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Before you specify a rotary ball spline, ask the question, “Should the rotary spline nut be riding on angular contact ball bearings or crossed roller bearings?” After ascertaining your application’s requirements – stroke length; velocity; applied load; mounting space; duty cycle; required life; dimensions; installation direction; environment and accuracy – you’re ready to factor in…

A small start-up is set to turn the market for hand prostheses on its head – with an innovative spirit, compact DC motors, and a touch function. Opening the door is only the first of many challenges. A human hand encloses the handle, depresses it, and moves flexibly. In comparison, an electromechanical hand prosthesis is…

Follow along with Opto 22’s Benson Hougland as he presents a live demonstration of the recently released groov RIO. groov RIO (GRV-R7-MM1001-10) is available now with all of the features and capabilities you’ve heard about. But it’s one thing to read about it and another thing to see it for yourself. Edge I/O revolutionizes remote I/O…

Canvas GFX Inc. has announced that specialist aerospace and defense manufacturer GlenDee/MGI has selected Canvas X3 technical illustration solution to drive measurable improvements in its manufacturing workflows. Canvas X3 allows users to import, manipulate, illustrate and annotate 3D models created in all leading CAD packages to create images for use in technical product documentation assets including…

COVID-19 and its effects on industrial events The era of social distancing has not been a good one for trade shows and conferences, including those that we attend across the design engineering, fluid power, R&D and related spaces. The big news earlier this Spring was Hannover Fair moving from its traditional April dates to mid-July.…

Assembly pins are certainly not a new invention, but JW Winco has once again been able to enhance fully developed parts according to the application and combine them with other standard securing parts Assembly pins are unspectacular, but essential construction elements. Winco has taken this universal standard part and further improved it. Stainless steel assembly…

The Internet of Things (IoT) has far reaching ramifications for industry in general and for precision molding in particular. While most analysis of the IoT is in respect of its positive influence on manufacturing processes, the growth in the IoT also opens up huge possibilities for micro-molding as there is increasing demand for new and…