In the winter of 1957, the Saginaw Steering Gear plant in Michigan was hemorrhaging time and money. Rows of precision metal parts—steering linkages, pinion shafts, gear housings—were cooling unevenly after heat-treating. Some developed micro-cracks. Others warped just enough to fail inspection. The foreman, Dutch Reinecke, had a rule: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t fix it.” But measuring the internal temperature of a 40-pound steel part fresh from the furnace wasn’t easy. Thermocouples were slow. Infrared pyrometers were expensive and unreliable near oil quench baths.
You must define the "worst-case" scenario for both the surrounding environment and the enclosure's internal components. saginaw thermal calculator
Usually measured in Watts, this is the total power dissipated by all components inside the cabinet. In the winter of 1957, the Saginaw Steering
Once the calculator identifies the thermal requirements, Saginaw offers a variety of Enviro-Therm® products to address the need: Thermal Calculator | Saginaw Control and Engineering Others warped just enough to fail inspection
The Saginaw thermal calculator has numerous applications in various industries, including: