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| April 16, 2024 | Volume 20 Issue 15 |
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 | What is the C-Flex Pivot Bearing?
It's a flexure-based bearing utilizing internal flat crossed springs, capsuled in a cylindrical housing, to provide precise rotation with low hysteresis and no frictional losses. The C-Flex bearing will offer infinite life when used within its rated load and rotation values. Applications include Medical, Industrial, Aerospace, Semiconductor, and Optical.
Advantages include: Frictionless, Backlash-free, Self-centering, Simple installation, Low hysteresis, Vacuum applications, Stock items, No lubrication, No maintenance, and Infinite life.
Learn more from C-Flex, The Leader in Flexing Metal Technology.
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 | Line Vac Air Operated Conveyors
EXAIR's Line Vac connects to standard hose or tube to create a powerful conveyor. The design features large throat diameters for maximum throughput capability. A small amount of compressed air is injected through directed nozzles to produce a vacuum on one end and high output flows on the other.
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| | Feature articles | How Blackbirds helped NASA push supersonic flight tech
Learn how engineers at NASA in the 1970s solved problems that weren't found during design-phase testing of supersonic aircraft like Lockheed Martin's family of Blackbirds. Their work made longer supersonic flights possible by advancing crucial technology such as the supersonic mixed-compression inlet.
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 | Top Product: E-Z LOK threaded inserts and kits for metal
E-Z LOK™ inserts are ideal for repairing or reinforcing threaded holes in soft metals such as aluminum, magnesium, and cast iron. They will not back out or vibrate loose. Their pre-applied, microencapsulated adhesive begins to set immediately upon installation. Despite their firm hold while in use, these threaded inserts can also be removed with heat or a tool.
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 | Toyota 4Runner: Totally retooled for modern adventures
After 15 years without a major design change, the all-new 2025 Toyota 4Runner has been redesigned top to bottom with futuristic lines, a longer wheelbase, and powertrain options with more punch. It raises the bar in terms of go-anywhere capability and high-end refinement, but it keeps its signature power roll-down rear window.
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 | Unprecedented yet effective seal: Laminar rings
Smalley's Laminar Seal Ring comprises metallic rings arranged in a groove, forming a labyrinth seal. Its metal composition enables it to function effectively as a seal within an assembly, protecting against contamination even in high temperatures and corrosive surroundings. Compared to rubber, neoprene, and other non-metallic substances, laminar seals demonstrate superior resilience. Laminar rings are often used in connectors, where they act as a safeguard for both ends, preventing contaminants from entering.
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 | Webinar: Tips for selecting stepper motors and drives
Stepper systems offer performance and simplicity to suit a wide range of applications, but selecting the optimum stepper motor/drive combination can be daunting. Join Kollmorgen's online session to delve into the range of stepper technologies, their features and benefits, and the design tools available to help you make the right choice. Thursday, May 9, 2024, 11 a.m. ET. Presenter: Johnny Crumpler,
Product Line Specialist, Kollmorgen.
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 | Bi-color LEDs to light up your designs
Created with engineers and OEMs in mind, SpectraBright Series SMD RGB and Bi-Color LEDs from Visual Communications Company (VCC) deliver efficiency, design flexibility, and control for devices in a range of industries, including mil-aero, automated guided vehicles, EV charging stations, industrial, telecom, IoT/smart home, and medical. These 50,000-hr bi-color and RGB options save money and space on the HMI, communicating two or three operating modes in a single component.
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 | Overhung load adaptors provide load support and contamination protection
Overhung load adaptors (OHLA) provide both overhung radial and axial load support to protect electrified mobile equipment motors from heavy application loads, extending the lifetime of the motor and alleviating the cost of downtime both from maintenance costs and loss of production. They seal out dirt, grime, and other contaminants too. Zero-Max OHLAs are available in an extensive offering of standard models (including Extra-Duty options) for typical applications or customized designs.
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 | hyperMILL 2024 CAD/CAM software suite
OPEN MIND Technologies has introduced its latest hyperMILL 2024 CAD/CAM software suite, which includes a range of powerful enhancements to its core toolpath capabilities, as well as new functionality for increased NC programming efficiency in applications ranging from 2.5D machining to 5-axis milling. New and enhanced capabilities include: Optimized Deep Hole Drilling, a new algorithm for 3- and 5-axis Rest Machining, an enhanced path layout for the 3D Plane Machining cycle, better error detection, and much more.
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| | Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action | Intro to reed switches, magnets, magnetic fields
This brief introductory video on the DigiKey site offers tips for engineers designing with reed switches. Dr. Stephen Day, Ph.D. from Coto Technology gives a solid overview on reed switches -- complete with real-world application examples -- and a detailed explanation of how they react to magnetic fields.
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