| October 03, 2017 | Volume 13 Issue 37 |
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 | Low-Profile Retaining Rings
Smalley Hoopster® Rings fit into much shallower grooves than regular snap rings or retaining rings. Where retaining rings once were not an option because of groove depth, the low profile, precision circularity & small radial size allow the Hoopster to be an unobtrusive component in the assembly, ideal for thin wall tubes. Hoopster Retaining Rings are easily installed without special tools. Standard sizes are stocked from .375" to 3" or 10 mm to 76 mm and offered in carbon and 302 stainless steel. Customs can be made with No-Tooling-Charges™.
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 | New Standards for Precision in Micro Motion
MICROMO now offers the new high precision FAULHABER IER3 optical encoders. This new encoder series delivers 2 channel quadrature signals plus an additional index signal, and can be combined with CXR and CR small DC motors, and BX4 and BP4 FAULHABER brushless DC servo motors. The optical measuring principle gives the IER3 a strong edge in terms of accuracy and signal quality --
compared to encoders with other measuring principles.
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 | Wings:
Taking on the sublime challenge of jet noise
A team of researchers working through DOE's Argonne National Lab is creating high-fidelity computer simulations to determine how jet turbulence produces noise in a bid to reduce noise over commercial flight paths and on aircraft carrier decks. Aeronautic engineers often incorporate chevrons, broken eggshell-shaped patterns, into jet exhaust-nozzle designs to change the shape of the high-speed exhaust stream as it leaves the engine.
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 | How to select electric linear actuators that stand the test of time
The length of time a linear actuator will function (i.e., service life) is critically important to a machine designer. Machines need to keep working reliably with little or no need for lengthy maintenance, so components like actuators must keep working. Aaron Dietrich from Tolomatic runs through a real-world actuator application and provides some good selection advice.
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 | New space-saving captive screw for tight spaces
Southco has expanded its Captive Screw offering with a low-profile version designed for applications where installation space is extremely limited. The 52 Miniature Captive Screw Low Profile series features a 25% reduction in installation height compared with Southco's standard 52 Miniature series. It is available with a metal finish and with an over-molded head that acts as a visual indicator for access points. Press-in and Surface Mount Technology (SMT) options provide versatility for fastening and unfastening. Combination tool-operated recesses and hand-tightened knurled head options provide versatility when mounting doors, panels, and other hardware components in limited-space applications.
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 | Xcentric Mold & Engineering expands 3D capabilities
Xcentric Mold & Engineering (Clinton Township, MI) is a different kind of manufacturing company, providing quick-turn, low-cost molding and machining services for a wide variety of plastic and metal custom parts. No matter the industry, and no matter how complex the part, they deliver parts in as fast as 1 to 15 days. Launched this month, Xcentric is offering new, expanded 3D-printing services, including Stereolithography (SLA), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), MultiJet Printing (MJP), PolyJet Printing, ColorJet Printing (CJP), and Markforged (MKF). If you have a CAD file ready, they can provide you with an interactive quote in 24 hours or less.
Learn more about Xcentric Mold & Engineering. |
 | Ultrasonic welding Automotive Technology Day
When it comes to joining automotive plastic parts, visual appearance, geometry, function, and material properties have become increasingly demanding. Herrmann Ultrasonics (Bartlett, IL) will host an Automotive Technology Day Oct. 12, featuring the latest innovations in automotive bonding applications. Ultrasonic welding is an assembly method with short cycle times, ensuring a large degree of process control and repeatable, quality results. Herrmann Ultrasonics will put on nine top-quality workshops tailored to beginner-to-expert levels, dispensing knowledge on all aspects of ultrasonic welding technology. Workshops include: Technology Integration, Compression Staking, Weld Quality, Fascia Punching and Bracket Welding, and Collaborative Ultrasonics with a focus on integrating robots.
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 | Mini hybrid sensors for force, displacement, pressure, strain, and acceleration measurements
The Micro-Measurements brand of Vishay Precision Group has introduced a new range of miniature, lightweight hybrid sensors for high-volume OEM and test applications. The design of the sensor range incorporates the brand's own renowned precision foil strain gages, adhesively bonded to flat substrates and constructed of either metal, composite, or polymer. Typical consumer product applications include appliances, sporting equipment, hand tools, and lawn and garden equipment. Process control applications include HVAC, liquid-level sensing, motor control, and vibration monitoring.
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 | DENSO intros new HSR high-speed 4-axis robot
The HSR four-axis SCARA robot from DENSO Robotics uses advanced vibration control; a newly designed, highly rigid lightweight arm; and improved heat dissipation in the base unit to achieve new levels of continuous high-speed performance and repeatability. What sets the HSR apart is that it can run at its maximum speed and maintain its highest repeatability without interruption, not just in short bursts. That translates into more cycles per minute, which in turn means higher throughput. This robot can be easily switched between floor- and ceiling-mount positions. Applications include high-speed, high-precision pick and place in assembly processes, as well as packaging processes in the food, medical device, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics sectors.
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 | Helical Products names HC Pacific as master distributor
Helical Products, a precision metal components company of MW Industries, has appointed HC Pacific as its master distribution partner for its standard HELI-CAL Flexure flexible coupling product line. Under the new partnership, HC Pacific will provide this state-of-the-art coupling solution for mechanical misalignment to the domestic marketplace, effective Oct. 1, 2017. The agreement will expand HC Pacific's existing portfolio of high-quality coupling solutions to customers in multiple vertical markets. In 1958, Helical invented the beam-style flexible shaft coupling.
Learn about HELI-CAL Flexure couplings.
Go to the HC Pacific site. |
 | Cool Tools: Proto Labs Protogami
Protogami's three-dimensional flexagons create a continual kaleidocycle that exposes a different set of triangular faces with each turn of its living hinges. It lets product designers and engineers see commonly used materials like ABS, PC, and acetal, and how they interact with different surface finishes.
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 | Wheels: Mercedes brings yacht style to the Maybach 6 Cabriolet concept
If Thurston Howell III dreamed of the far-distant future while shipwrecked on "Gilligan's Island," he probably imagined tooling around the mainland with Lovey in something like the yacht-inspired Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet concept. Recently displayed at Monterey Car Week in California, the 750-hp (550-kW) electric hard-top convertible is luxurious, pretentious, exaggerated, and a real head turner -- but it's full of clever and impressive design details too.
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 | Profiles: At 94 years old, the sky is the limit
At age 94, aeronautics engineer Karl Bergey, designer of one of the most enduring small planes, the Piper Cherokee, is not slowing down. Following a lifetime of innovation, Bergey is now focusing his energies on working with students to develop a plane that can beat a long-standing altitude record. By Trish Riley, SKF Evolution
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