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Big Bearings Breeze to Olympics
What constitutes Olympic-caliber components? Experience and reliability earned the nod for the big bearings in 43 wind turbines operating at the Beijing Olympics. SKF supplied cylindrical and tapered-roller bearings for a huge qualifying event — the world's largest wind turbines, 5 MW monsters with 413 ft blades operating in the North Sea.
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Groovy Ball Bushing
You want smooth, accurate, controlled movement under high loads. Linear shaft bushings might fall short of design objectives. New linear guide ball bushings might work better. Dimensionally interchangeable with a linear bushing, the ball bushing features rows of circular arc grooves that provide for precise movement and prevent rotation.
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Sharpest Tool in the Shed
Veterans who've stuck with manual sharpening for quality might rethink their stance. This system for quick, consistent honing of chisels, planes, lathe tools, putty knives, and other short blades has three ways to sharpen, including manual or guided sharpening on top of a rotating abrasive wheel, or freehand sharpening from the underside.
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Lining Up for Laser Welders
Some jobs just can't be done with traditional torch welders. Perhaps your medical device or electronic parts need super fine welds (microwelding), or their intricacy can't stand the heat. Then this overview of today's fiber laser welders may help locate your solution . . . and create a long line of techs waiting to use it.
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RK ClampsWorks — Great for End-of-Arm Tooling and Production Line Jigs
RK Rose + Krieger
RK Clampworks features five of our most popular clamps, most in stock, in metric and inch sizes. The versatility of this system makes constructing complex end-of-arm robotic tooling and production line jigs a snap. Rose+Krieger's tube and clamp system is an economical method for building practically anything without machining, welding, or threading.
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Online Mechanical Product Selectors
Make It Easy
Danaher Motion
Recently updated product selectors for Thomson mechanical motion control components are now available. Quickly narrow thousands of potential choices based on selection of attributes to reach the ideal solution for your application. Categories include: Linear Actuators, Ball and Lead Screws, Round and Square Rail Linear Guides, Gearheads, Clutches, and Brakes.
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Economical Right Angle Worm Gear Reducers and Drives
Torque Transmission
Torque Transmission offers a wide range of quality economical Worm Gear Reducers and Right Angle Drives. Our reliable SW1 and SW5 series reducers are available in ratios from 3.5:1 to 100:1. The popular RAB and RA right angle drives are available in ratios of 1:1 and 2:1. Please contact us for other options.
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Register for Mechanical Applications Clinic by Attending InfraMation!
Flir Systems Incorporated
Thermography applied to mechanical systems is a growing field. Don't miss this Mechanical Applications clinic developed by top experts in the field at InfraMation, the world's largest infrared applications conference. Register by September 30 and also get two FREE hotel nights! We hope to see you in Reno, NV, November 5-7.
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Super Material Stiffens Plastics
Recent tests called graphene the world's strongest material, and the race for commercial use was on! Michigan State University finds that the single-atom thick carbon material — with moderate density but 200 times the strength of steel — outperforms other Nanocomposites as a plastics additive, making it stiffer, stronger, and lighter.
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Titanium for Common Components
High cost has kept titanium out of all but a few exclusive aerospace or military products, like bulletproof vests. A new fabrication technique may make it more feasible in brake rotors, medical implants, and other common components. Requiring half the energy, the process employs roll compaction to fabricate metal sheets directly from titanium powder.
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Time Shaver for Sheet Metal Mating
Fed up with different installation tools and different screws for each sheet metal assembly? This fastener technology eliminates additional mounting hardware and installation tools, while reducing installation time by up to 90%. Once installed, these fasteners won't loosen from the panels, making them suitable for vibration applications.
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Hot or Cold Nuts Here
Specs call for high strength, corrosion resistance, and even heat resistance. But your budget can't handle machined parts. These hex nuts or flanged hex nuts are molded in Ryton PPS, Isoplast, or IXEF plastics. You can select for tensile strength, temperature (down to -40 F and up to 450 F), and other specs.
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Custom Designed Components
Stork Veco International, Inc.
Improve your product's performance with Stork Veco's electroformed and etched components. These manufacturing methods offer engineers several advantages including design flexibility, low cost, precision, and excellent reproducibility. Large and small volumes can be produced. Sample production runs offer a fast, inexpensive way to evaluate new designs.
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Silicone Coated Belts
Belt Corporation of America
Silicone coated Polyester Aramid or special carcasses — PU carcasses with silicone top coating for fixed centre distance. High flexible transport conveyor belt with low or high coefficient of friction, but low abrasion, easy cleaning. Min. width is sleeve width approx. 300 mm = order quantity.
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A Better Job Search by Design
Dice
DiceEngineering.com offers thousands of quality engineering jobs at top technology and engineering companies. Find jobs in your area of expertise. Search now.
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In today's global marketplace reducing time to market (TTM) is often a top priority with new products. And you still must increase product throughput and improve both product quality and safety. While project design, production, and quality control teams might contribute ways to trim TTM, this article indicates how strategic assistance might come from a new, neutral team member: product lifecycle management software.
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Camera More than Meets the Eye
Engineers often dream of, but rarely succeed in, mimicking the mechanics of human systems. Success is nigh, per the unveiling of the first camera based on the human eye. The breakthrough was embedding sensors in elastic material without severing electronic connections. This might be the first steps toward artificial sight, as well as improved imaging products.
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Share Your Thoughts . . . About This Month's Topic
How Costly is Being Green?
For all the talk, only a few companies prioritize material conservation, life-cycle management, or sustainability programs. How much stewardship responsibility should corporations bear? Can sustainability realistically be part of product engineering?
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