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Full Catalog 2019
Description: A catalog documenting the ins and outs of guide rollers, tracks, etc. ...
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Basics of Linear Bearings
Description: Bearings housed in carriages and tables can ride on round shafts or square profile rails. Here's a look at the advantages of each when an application demands guided linear motion. ...
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Design Considerations for Rotating Union Sealing Technologies
From: Deublin Co.Description: Rotating unions convey fluid from a stationary supply line to equipment or a rotating tool. They are critical elements in a variety of applications across many industries, serving as the fluid ...
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Omnitrack Ball Transfer Units Take the Pressure in the Oil & Gas Industry
From: Omnitrack Corp.Description: Since 1958 Omnitrack have been developing and manufacturing ball transfer units (BTUs) for the Oil and Gas industry. Today Omnitrack's BTUs are in operation around the world with most of the major Oil ...
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Compression Spring characteristics
Description: Century Spring warehouses the largest inventory of high-grade, straight, cylindrically-shaped compression springs in the world. ...
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Die Spring Characteristics
Description: Century Spring offers a complete line of die springs in both oil-tempered and chrome-alloy materials. ...
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Torsion Springs Characteristics
Description: Century Spring offers a selection of torsion springs with legs of equal length oriented at varying unloaded angles. Torsion springs can store and release angular energy or statically hold a mechanism ...
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How to Install an SNMPWEBCARD
From: Tripp LiteDescription: Step by step instructions on how to install an SNMPWEBCARD ...
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How to Install PowerAlert Local (Windows)
From: Tripp LiteDescription: Step by step instructions on how to install PowerAlert Local for Windows ...
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PSA - Optimum Performance
Description: 5 Tips for getting the most out of your pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) backing on rubber materials. ...
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Upgrading a Console Server's Firmware from the Command Line CLI
From: Tripp LiteDescription: You can upgrade the firmware in your Tripp Lite device from the command line. The command to determine the current firmware version is cat /etc/version. This will print the current version and model ...
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Design Considerations Infographic
Description: Modern Linear products are available as individual components and pre-assembled linear guides. Combinations of guide rollers, track and linear guides can be selected for optimum cost and machine ...
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General Properties for Conax Technologies Sealants
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: General Properties for Conax Technologies Sealants ...
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Sealants
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: Standard Sealants ...
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When is a Belt Drive Better for Mechanical Power Transmission?
From: W.M. BergDescription: In the challenging world of power transmission, belt drive systems may offer advantages over other drive systems, including improved performance, lowered costs, and reduced downtime. This webinar will ...
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5 Ways to Overhaul Your Home for a Clean and Efficient Spring
Description: We're in the midst of spring and it's as good a time as any to consider organizing your home. We want to help you out by providing some helpful tips for creating a nice, organized home (without ...
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Electric Sanders: A Short Guide to the Different Types
Description: An electric sander isn't a necessity when it comes to sanding wood. But it sure makes the process A LOT easier. Over the years, manufacturers have rolled out electric sanders for about every variation ...
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Should Your Next Project Be in MDF?
Description: Thickness, durability, and stainability-they all lead to sustainability. Medium density fiberboard (MDF) can give you almost all of those. A purist might vow to never use MDF, but there are a lot of ...
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Slideology 201: How to Read a Data Sheet
Description: With all that information, a data sheet can be daunting to look through. That's why we're helping you break down that info in an easy-to-follow way. ...
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You Don't Need a Million Dollars' Worth of Tools to Build Great Furniture
Description: You'd love to make some furniture. Problem is: you don't have the fortune to build a shop to do just that. Good news: You don't need one. ...
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Novel Hacks: How I Turned a Slide into an Outrigger
Description: If you've been woodworking for a little bit, you've run across this problem: you have a longboard, and you need to move the short end across a table saw or router table. You are presented with the ...
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What is a Tadpole Gasket?
Description: Tadpole gaskets are unique thermal sealing solutions comprised of a heat-resistant cover and a durable core material arranged in a distinctive bulb and tail structure. ...
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Heat Treatment of Bolts and Fasteners for Demanding Applications
Description: High-strength or heat-treated fasteners are often required to handle the tensile, shear or combination loads on the bolted joints in demanding applications. Many demanding applications require ...
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Ask the Experts - Exotic Alloys
From: SmalleyDescription: Q & A about designing retaining rings and wave springs ...
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Can You Use a Wave Spring to Replace a Lock Washer?
From: SmalleyDescription: Article explaining the uses of Smalley's Nested Wave Springs ...
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Why You Should Use a Wave Spring
From: SmalleyDescription: Q & A about wave spring rates ...
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Evaluating the Roughness of Raceway Grooves in the Inner and Outer Rings of a Ball Bearing
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Bearing balls roll at high speed through the raceway formed by grooves in the inner and outer rings of a ball bearing assembly. In quality control, it is important to accurately evaluate the roughness ...
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Hermetic Sealing 101: What You Need to Know About The Process and Applications
Description: Hermetic sealing is the process of creating a container of some sort that is airtight. That means that any material in the container, whether it's a gas, liquid, or solid, will not leak from the ...
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ProTech Labyrinth Seals Unique Solutions For Extended Bearing
From: Daemar Inc.Description: PROBLEM: PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE SOLUTION: PROTECH LABYRINTH SEALS ...
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A Spotlight on MECO AH Type-2 Seals
From: MECO Shaft SealsDescription: Seal technology plays a critical role in improving productivity and eliminating contamination. There is an expanding need for seal customization, as processes continue to become more demanding in ...
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Rotary Union Design Factors and Sealing Technologies for Machining Center Applications
From: Deublin Co.Description: Rotary unions are a critically important element in through-spindle coolant (TSC) systems. TSC systems deliver coolant directly to the cutting edges of end mills, drill bits and other rotary tools, ...
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Oil Lid Rubber Seal Redesign Creates Cost Savings & Flexibility
Description: One size does not fit all. Creating multiple sizes of rubber seals and rubber gaskets quickly and economically doesn't have to be a challenge. When switching from molded rubber parts, there are two ...
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ANGULAR CONTACT BALL BEARINGS THRIVE IN OFF-ROAD APPLICATIONS
From: CCTY BearingDescription: Constant motion and rough environmental conditions for off-road vehicles require that higher operating temperatures do not impact performance. This is why choosing the correct bearings for motion ...
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What is Drawer Rack and How Do I Fix It?
Description: What causes drawer rack and how does one prevent or fix it? Let's find out. ...
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Using Refractory Cements in High Temperature Applications
Description: Refractory cement is a material that retains its high strength properties at extremely high temperatures. It is often used in applications that require high strength, wear resistance, and thermal ...
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Latching Solenoids: Technical Information
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Learn all about Latching Solenoids in this brief informative white paper ...
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Open Frame Solenoids: Customization for an Open Frame Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Potential Customization for open frame solenoids ...
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5 Kitchen Cabinet Design Trends to Look Out For
Description: 5 Kitchen Cabinet Design Trends to Look Out For ...
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Always Moving Forward (on Hyper-Rail!)
Description: Accuride's stainless steel 3500 Series, seen attached to the controller box above, enable quick and simple removal of the devices. That speedy removal means less downtime and more operational ...
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Challenging Notions: Polish & Power Tools
Description: Nashville is home to many things: The Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and (interestingly enough) a life-size reproduction of the Greek Parthenon. It's also home to Claire Baldwin, the ...
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Drawer Slide Finishes & Why you should Care?
Description: Choosing the right metal finish isn't just a matter of color. It's a complex and intricate process that affects the functionality and even lifespan of the metal. ...
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Five Tools You Need to Install Any Drawer Slide
Description: Installing a drawer slide can be intimidating. Regardless of your slides being under-mounted or side mounted. If the slides are not aligned, or you don't have the right tools, installation can be ...
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Flipper & Pocket Doors: What's the Difference?
Description: Once relegated to storing console televisions and video cassettes, flipper and pocket doors have made a resurgence in space-saving designs. If you haven't considered or may be totally unfamiliar with, ...
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Houzz's 2018 Kitchen Trends Study (In Five Minutes or Less)
Description: five takeaways we found in the survey: ...
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How Accuride Determines a Drawer Slide Load Rating?
Description: Have you ever wondered how drawer slides get their load ratings? Is it the application? Is it from testing? ...
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How Accuride Drawer Slides are Revolutionizing Outdoor Living
Description: How Accuride Drawer Slides are Revolutionizing Outdoor Living ...
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How the 116RC is Changing Hospital Sliding Solutions
Description: How the 116RC is Changing Hospital Sliding Solutions ...
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How to Install a 3832 Drawer Slide on a Frameless Cabinet
Description: How to Install a 3832 Drawer Slide on a Frameless Cabinet ...
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Meet Brooklyn's Best Kept Secret: Vlad Fine Craft
Description: Vlad has established one of Brooklyn's top handcrafted furniture businesses, catering to respected clients like the Kathryn Scott Design Studio. ...
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Millwork vs. Casework: What's the difference?
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 ...
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Slideology 101: How to Install a Drawer Slide in Five Easy Steps
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. ...
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Want to Make Micro-Living Work for You? Here's How!
Description: Micro-Living Defined ...
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What is a Drawer Slide and How Do I Choose the Right One?
Description: What is a Drawer Slide and How Do I Choose the Right One? ...
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Your Friend Accuride: Aviation
Description: Let's take a look at the five ways Accuride aircraft interior sliding hardware enhances the comfort of the airplane cabin: ...
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Selecting the Best Hub Fastener for a Power Transmission Application
Description: Gears, pulleys, couplings, shaft extenders, shaft reducers, flexible shafts and shaft accessories are critical rotating and power transmission components. They are found in assemblies for applications ...
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Different Types of Bulkhead Shaft Seals
Description: A breakdown of the different types of bulkead sealing equipment available on the market today: *Pressure Activated Composite Rings *Dry Carbon Seals *HydroActive Seals ...
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Different Types of Stern Tube Seals
Description: There are a few types of major stern tube seals on the market today all with one job, to keep the ship moving through the water, and the water out of the ship. These include; *labyrinth Seals ...
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Product Development Process: HydroActive Bulkhead Seals
Description: Conventional bulkhead seals continuously wear and may not be ready when needed. The United States Navy sought a better bulkhead seal design to protect its fleet and sailors. ...
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Product Development Process: Stern Tube Seal
Description: The US Navy was having significant problems with its existing stern tube seal technology for LCS Freedom Class. The high shaft speeds and shock requirements created problems for existing face seal ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE: LUBRICATION
From: Alpine Bearing, Inc.Description: Proper lubrication prevents overheating, corrosion, and equipment breakdown. The correct amount of lubricant is important too. Too little doesn't provide enough coverage and too much can leak and ...
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Flexible Coupling Solutions from Tanks to Medical Devices
Description: Electrodeposited nickel bellows couplings flex to fit misaligned shafts yet remain torsionally stiff ...
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Navy Fighter Pilots Tolerate Higher-G Maneuvers Thanks to Oxygen Regulator Bellows
Description: Low Spring-Rate Sensor Applies Positive Pressure Breathing for G with Quick, Consistent Response ...
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Bellows Terms Glossary
Description: Dimensional Requirements and Performance Requirements ...
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Amplitude Demodulation for Condition Monitoring of Bearings
Description: The goal in condition monitoring is to detect an incipient defect and predict when failure will occur. But the process of predicting a failure isn't always straightforward. ...
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Composite Bearing Design with Improved Tribology and Machinability for Aggressive Applications
From: GGBDescription: Recent developments in self-lubricating fiber/resin composite bearing technology have included fiber construction to overcome machining limitations while providing superior tribological performance. ...
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Cost Savings in Process Environments with MECO Split Seals
From: MECO Shaft SealsDescription: Mechanical seals are more than 100 years old, originating in 1905 when they were used in refrigeration compressors. Seals today contain, withstand, accommodate and survive a rotating shaft in a closed ...
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GGB Study Delves into Micro-tribological Processes
From: GGBDescription: Structural and Chemical Alterations in Transfer Films ...
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Coil Flow Tubing: Cost-effective Answer to Well Interventions
Description: Coil flow tubing is often used in oil well testing and is a cost- and time-effective way to provide well intervention solutions. Operations such as cleanout and perforating the wellbore (the hole that ...
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Spray Foam Case Study
From: Foam Supplies, Inc.Description: Seal Sprayed Solutions, Ltd. (Seal Spray) is a spray foam contractor based in Kingston, Jamaica. It is engaged in the business of roof spray, cold store, and interior spray applications, both in ...
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Examining Bolt Threading
Description: There are a variety of ways to create the threads of a fastener, but the most common by far are the cutting and rolling methods. ...
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Jergens Hoists Exhibit at the Guggenheim
From: Jergens, Inc.Description: For the second time, Jergens' hoist rings can be seen at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan's Upper East Side. ...
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Cold Heading Basics
From: Pivot Point, Inc.Description: Introduction to Cold Heading Cold heading is a cold forming process that essentially involves applying force with a punch to the end of a metal blank contained in a die. The force must exceed the ...
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Small Investment Solves Snarled Torsion Spring Situation
Description: There's more to Capital Spring than just the production of various springs. Design and manufacturing modifications that resolve larger production and quality issues for clients have long been a ...
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How Tolerance Rings Work - A Primer
From: USA Tolerance RingsDescription: 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 ...
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NAVAIR NEWS: HydroActive Shaft Seal Success Story
Description: This article, recently featured on the Navy SBIR/STTR Success Stories, highlights how HydroActive Shaft Seals function as an emergency flooding system providing reliable and low total ownership cost ...
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Bi-stable Rotary Solenoids: An Overview
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Bi-stable Rotary Solenoids can be driven in either direction and hold in either end position with no power applied. It takes just a short power pulse to create movement in these rotary solenoids. ...
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How to Improve Product Design and Manufacturability with the Coiled Pin
From: SPIROLDescription: In any assembled component there are three ways to reduce the overall cost of the assembly: reduce the cost of the individual components, reduce component preparation cost, and reduce the cost to ...
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Linear Solenoids: How to Select a Linear Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: When selecting a linear solenoid for an application, there are many different factors that can influence the choice. The selection process aims to identify the least expensive linear solenoid or ...
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Measurement Techniques for the Inspection of Series 550 Coiled Pins for Cosmetic Cases
From: SPIROLDescription: White paper focusing on step-by-step design specifics of a coiled pin and everyday uses. ...
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Properties and Selection of Latching Solenoids
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Latching Solenoids can be driven in either direction and hold in either end position, with no power applied. For the movement, Latching Solenoids only need a short power pulse. Latching Solenoids are ...
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Proportional Solenoids: Technical Overview
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Proportional Solenoids are linear actuators with a force proportional to the current in a limited range. With the addition of a return spring in your application you can make the proportional solenoid ...
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Rotary Solenoids: Selection Process of a Rotary Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: The rotary movement in our rotary solenoids is converted from a linear motion by the mechanical design of an inclined plane. These rotary solenoids have three uniform spiral grooves that are stamped ...
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Selecting a Push-Pull Solenoid
From: GEEPLUS Inc.Description: Push-pull solenoids are the most robust series of linear solenoids and are therefore the best option for heavy duty applications. Their intelligent magnetic concept allows a very high holding force at ...
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Coiled Spring Pins Offer a Unique Balance of Strength and Flexibility
From: SPIROLDescription: Easily recognized by its unique 2¼ coil cross section, Coiled Pins are retained by radial tension when installed into the host component, and they are the only pins with uniform strength and ...
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How to Design Assemblies That Use Coiled Pins for Locating and Alignment
From: SPIROLDescription: To achieve optimal alignment when using Coiled Pins, two primary design elements must be adhered to: 1) The hole diameters in the host and mating component must be correctly sized to achieve the ...
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How to Select the Proper Diameter and Duty of a Coiled Spring Pin
From: SPIROLDescription: This White Paper provides the fundamental guidelines for determining the optimum balance between strength and flexibility of the Coiled Spring Pin that will result in the prolonged net life of the ...
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The Advantages of Using Light Duty Coiled Pins Versus Slotted Pins in Soft Materials
From: SPIROLDescription: This paper compares and contrasts the use of various types of spring pins used in soft host materials, and provides valuable information regarding the optimum solution for plastic assemblies. ...
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The Impact of Clearance on the Shear Properties of Coiled Spring Pins
From: SPIROLDescription: This White Paper quantifies the effects that clearance between the shear plane has on the strength of a pinned joint. ...
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The Importance of Hardened Raceways
From: RWM Casters CompanyDescription: Why is Heat Treating So Important? "The lifespan of a caster." You may see and hear this phrase a lot when searching for casters. However, have you ever stopped to think about what it really means and ...
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Connector Sleeves & Paraffin Petroleum Grout Can Work Together
Description: Discussing the challenges of paraffin petroleum grout with existing rubber connector sleeve, action taken, and example of company reaching out to Aero Rubber Company for help in regards to this issue. ...
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How to Choose O-Ring Material for Your Fluid Sealing Applications
Description: Once installed, O-rings make sure that no liquid or air sweep through the designated area. Since O-rings are crucial to perform effectively after being installed, selecting the right O-ring material ...
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Troubleshooting O-Ring Failures
Description: Like any device subjected to errors in installation or exposure to high stresses, O-rings too are liable to failure. Different materials of O-rings have different shelf lives. Shelf life for materials ...
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Testing of HFC Fluids on Common Seal Materials in High Temperature Applications
Description: Introduction As the oil and gas industry moves to recover more challenging reserves and enters the development of High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) fields, the risk of fire is ever present. ...
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Conversion Table / Millimeters to Decimal Inches
From: RAF Electronic HardwareDescription: DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS METRIC CONVERSIONS ...
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Installation Information for Captive Panel Retainers
From: RAF Electronic HardwareDescription: INSTALLATION CAPTIVE PANEL RETAINERS ...
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Installation Information Swage Standoffs
From: RAF Electronic HardwareDescription: ILLUSTRATION OF THE SWAGING PROCESS ...
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Table of Properties for Non-Metallic Materials
From: RAF Electronic HardwareDescription: PROPERTIES NON-METALLIC MATERIALS ...
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Rumco: Empowering Innovation, Engineering Value
Description: Rumco Fastener is a leader in the manufacture of cold headed products and specializes in a variety of SEMS and custom fastener products. Imagine that your company has ordered screws from an overseas ...
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Hi-Performance Fastening Systems' MAThread® Option Brings Level of Ease to Any Application
Description: Hi-Performance Fastening Systems manufactures specialty and proprietary cold-headed fasteners serving the distribution, heavy truck, tiered automotive, agriculture, lawn and garden, appliance, ...
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Spring Tolerances: An Often Overlooked Design Consideration
Description: It's no secret that springs are typically the last component engineers consider when prototyping a design. This could be because springs are famously reliable, or perhaps because there are so many ...