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Sizing up Hinges
Real-world analysis prevents premature failure, overdesign, and seal compromise. The question of hinge strength often arises during the design of an enclosure. Determining the strength of the individual hinges is fairly straightforward, but relating the strength predictions to real-life situations
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Ten Factors ForSpecifying Hinges
of an application. Temperature range, chemical exposure, UV radiation, and moisture conditions influence hinge material selection. Hinges come in a variety of materials such as steel, stainless steel, die-cast zinc, and engineering plastics. Steel and stainless-steel hinges withstand wide
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Care and feeding of living hinges
Polypropylene resins are uniquely suited for one-piece integral or living hinges. Due to its toughness and ductility, polypropylene (PP) is uniquely suited for a fastening and joining concept that can't easily be reproduced with other engineering thermoplastics: the integral or living hinge
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Enclosure Performance Hinges on Hardware
There are several basic points for a designer to consider when spec'ing hinges for enclosures. Product Manager, Hinges and Positioning Technology, Jim Ford it's important to identify industry standards (NEMA or IP sealing), load requirements, aesthetics, and environmental conditions early
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Plastics that don't wear out their welcome
components. Operating conditions such as speed, load, and temperature also can have an impact. Often selection of materials for bearings, bushings, seals, and gears hinges on factors that have little or nothing to do with tribology. Attributes such as cost, weight, chemical resistance, or thermal
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Eco-friendly Automotive Plastic Seat Design (.pdf)
, headrests, seatbelts and hinges are molded. An alternative to blow molded seat backs is injection. into the structure in one shot. molded seat backs. In this case, inner and outer shel s. are molded and assembled using either vibration welding. MAJOR DRIVERS FOR PLASTIC DESIGN. or adhesives. In both
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Selecting the Right Hinge
. So here are the factors to consider when choosing the right hinge: Number one is the weight of the lid or door, which can determine both the size and material of the hinge. Our selection of hinges includes a variety of sizes of hinges in zinc die cast, steel, stainless steel, and plastic, and all
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Don't Come Unhinged Over Enclosure Design
Here are some key criteria for selecting the right enclosure hardware. When designing or specifying cabinets and enclosures, hinges play a key role in determining whether or not the product lives up to expectations. With literally thousands of products on the market, there's usually a standard one