On Aug 12, 2014, at 9:28 AM, <xxxxxx@shadowgard.com> <xxxxxx@shadowgard.com> wrote:

> "Everyone knew" (on the US team) that you tightened the bolts really,
> *really* tight so as to prevent leaks if the tube got justled around.
>
> The extra torquing changed the shape of the resonant cavity *just
> enough* for the tube to work...
>
> If you are a closed group and *not* sharing your processes with
> outsiders, you may never realize that you are leaving out critical
> steps. Because "everybody knows”.

This is less of an “everybody knows” thing than they accidentally got it to work. (and 'Torque the bolts to NNN ft-lbs' should damned well have been in the docs!).

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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