Technical Articles
MISUMI USA has published these technical articles:
(Switches)
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If you have ever found yourself looking for the right emergency stop switch to add to your machine build or industrial equipment you have most likely come across a wide variety of terms that refer to...
(Manufacturing Equipment and Components)
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MISUMI provides fast online access to Mitsubishi Electric Automation products. With a wide range of product solutions, MISUMI is the easiest way to order Mitsubishi Electric Automation parts. Along...
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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Linear motion products are the most commonly used motion elements in the automation of transfer, locating, and assembly machinery. Here, three types of linear guides, Linear Bushing, Slide Guide, and...
(Industrial Hardware)
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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...
(Bearings and Bushings)
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Ball bearings need to be retained in three directions, radial, axial, and circumferential in relation to its housing and a shaft. The radial and circumferential direction retention is mainly based on...
(Jig and Fixturing Components)
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Get the lowdown on locating pins: which is the best locating pin style for your application?...
(Bearings and Bushings)
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Relationship of Bushing Length and Load Capacity: Longer bushing has more ball bearings, and the load on each ball bearing in contact will be smaller. This effect can be confirmed from the fact that...
(Power Transmission)
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Luminex Corp. manufactures machines that are used to analyze nucleic acids and proteins in the life sciences market. The company's open-architecture xMAP technology makes it possible for researchers...
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Cincinnati Automation & Test (Machesney Park, IL), a division of MAG Cincinnati Automation (Sterling Heights, MI), builds automated assembly and testing equipment for the automotive, truck and...
(Contract Manufacturing and Fabrication)
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(Power Transmission)
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Discussed here is accuracy requirements of stepper motors using a simple single axis robot with a timing belt and a stepper motor, including calculating rotational accuracy needed for the motor....
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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Betz Contracting & Machining designs and builds custom turnkey machines, automated assembly fixtures and quality control fixtures for a number of Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry....
(Plastics, Elastomers and Polymers)
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Characteristics of Bakelite Plates
MISUMI's Bakelite Plates are products which can be used as insulating plates for switch boards, controllers, breakers and other parts. Paper base type is available...
(Contract Manufacturing and Fabrication)
(Bearings and Bushings)
(Bearings and Bushings)
(Contract Manufacturing and Fabrication)
(Jig and Fixturing Components)
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Typically, the locating pins are used for controlled, fine tolerance positioning of a work piece. For example, a pallet that is moved along one axis, where the drive mechanism is not accurate and...
(Industrial Hardware)
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An automotive company urgently needed over 80,000 custom cable harnesses for a project. Prototypes had yet to be built for approval and stringent requirements meant that standard commercial cables...
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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Whether you're building a new machine or considering making modifications on an existing machine, engineering effort, cost and time are all factors that should be heavily considered before beginning...
(Bearings and Bushings)
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Most production facilities have some kind of rotary bearings, and while they are working, no one gives them much thought. But as the saying goes, a little ounce of prevention can spare a huge pound of...
(Fastening and Joining)
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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...
(Positioning Stages, Slides and Guides)
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Most stages employ three primary types of guide mechanism for their precision positioning stages. Dovetail, Linear Ball, and Cross Roller guides compose most of the MISUMI product line. Each mechanism...
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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Linear shafts, posts, and rotary shafts are used when you need to control some type of motion, either linear or rotary, or a combination of the two....
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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You would not be blamed for mistaking linear shafts, rotary shafts, and posts at first glance. All three have similar appearances as they are all generally metallic, rod-shaped assembly components,...
(Industrial Hardware)
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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...
(Wire and Cable)
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Very commonly used in homes and offices, RJ45 cables are probably one of the most familiar cables to you. However, many of you may be puzzled by words such as Cat5e, Cat6A, UTP, and STP that you do...
(Fittings and Flanges)
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What fitting do you need? There are a variety of standards available to select from. We worked with our partner and fitting expert Brennan Industries to share an introduction to the different types....
(Positioning Stages, Slides and Guides)
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Positioning stages are differentiated by the means used to control the position of the stage platform, either by manual control, via a positional knob, or motor control, via a stepper motor. These are...
(Fastening and Joining)
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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...
(Bearings and Bushings)
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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,...
(Positioning Stages, Slides and Guides)
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Selecting the right stage for your application can seem like a daunting task, especially with the variety available. An engineer might not want to spend too much time determining which stage to use...
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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It seems like even the most basic engineering design decisions can be exceedingly difficult and complex. Almost every mechanical system involves some sort of hole/shaft joint, and an innumerable...
(Fastening and Joining)
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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....
(Linear Actuators)
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The challenge for mechanical automation systems in the past has been the successful conversion of rotational motion from electric or mechanical motors into useful forms of linear motion. A...
(Electrical Contact and Electrode Materials)
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A terminal block is a modular housing with an insulated body that secures two or more wires together. The insulating body of a terminal block consists of a current-carrying element, a clamping...
(Materials)
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Choosing the correct material is critical to any application especially those designed for wash-down, corrosion resistance, heat resistance or strength. There are a variety of materials to choose from...
(Materials)
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The world of carbon steels can be challenging to wrap your head around. There are many different options to choose from, and each type of steel has different benefits. The main differentiating factor...
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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The electric vehicle (EV) revolution continues to change the look, feel, and drive of the world's automotive fleet. Once extremely uncommon, a steadily increasing number of EVs can be spotted cruising...
(Material Handling Equipment)
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Rollers are widely used components that serve the simple yet surprisingly diverse functions of facilitating and processing material and product movements in manufacturing and/or industrial settings....
(Linear and Rotary Motion Components)
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Low temperature black chrome (LTBC) plating is a special coating used for many different products such as shafting, linear guides, and actuators. This popular coating is beneficial in many ways....