Industrial Hardware Reference Materials

Description: five takeaways we found in the survey: ...

Description: Have you ever wondered how drawer slides get their load ratings? Is it the application? Is it from testing? ...

Description: How Accuride Drawer Slides are Revolutionizing Outdoor Living ...

Description: How the 116RC is Changing Hospital Sliding Solutions ...

Description: How to Install a 3832 Drawer Slide on a Frameless Cabinet ...

Description: Vlad has established one of Brooklyn's top handcrafted furniture businesses, catering to respected clients like the Kathryn Scott Design Studio. ...

Description: Millwork and casework. They're terms that people often use interchangeably. That's understandable: Both are forms of carpentry, right? Right, but while they are both forms of carpentry, they have ...

Description: Accuride prides itself on the ease that comes with installing its drawer slides. To help convey that, we want to show how you can install a drawer slide in as few as five steps. ...

Description: Micro-Living Defined ...

Description: Let's take a look at the five ways Accuride aircraft interior sliding hardware enhances the comfort of the airplane cabin: ...

Description: Information provided in this section is strictly theoretical based on ideal conditions. Actual performance is heavily dependent on the physical properties of the mating components and their ability to ...

Description: DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS METRIC CONVERSIONS ...

Description: ILLUSTRATION OF THE SWAGING PROCESS ...

Description: PROPERTIES NON-METALLIC MATERIALS ...

Description: The Caps and Plugs edition of the Essentials Guide has been created to outline specific protection solutions for your project, in a number of key industrial manufacturing applications. ...

Description: Selecting the right spacer for your project can be a challenge, so it's essential to consider a number of factors before you commit to purchasing. Luckily, Essentra has over 50 years' experience in ...

Description: Air Liquide is a global leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health with a presence in over 80 countries and serving more than two million customers and patients. When the ...

Description: EAE Elektroteknik A.S. is a member of the EAE Group which was established in 1995 to manufacture Low Voltage Electrical Enclosures under E-Kabin brand. When EAE faced growing customer demands to ...

Description: Groupe Atlantic is a global leader in thermal comfort solutions. When the company needed a custom solution for their new product range, Essentra responded with increased product functionality while ...

Description: However, mastering this process can be a challenge, particularly in ensuring that your masking solution behaves as required during wet painting, powder coating, e-coating, anodizing, plating, blasting ...

Description: Vestel is a leading global manufacturer of household and B2B appliances and devices. When responding to a national tender from the Ministry of Education to install Smartboards in schools in Turkey, ...

Description: A disc spring (sometimes called a "Belleville washer" after the inventor) consists primarily of a convex disc supported at the outer periphery by one force and an opposing force on the center of the ...

Description: Everyone thinks of the oil and gas industries as rough and tough jobs - and much of it is. However, some of the equipment used in these jobs can be sensitive ...

Description: I have been using hardware made of 303 stainless steel and when exposed to a salt atmosphere, the parts begin to rust. I need to stay with stainless material. Is there another type of stainless steel ...

Description: Recently we had a problem with a plated product, and I overheard someone in Quality Control talking about "tin whiskers". What are "tin whiskers", and what can I do about this? ...

Description: What is RoHS? RoHS, lead-free legislation, also known as the "European Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment", will ...

Description: Getting a custom contact pin shouldn't be a difficult process. It requires a few simple steps that involve a bit of research, some organization, and the right supplier. Here are some tips to guide you ...

Description: Just like "cozy" can seem like a synonym for "small" (especially when it comes to real estate), the word "custom" can sometimes be synonymous with "expensive". In the electronics manufacturing ...

Description: Bead Electronics has several vision inspection cameras throughout the factory that we use to inspect our solid wire and tubular contact pins as they are produced. But occasionally, certain parts can ...

Description: At RWM, we believe in being both thorough and accessible. Listed and defined below are common terms used to describe and specify casters and wheels for your convenience. ...

Description: Last Friday, our Marketing team accompanied a delivery of two custom racks to the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The U.S. National Whitewater Center is a non-profit ...

Description: The caster industry caters to a multitude of various industrial applications including many demanding ones such as automotive towlines, heavy duty assembly, tooling equipment and expensive tool & die ...

Description: A prospective customer approached the Field team with a request for a quote on a fastener. Prior to quoting the fastener, Field requested to walk the customer's production floor to review the ...

Description: Field Initiated Engineering Review and Product Redesign Yields $170,000 in Cost Savings ...

Description: Sometimes the best way to selecting the right component for an application is to base your choice on what it needs to do. In other words, start with the motion or action required of the operator, ...

Description: In the nearly 150 years since plastic materials were conceived, these man-made materials have evolved into countless types for every possible use. Below is information on a few categories of plastic ...

Description: Leveling devices are also known as leveling feet, leveling mounts, leveler bolts, antivibration pads, antivibration mounts, Level-It mounts, Level-It pads, machinery mounts, levelers, leveling ...

Description: How do you insure the fasteners won't loosen in an application that is prone to vibration? Engineers frequently debate that question. Along with proper torque, common possible solutions boil down to ...

Description: Aluminum is an excellent material for machine components, offering many beneficial characteristics. Let's review the advantages and disadvantages of this metal that affect it's appropriateness in ...

Description: No machine component seems more elementary than a knob. But in fact, there are many possible configurations for this simple part, and choosing the right type is key to the optimal function of the ...

Description: When you're building any sort of enclosure with access to its interior, hinges will be a concern. ...

Description: Engineers understand that there are many different types of stainless steels and they all have slightly different characteristics. Of course, a food industry application suggests using stainless ...

Description: Shim tooling costs are one of the quickest ways to drive a prototype or short-run production project over budget. SPIROL has several manufacturing methods that eliminate or greatly reduce tooling ...

Description: Primary Function: To hold one edge of the door in place as the opposite edge swings open. Secondary Functions: To allow the door to open enough for easy access and so that an aisle is not blocked. To ...

Description: Not only door dimensions, orientation and position of the center of gravity, but also the position of the hinges and the tolerances of installing them can have a profound effect on the load carrying ...