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Powder-metallurgy awards of distinction
: The Automotive -- Transmission award of distinction went to a two-part assembly (sprocket-assembly drive and sprocket driven). The three-level sprocket from Wrentham, Mass., serves in an SUV transfer case. And it features a precision-machined tooth radius, hub diameter, and tapered inside diameter
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Software draws and prices 2 1/2D parts
Automated price quoting is an idea just catching on. The most recent site is from eMachineShop.com and comes with a twist a 2D-CAD program and guidelines for reducing part costs. The user interface to eMachineShop shows basic drawing commands, a sprocket on the drawing board, and the material
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F-150 Pickup Gets a New Heart
valves. Variable-cam timing (VCT) allows the opening and closing of intake and exhaust valves be fine-tuned to varying demands. The VCT mechanism uses oil pressure to rotate the cam in relation to the sprocket. An electric solenoid, governed by the engine's computer, controls oil pressure within
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CAD unlocks spiral manufacturing
Kairos Autonomi President Troy Takach. "For example, we use it to make solid models of actuators, two-piece aluminum collars that fit around the steering wheel and the gears or sprocket that turns them. The software determines how the machine axes move and selects tools to make the part. The program's
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Reinvented wheels support heavy loads
. Finally, they must determine how to get power to the wheel. Typically, this is accomplished with a chain and sprocket connection to a gearbox and motor. Many companies still use this traditional approach, but improvements in wheel design may make for safer and more cost-effective production. One new
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Powder metallurgy awards of distinction
assembly (sprocket assembly-drive and sprocketdriven). The three-level sprocket from Capstan Atlantic, Wrentham, Mass., serves in an SUV transfer case. And it features a precision-machined tooth radius, hub diameter, and tapered inside diameter. The sprocket is made from a modified MPIF FL-4405 PM material
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Company is Nuts About New Tubular Drag Conveyor (.pdf)
molecular. weight (UHMW) plastic discs, a drive. Another reason the inspection section. unit with a drive sprocket, a free-flow. is helpful is because the conveyor runs. outlet, and a tension turnaround unit. so quietly. "The conveyor hardly. The tension turnaround unit, lo-. The system's components
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Rotary Actuators
moves away from its center position. Sprocket actuators provide long rotations. Up to five complete turns (1,800°) and torques to 23,500 lb-in. are available from sprocket actuators. In these devices, two pistons, a chain, and a sprocket convert fluid pressure into torque. The large piston acts