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What You Should Know About Fasteners For Aerospace Applications
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Fasteners play a crucial role in many industries, including aerospace. They are prominent in the manufacture and assembly of all aircraft and spacecraft; both in primary and secondary structural areas ...
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Why Is Gold Used So Often For Medical Devices And Instruments?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Gold, specifically, is typically selected for its aesthetic, and beautiful, appeal but it also offers quite a few attractive properties such as high electrical conductivity, it can shield parts from ...
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Why Is Silver Plating So Popular And Why Would You Choose It For Your Medical Application?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Silver is one of the most common metals used for plating in the medical industry because it boasts a wealth of beneficial qualities plus it is biocompatible and inherently resistant to bacteria. ...
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Why Would You Choose Nickel Plating For Your Fasteners?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Nickel plating is used extensively to plate fasteners to provide better corrosion and wear resistance. Nickel will not chip or flake, as some other decorative finishes may, which makes it extremely ...
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WS2 Coating - What Is It And Why Would You Choose It For Your Application?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Tungsten Disulfide (also known as WS2) is a low friction dry lubricant coating that is applied utilizing pressurized air that impinges a dry metallic coating without heat, binders, or adhesives. The ...
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Your O-Ring Is A Problem, Why?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: O-rings are most often the primary source of contamination in any vacuum system. An unprocessed, or "raw", O-ring will contain a great deal of water which is chemically formed during the manufacturing ...
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Your Vacuum System's Fasteners May Be A Problem, Why?
From: UC Components, Inc.Description: Vacuum chambers must remain clean and free of contaminants and volatile materials that would lead to contamination of the entire system. Assembly for critical applications requires a wide variety of ...
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MISUMI Becomes a One-Stop-Shop for a Kiosk Machine Manufacturer
From: MISUMI USADescription: MISUMI has had the honor of working with a variety of manufacturers of unique and cutting-edge technologies. One such customer is a manufacturer and supplier of self-service kiosk machines. They have ...
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Movable Scoreboards at Sport Stadiums
Description: Scoreboards and screens are strategically placed throughout modern sports stadiums. They are used to display scores, stats, and game clocks, which greatly enhance the fans experience and keep the fans ...
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What are Security Screws?
Description: Security screws are similar in design to conventional screws. However, there is one main difference: security screws come in many different shapes and sizes and tend to have a unique drive style, for ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101- Balanced Ends
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Are you looking for a more stylish appearance for your hinge knuckles? Is your hinge length not a multiple of the knuckle length? Then you may want to look at having the hinge cut with balanced ends. ...
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Fastener Types & Their Uses
From: MISUMI USADescription: While probably everyone has some sort of conception of what is considered a fastener, the actual technical definition, pun intended, can be difficult to completely nail down. Quite simply, a fastener ...
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Machine Tool Spindle Bearings: A Blast to the Future
From: Alpine Bearing, Inc.Description: We've put together a series of informational articles to highlight bearing types, terminology, and components. In this segment of Bearings 101, we focus on machine tool spindle bearings. ...
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An Aerospace Spin on Non-Contacting Seal Technology
From: Technetics GroupDescription: The aerospace market has been using Qualiseal’s Non-contacting Lift Off Seals for decades. Since the 1990s, they have increasingly found their way into aerospace applications for their ...
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CASE STUDY: Technetics Provides Optimal Sealing Solution at Berkley Lab
From: Technetics GroupDescription: WHY TECHNETICS HELICOFLEX® DELTA SEAL WAS THE PERFECT MATCH FOR BERKLEY NATIONAL LABORATORY ...
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Guden Custom Hinge Leaves
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Are you looking for custom hinge leaves? Guden can supply unequal leaves, bends, holes slots, and an assortment of customizations to any hinge leaf or leaves. ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Leaf Swaging
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Leaf swaging is the process of changing the plane of one or both of the hinge leaves. ...
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Rotary Bearing Fits and Tolerances
From: MISUMI USADescription: Rotary bearings are machine elements that support rotating shafts accurately while providing low friction conditions. In order to maintain a stable bearing performance over a prolonged duration, ...
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Cut To Length : Shear Unbalanced
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: An unbalanced shear is the same slicing operation as a standard shear, but the overall length is not a full multiple of the knuckle length. If you are trying to achieve a length that would call for ...
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Hardware Around Town - Correct Orientation of a Gas Spring
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: If at all possible, mount your gas spring with the tube higher than the rod for a longer life and better workability. ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Special Leaf Forms
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Does your application require your hinge leaves to be more than just bent at an angle? ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Unbalanced Shear
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: If a slightly deformed knuckle doesn't bother your application, this would be a cheaper alternative to a saw cut ...
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Hydro Power Turbine Bearing Success Cases
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: Turbine and generator manufacturers are often confronted with issues related to the project’s specific characteristics, which influences the performance of the bearings used. In fact, some of ...
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Stainless Steel Fasteners: Types and Use Environments
From: MISUMI USADescription: There is little debate that stainless steel lives up to its namesake. The metal is as strong as traditional steel and retains excellent corrosion resistance over long useful lifetimes. ...
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The Dynamic Applications of Knurled Press-Fit Plungers
From: VlierDescription: When it comes to manufacturing, two of the primary goals are ease of assembly and efficiency of use, as perfectly embodied by the installation method of our knurled press-fit plungers. Originally ...
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WoodEzine Highlights Accuride 3306DO as Exciting New Product for Woodworkers
Description: WoodEzine, an outlet specializing in the latest tools and techniques in woodcraft, spotlighted Accuride's latest movement innovation, the 3306DO. ...
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How to Choose Right Surface Treatment for Your Fasteners
From: MISUMI USADescription: Routinely overlooked, the surface coating on a fastener is as important as the underlying fastener material. Fastener threads are manufactured in a cutting or forming machining process, and the ...
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Preventing Lost Fishing Gear in Harsh Waters Possible With Smart Farallon Buoy & ZAGO Sustainable Sealing Screws
Description: LOST FISHING GEAR HURTS LIVELIHOODS, POLLUTES OCEANWATERS ...
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Guden Spring Latch Hinges versus Guden Slam Latches
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: There are lots of hardware choices to keep a door closed, but there are some even better choices to also allow for opening the door. ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Pin and Barrel Diameter
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: The pin and barrel dimension for a hinge can sometimes be a mistakenly called out, which at times can be confusing. ...
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Extra-Large Shock Absorbers Keep Ship Lock Intact Despite Collision
From: ACE Controls Inc.Description: A wooden safety beam, which helps sailors maneuver their ships into a ship lock in the Netherlands, recently cracked after a cargo ship collided with it. But despite some splintered wood, the overall ...
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Industrial Gas Springs Enable Two-Sided Support for Cooling Hoods
From: ACE Controls Inc.Description: It’s no secret that gas springs are a sensible choice for use with heavy doors or hoods. Typically, users access one side of the device, and then one or two gas springs do the job. However, ...
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A Review of Engine Seal Performance and Requirements for Current and Future Army Engine Platforms
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: Sand and dust environments cause serious damage to the operation of vehicles and turbine engines in the form of abrasion and melted silica glaze coatings on turbine parts. ...
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Benefits of using Pre-Assembed Screws (SEMS)
From: MISUMI USADescription: First, let's review what pre-assembled screws aka SEMS are. The SEMS name derives from pre-assembled highlighting the letters SEM. Simply put they are bolts that come pre-installed with a washer. The ...
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High RPM Retaining Solutions Tech Guide
From: SmalleyDescription: With rotational capacity requirements of modern applications higher than ever, it's challenging to find a retaining ring that can withstand high speeds. Work-around solutions end up needing more ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Hinge Leaf Cut Outs
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Does your hinge require more than just holes or slots? Maybe you're looking to place a hinge around something that doesn't allow your hinge leaf to lay flat? We can easily supply your hinge with cut ...
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Which Are the Right Quick Release Devices for You?
From: VlierDescription: Does your product design require a precise alignment for positive locking to secure or position? Our line of quick release devices (QRD)—more specifically, our quick release plunger ...
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Invention, History, and Timeline of the Wave Spring
From: SmalleyDescription: Most people are familiar with traditional springs. When they first hear about a wave spring, they may think this is a new innovation. However, wave springs have been around for decades. From everyday ...
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Solid Pin Retention Features
From: SPIROLDescription: Solid Pins are commonly used as permanent fasteners in a wide range of applications. They are retained by the harder Solid Pin displacing material in the softer host component(s). This White Paper ...
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Stop Over-Designing: How to Save Time and Money with a Light-Duty Ring
From: SmalleyDescription: Light-Duty Retaining Rings for light loads may be a cost-efficient solution in comparison to snap rings. If you've ever had to hold mating components of assemblies in place, you've probably used a ...
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The Advantages of SPIROL Standard Slotted Pins vs ISO 8752
From: SPIROLDescription: Slotted Spring Pins, sometimes referred to as Roll Pins or Split Pins, are general purpose low cost pins commonly used in various fastening applications. While both SPIROL Standard Slotted Pins and ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Countersunk holes
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: You've all seen holes that have a slight angle to them so a flathead screw can fit snugly and lay flat into the surface of your hinge. These are countersunk holes ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Dimensioning a Slotted Hole
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Slots, also known as obrounds or ovals, need to have a dimension to identify their size just like any other perforation. When dimensioning holes, all is needed is the diameter, but how does one call ...
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Hinges and Hardware 101 - Staked Pins
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: The pin of the hinge is normally run loose enough for the hinge to turn, but tight enough so that it doesn't just fall out either ...
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Which Style of Spring-Loaded Hinge is Best for My Application?
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Spring loaded hinges are available in two styles; spring-loaded-to-open and spring-loaded-to-close. ...
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Application Note: Double-Sided Fiber Optic Alignment with H-206 Hexapod
Description: Leveraging the multi-axis alignment features of an industry workhorse ...
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Upgrading Centrifugal Compressors
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: Thermoplastic use as labyrinth seals in rotating equipment is continuing to gain acceptance in the process industries. Presented in this paper is a discussion on thermoplastic use as a labyrinth seal ...
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Gear Loads in Horizontal Gearboxes
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: At Miba, we routinely repair and manufacture sleeve and tilting pad journal bearings for gearboxes. Typically, these gearboxes are single or double helix parallel shaft design and are used as single ...
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Hydrostatic Jacking Pocket Position of 4-Lobe Bearings
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: In a variety of 4-lobe journal bearing applications, hydrostatic lifting is used to prevent damage during the start-up or run-out phase. The design of hydrostatic pockets depends very much on the ...
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Improvement of Tilting-Pad Journal Bearing Operating Characteristics by Application of Eddy Grooves
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: In high speed, high load fluid-film bearings, the laminar-turbulent flow transition can lead to a considerable reduction of the maximum bearing temperatures, due to a homogenization of the fluid-film ...
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Reduction of Hot Oil Carry-Over in High Speed Running Turbo Application Bearings
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: Tilting pad journal bearings are used in turbo machines like turbo compressors, turbo gears, gas turbines and steam turbines. By increasing the power density, the applied loads and velocities have ...
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A Guide to O-Ring Material Selection
From: APM Hexseal Corp.Description: O-rings play a vital role in sealing fasteners. Sealing fasteners are hardware devices (e.g., sealing bolts, sealing screws, and sealing nuts) used to mechanically join two or more components ...
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Dampers Frequently Asked Questions
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: What is a damper? ...
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Gas Spring FAQs
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: What are gas springs used for? ...
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Gas Springs and Dampers Safety and Design
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Here are some important rules about Gas Springs and Dampers ...
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Hasps and Staples Frequently Asked Questions
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: What are Hasps and Staples? ...
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Hinge Anatomy
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Learn about the world of hinges with our extensive glossary of hinge terms. ...
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Hinges Frequently Asked Questions
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: Didn't find what you were looking for? Here are a few suggestions: More information about Hinges can be found in the additional questions and answers below or on our Main Hinge page. The Search Box at ...
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Lift Off Hinge FAQ's
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: What kinds of Lift Off hinges are there? ...
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Spring Hinges Frequently Asked Questions
From: H.A. Guden Co., Inc.Description: What is a spring hinge? ...
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The PyroShock-Acceleration-Offset-Error Problem: A Proposed Solution
Description: How do we evaluate the validity of the data? We know that all experiments have measurement errors. Some data sets are worse than others. Some may simply be bad and should be discarded. Others may have ...
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Air Bearing Basics
From: ABTech, Inc.Description: ABTech Air Bearings are "Orifice Compensated" and float on a specific Air Gap (thickness of air film) and many design aspects revolve around the air gap specification. ...
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Fatigue Resistance of Structural Adhesives
From: Ellsworth AdhesivesDescription: Adhesive selection in high dynamic load environments relies heavily on mechanical adhesive properties, including shear, peel and compressive strength. Over time and in the life a part, fatigue can ...
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GGB's Fiber Reinforced Composite Bearing Solution for Crop Sprayer Boom Arms
From: GGBDescription: Crop sprayers, both self-propelled and trailed, incorporate plain bearings in the pivot joints of the arms to fold and unfold them. ...
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GGB's Fiber Reinforced Composite Bearing Solution for Rubber Track System Applications
From: GGBDescription: Standard wheel-driven tractors and harvesters are available in rubber track versions for better traction in muddy, sandy, soft and slippery terrain. ...
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GGB's Fiber Reinforced Composite Bearings for Railway
From: GGBDescription: Tamping units are used to tightly pack the irregularly sized stones (or "track ballast") under railway tracks. This process helps support the track's structure and improves durability ...
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The Advantages of Sealed Spindle Bearings
From: Alpine Bearing, Inc.Description: Non-contact rubber sealed bearings are greased for life with factory controlled volumes. ...
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Top 10 "Tech Tips" for Choosing the Best Sealing Screw
Description: If your equipment is exposed to harsh environments then your equipment is best served and protected by using sealing screws and fasteners. ZAGO's line of self-sealing screws, bolts, and rivets offers ...
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How A Self-Sealing Screw Works
From: APM Hexseal Corp.Description: Founded in 1947, APM Hexseal has provided environmental sealing solutions for over 70 years. We offer a wide range of innovative sealing products for use in industrial and commercial applications. ...
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HIGH TEMPERATURE SEALS FOR SEALING POTLINES
Description: Thermal losses are one of the biggest challenges industrial potlines face due to poor or neglected thermal insulation. ...
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Engineering A Difference: From Sustainability to Saving Lives, Engineers are Accelerating Innovation
Description: Sustainability. Once considered a nice to have in the business, residential and commercial sectors, is now an urgent global imperative for all, and for good reason. ...
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How to Protect Electronic Devices, Enclosures & Sensors in a Connected World
Description: Whether enabling the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, lights out manufacturing, or electronic devices capturing data from remote locations, turning a physical asset into a digital asset is ...
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Sealing Fasteners: Robotics Engineer's Best Friend?
Description: There is a way to safeguard robots, and the sensors, cameras, and electronic components within them, from breaking down or malfunctioning: sealing them with high-tech sealing fasteners. ...
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What's the Fuss over Sealing Fasteners?
Description: Demand for sealing fasteners is skyrocketing, and engineers are flocking to this specialty sealing solution. ...
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Fasten Your Seatbelts and Seatbelt Your Fasteners
Description: We do a great deal to keep ourselves safe - we wear helmets when cycling, we wear boots when its cold and wet out, and we fasten our seatbelts when we're on the road. But are people doing enough to ...
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Pizza Oven Cooking Again Thanks to ZAGO
Description: A leading New England firm that manufacturers pizza ovens recently tackled with serious problems that were resolved with the help of ZAGO, a New Jersey-based sealing product manufacturer. ...
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Sealing Screws In Petrochemical Industries
Description: Fluid leakage is a significant, time-consuming, and costly problem for engineering teams in most factories. Fluid leakage problems need constant monitoring because they result in raw material and ...
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Simple, Inexpensive Way to Curb Climate Change: Prevent Leaks!
Description: A startling 3 trillion cubic feet of methane gas leaks into the atmosphere every year, which is enough to generate warming power equivalent to that produced by over half of the coal power plants in ...
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ZAGO Improves Microphone Technology
Description: Shock factor is great in the entertainment world - that is, the shock of a dramatic story, rather than an electrical shock from a microphone. A prominent manufacturer of microphones recently ...
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ZAGO Innovations Used by Global European Engineering Firm
Description: ZAGO Manufacturing Company has grown into a into a reputable global leader, working with European engineers on a wide array of projects that require sealing. It has made an entrance into the European ...
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ZAGO Manufacturing Company Provides Solutions to Parking Revenue Systems
Description: Not long ago, a reputable company that specializes in manufacturing parking revenue systems contacted ZAGO to devise a solution that would prevent rain water from infiltrating into sensitive push ...
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ZAGO Manufacturing Sealing the Deal - Underwater!
Description: Canada's Vision Tech Water was searching for a means to seal its camera cases so that the cameras could function underwater. Who, then, did the company turned to? Vision Tech Water turned to ZAGO, the ...
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Steady Parts Keep MRI Machines Stable
From: VlierDescription: A magnetic resonance imaging scan, more commonly known as an MRI, is a popular medical procedure that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues ...
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Bistable Rotary Solenoids in Shutter Applications
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Geeplus offers small bistable rotary solenoids and actuators in several types, suited to actuation of small shutter mechanisms. These typically require rotation of a small ‘flag’ to block ...
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How to Select a Linear Solenoid / Linear Actuator
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: There are a number of different factors that can influence the choice of a linear solenoid or actuator; the goal of the selection process is to identify the least expensive device that will satisfy ...
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How to Select a Push-Pull Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Device size is determined for the required force, displacement, and duty cycle from the tables below, more detailed force data is shown graphically in the datasheet for each solenoid. These charts ...
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How to Select a Rotary Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: When deciding on a rotary solenoid for an application, there are a number of factors to take into consideration: Size, torque, and angle of rotation are the basics, but it doesn't end there. This ...
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What is a Bistable Rotary Solenoid? The Definitive Technical Overview
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: The bistable rotary solenoid changes state with the application of a momentary pulse of electricity, and then remains in the changed state without power applied until a further pulse of reverse ...
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Channel Drain Joint Sealant
From: Eric'sons Dura TrenchDescription: Whether you’re needing to comply with local code requirements, provide protection at a joint expansion/contractio n point, or protect the environment from accidental chemical seepage, you may ...
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Bearing Performance Improvement
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: In high performance turbomachinery, the maximum bearing temperatures can be a crucial parameter. To increase the operational safety and performance, Miba developed the patent pending eddy groove ...
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Solving Hot Running Bearings
From: Miba Industrial BearingsDescription: Miba Industrial Bearings manufactures custom-engineered designs and bearings built to customer prints, but even when asked to build the customer’s design, we may recommend improvements to ...
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Avery Dennison Q&A: Adhesive Tapes for Electric Vehicle Batteries
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Electric vehicle batteries require specialty adhesives. Avery Dennison Performance Tapes and their Flame Tough™ adhesives may be game-changers in the EV battery space. Let's speak with them to ...
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Wearable Device Goes From Idea To Customer In 4 Weeks
Description: A regional supplier of USA-made sealing screws played a key role bringing to market a software-driven proximity tracing technology. ...
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"This is a Turning Point for the Wind Farm Sector"
Description: Torque Magazine analyses the growth of the North American wind energy sector and speaks with Zago and Heico about the challenges this brings to the fastener and fixing industries... ...
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COVID-19: ZAGO Sealing Fasteners Available for Surge in Ventilator Manufacturing; ECMO Systems
Description: As manufacturers across industry sectors pitch in to accelerate production of life-saving ventilator equipment, ZAGO Manufacturing is ready to meet heightened, global demand for its specialty ...
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Protecting Electronic Switches From Erosion
Description: Sealing boots are protective coverings used on mechanical devices, and electrical inputs, to create an airtight seal between the switch and the panel. These help to protect sensitive and expensive ...
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The Driving Force Behind Automotive Interior Kinematics
From: Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.Description: It is no secret that the exterior and interior design of vehicles has gone through a multitude of modifications and transformations. As a species, we have seen it all - from the Flintstones ...
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What are Sealing Fasteners and When Should You Use Them?
Description: What are sealing fasteners and when should you use them? ...
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ZAGO High-Tech Sealing Fasteners Essential for Protecting Industrial Equipment and Data in the Smart Factory
Description: As engineers and OEMs transition to the smart factory, safeguarding data and equipment is paramount. ZAGO high-tech specialty sealing fasteners are an option to achieve both these objectives. Here is ...
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ZAGO Manufacturing Increases Capacity with Automated Night Shifts
Description: ZAGO faced an increase in customer demand for high-tech sealing fasteners and switch seals. With limited workers available in the New Jersey area, ZAGO's management looked for a cost-effective and ...