bargain basement PC, buy one off the shelf. However, anyone who wants more than the basics and is interested in the challenge should consider building their own. Essentially, building your own PC allows you to upgrade every component on your machine over those you would get in a comparable pre-made computer and spend slightly less in the process.

There are two strategies that can be used to exploit this advantage depending on the user's need. First, you can build a top of the line gaming PC or other high performance computer for a lot less than it would cost you to buy a comparable PC already built. Alternately, you could spend the cost of a stripped down entry level computer, and build one that is several steps up in quality and performance.

Building a computer is not as difficult as it may seem, or as you've perhaps been lead to believe. If you can use a screwdriver, snap components into place, follow instructions and exercise care in the process, you can build a computer. Don't let anyone tell you any differently. The most difficult part of the entire project is selecting the components and understanding their performance capacity and how that relates to the other components and to your intended purpose.

Different uses require different priorities. Gamers want great sound, top flight graphics processing and plenty of processor power. A photographer may require absurd amounts of disk space and RAM. The point is, start out knowing what you want to use the computer for and then research your parts list from there.

The case must be able to accommodate all the components you select, including extra fans. And remember to plan ahead so that you build in the ability to expand and upgrade your computer in the future. This is another huge advantage to building your own PC as most ready made computers allow very little in the way of potential for expansion. With a little forethought, you'll find that the computer you build will suit your needs for years by allowing you to upgrade as needed.

From there you can customize a homemade PC anyway you'd like. You are only limited by your imagination. Lights, clear cases or towers and high end outer hardware are all available and inexpensive.

So what are some of the disadvantages? Well, frankly, it can be a pain if you aren't organized and have a difficult time maintaining a clean and orderly work area. Also, it is fairly common that at least one of the components you purchase will have some sort of malfunction right out of the box. When this happens, troubleshooting the problem can be potentially tricky depending on the problem. For example, it's pretty easy to determine that you got a bad power supply, but a bad RAM module might not be as immediately evident.

And remember that you'll have to buy the operating system and this can amount to a significant portion of your overall expense. Despite these drawbacks in the end, building your own computer is a very satisfying project that allows you to own a high end machine for the cost of a mass produced ordinary machine.

Should You Build Your Own Computer? Pros and Cons

Component Shelf

Should You Build Your Own Computer? Pros and Cons

Should You Build Your Own Computer? Pros and Cons
Should You Build Your Own Computer? Pros and Cons

Now that you know what lies ahead, are you ready to start your home build computer project? If so, make sure you begin with the right case. There are so many to choose from, including everything from very cheap computer cases, to high end custom towers. You can get more information, advice and recommendations at Clear Computer Case Now!

Component Shelf

Motu Audio Express QuikPod DSLR Handheld Convertible Tripod Gothic Engagement Rings Gund Soft Stuffed Toy Dog