If an auger tube is merely dented and the auger flighting isn’t dragging on the dent, repairs can probably be put off until after harvest. However, a kinked auger tube usually means the auger ...

The key is to get the plastic as tight against the curve of the original auger trough as possible. If there are high spots or ripples, the auger’s flighting will eventually rub a hole in the ...

How Augers Work Augers have a helical screw blade called a flighting that acts as a conveyor, causing debris to move up and out of the newly drilled hole as the blade is rotated. Machine-mounted ...

“Even with a very small change allows the auger flighting to run against the wall of the hole and significantly increase friction. This also increases the power and torque required to dig the hole.

Depending on which type of build you chose, the build can be buggy or decently stable since this feature is baked into Windows with an opt-in system if you want to check if you are Flighting or on ...

The poly-A tail is a long chain of adenine nucleotides that is added to a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule during RNA processing to increase the stability of the molecule. Immediately after a gene in ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course.

The snow blower uses machine-formed hand-welded 19-inch augers made with high-tensile steel ribbon flighting. A standard 26-inch-diameter five-blade fan features tight tolerance to the housing, ...

In little more than a century, plastic has gone from being hailed as a scientific wonder to being reviled as an environmental scourge. It was in 1907 that the first modern plastic, bakelite ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...