High-quality switch components can enhance your design and reduce the likelihood of product failure. When considering a switch, it’s a good idea to verify materials and construction. You should also check for potential weaknesses or flaws that might cause failure. The components should deliver the best value for your end product. Honeywell’s MicroSwitch Basic Switch…
Bi-Directional Seals from Minnesota Rubber and Plastics
Bi-Directional seals handle opposing pressures while preventing leakage. Custom designs from Minnesota Rubber and Plastics are ideal for a wide range of fluid delivery applications including medical and dental devices. To make these seals work, Minnesota Rubber and Plastics designed a unique double-lip seal. The lip facing up contains downward fluid pressure. The lip facing…
Tapped Type, Straight Zinc Die-Cast Adjustable Levers with Push Button
J.W. Winco, Inc. announced it now offers series GN 304.1 Tapped Type, Straight Zinc Die-Cast Adjustable Levers with Push Button, with Stainless Steel Components in inch and metric sizes. These RoHS-compliant hand levers have a straight lever parallel to the clamping surface. For some applications this presents an advantage due to limits of space or…
PC/104 Hardware Mounting Kits from Keystone Electronics
Keystone Electronics offers a new series of Hardware Mounting Kits for PC/104 and PC104-Plus Bus Drives. The kits are ideal for limited space design/installation applications. Engineered to ease assembly of new modules and multi-board stacks, the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus kits may be used with any of the more than one hundred different PC/104 modules available…
Adjustable Two-Way Connector Mini-Clamps
J.W. Winco, Inc. now offers series GN 475 Adjustable Two-Way Connector Mini-Clamps in metric sizes. Mini-clamps are typically used to build support structures for mounting sensors, Plexiglas guards, or other elements. The clamping bores of these RoHS compliant mini-clamps are designed for GN 480.1 tubings. The two segments of the mounting can be twisted…
Drives Spread Seed Uniformly
Golf courses and farms need equipment that precisely seeds and fertilizes large expanses of ground. Otherwise, grass and crops grow unevenly or not at all. When equipment designers looked for an easy way to adjust application rates for seeding and fertilizing distribution, they found the Zero-Max adjustable speed drives as a reliable source. Zero-Max Adjustable…
Measuring Tiny Components
Qualitel uses the XTV-160 Electronics X-ray to build reliability into its products for aerospace, medical, commercial, and military customers. The system inspects parts during manufacturing to ensure product reliability and quality. Defective parts can result in accidents, product recalls, and other negative outcomes. The X-ray system can reveal defective parts that are too small to…
LDPE Finishing Plugs from MOCAP
MOCAP’s LDPE Finishing Plugs are designed to fit multiple tube gauges and feature heavy end walls for durability and abrasion resistance. These tubing plugs are ideal for office and patio furniture, tubular racks, appliances, display fixtures, exercise equipment or anywhere a finished look is needed. The plugs include multiple horizontal ribs designed with built-in flexibility…
Stainless Steel Indexing Plungers with Plate Mount from J.W. Winco
J.W. Winco, Inc. announced it now offers series GN 608.5 Stainless Steel Indexing Plungers with Plate Mount, non lock-out type, in metric sizes. The type of indexing plunger is used in applications that require surface mounting. Types with tapped hole or with threaded stud are offered. This series has been expanded with additional plunger pin…
Rogers to Exhibit BISCO Silicone Materials at Railway Interiors Show
The High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) will be exhibiting its BISCO® MF-1™ seating materials and its BISCO® L3 foams for use in railway flooring systems at the Railway Interiors show to be held in Cologne, Germany (Stand #9430) on November 15-17, 2011. Rogers’ lightweight, flame retardant BISCO MF-1 silicone materials are…
SPIROL Publishes New Corporate Brochure
SPIROL is a technical resource that provides high quality components that improve the quality of your assembly, extend the life of your products and reduce your manufacturing costs. SPIROL possesses unparalleled Application Engineering knowledge and a vast product offering. Through partnering with companies in the design stage, they help design not only the engineered component…
CAD Delivers Breadth of Tools
SolidWorks launched its SolidWorks 2012 at a media event in Boston as Hurricane Irene blasted through New England. The newest version of the software boasts more than 200 enhancements. According to the company, 90% of the new features were prioritized by SolidWorks users. Automated design costing integrated with your design can help keep you on…
Stow-and-go for Space Travel
Man-made satellites have to fit into a compact package. Briefly protected inside a rocket while blasted through the atmosphere, a satellite is launched into orbit to continue its unmanned mission alone. It uses gyroscopes, altitude thrusters, and magnets to regulate sun exposure and stay pointed in the right direction. Once stable, the satellite depends on…
J.W. Winco Offers Conical Vibration Isolation Mounts
J.W. Winco, Inc. announced it now offers series GN 353 Vibration/Shock Absorption Mounts in metric sizes. Also known as shock absorbing mounts, vibration mounts, anti-vibration mounts, vibration bobbins or rubber bumpers, these RoHS compliant components are frequently used as end-stop bumpers, e.g., for conveyor trolleys. Vibration absorption mounts absorb most of the accumulated kinetic energy…
Software Combo Helps Design Teams Work Simultaneously
Kliklok-Woodman is a leading designer of food-packaging equipment and has customers in the bakery, snack food, confectionery, and frozen and prepared food industries. The company developed a packaging machine called the CELOX Endloader Cartoner. It sits at the end of a production line and fills cartons with packaged foods and then seals them. Motion Analyzer…
2-56 Wire Thread Inserts from Spiralock
For secure locking and reusability with no tangs to remove, Spiralock introduces its new 2-56 Drive Notch™ (DN™) tang-free Wire Thread Insert. The Spiralock 2-56 DN insert represents a tremendous engineering achievement, overcoming the difficulties encountered when forming the wire and coiling to produce such a small size Spiralock insert. Engineers and designers now have…
Rogers to Display High-Performance Circuit Materials and Thermal Solutions at 2011 IMAPS
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will offer both packaging and thermal management solutions at the 2011 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Conference and Exhibition in the Long Beach Convention Center, October 11-13, 2011. Rogers will be exhibiting high-performance circuit materials as well as thermal management materials at this year’s IMAPS Exhibition. Visitors can stop by Booth…
Rogers to Exhibit Seating and Flooring Materials at APTA
The High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) will be exhibiting its BISCO® MF-1™ seating materials and BISCO® L3 foams for use in rail transport flooring systems at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) show to be held in New Orleans, LA, (Booth #5254), on October 3-5, 2011. Visitors to the Rogers booth…
High Performance Modeling Helps Robot Take a Step
A project using MapleSIM modeling software at the University of Manchester is helping to perfect the process of humanoid walking in robots. MapleSIM is a physical modeling and simulation tool built on a foundation of symbolic computation technology. It handles all of the complex mathematics involved in the development of engineering models, including multi-domain systems,…
RTT and Critical Mass Team Up for Van Visualizer Online Configurator Tool
RTT USA, Inc. (RTT) and Critical Mass recently completed an industry first for Nissan Commercial Vehicles – an online configurator tool called the Van Visualizer. The Van Visualizer – a collaborative effort between RTT, Critical Mass, Adrian Steel and Original Wraps – enables Nissan Commercial Vehicle shoppers to design and customize their ideal van with…
Rogers Corporation to Highlight Material Solutions at Midwest and PCB West Shows
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will display a sampling of its wide array of electronic printed-circuit-board (PCB) material solutions at the upcoming IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition, September 21-22, in the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL (Booth #219). One week later they will be exhibiting at the PCB West Conference & Exhibition, September…
Square Spring Latches from J.W. Winco
J.W. Winco, Inc. announced it offers series GN 722.2 Square Spring Latches with Flange for Surface Mounting. These spring latches are designed for use in applications where less precise positioning/locking is required. The dimensional tolerances are therefore chosen for cost-effective production, while insuring that functional safety is guaranteed when exposed to dirty or dusty environments.…
Stud Type Steel Base Leveling Mounts from J.W. Winco
J.W. Winco, Inc. announced it offers series GN 343.2 Stud Type Steel Base Leveling Mounts with or without Plastic or Rubber Cap, in metric sizes. These RoHS compliant leveling feet have a base and threaded stud of zinc plated, blue passivated steel. They are available with no cap (pad), or with a cap of white…
Geometric to Showcase Reduction in Programming Time with CAMWorks® 2011 at EMO 2011
Geometric announced that it will showcase its fully automatic CNC programming system, CAMWorks® 2011 (www.camworks.com), at Booth #K16, Hall 25, at EMO Hannover, from September 19 to 24, 2011 at Exhibition Grounds, 30521, Hannover, Germany. CAMWorks 2011 automates the CNC programming process, reduces the programming time by as much as 90 percent, and allows designing…
CAD and PDM Combo Facilitate Success
Swiss-based icotec AG developed industrial applications for a composite flow molding method using a fiber composite made of high-tech plastics that is strengthened with more than 50% carbon fibers. Highly resilient products can be made from it. They are corrosive-free, can be electrical and thermal isolating, and do not cause signal errors. These properties are…