EngineersCALC from Thomson Provides Easy Access to Commonly-needed Engineering Utilities on Your Mobile Device |
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Thomson Industries Inc.
2 Channel Drive
Port Washington NY, 11050
USA
Press release date: May 4, 2011
Free app quickly converts units of measure, calculates the inertia of common shapes, determines material density and looks up common trigonometrtic or calculus functions
WOOD DALE, IL - Thomson introduces EngineersCALC - a powerful and simple-to-use engineering calculator for mobile devices that provides ready access to four of the most common engineering utilities used by motion and machine design professionals.
With EngineersCALC, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android and Blackberry users can now convert a number from one set of units to another, calculate the inertia of a common shape, determine the density of a material in a particular unit, or look up a common trigonometric or calculus function. They can also quickly and easily save and share the calculations with built-in email and texting features.
"Thomson is not only committed to delivering best-in-class mechanical and electromechanical motion solutions to industry; we're also committed to providing robust and easy-to-use design tools such as EngineersCALC that help OEMs get the information they need, now, streamline their design cycle, and get a better machine to market faster," says Rob Gallagher, Thomson Marketing Communications Manager, Global. EngineersCALC is available as a free desktop computer application known as Engineer's Toolbar, which is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.0 operating systems. Thomson also has available a number of additional free machine design resources, including web-based application sizing and selection tools, attribute-based product selectors, and configurable 2D and 3D interactive models that are downloadable in all major CAD formats. About Thomson With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the industry's premier producer of Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case(TM) Shafting, ground and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes, Linear Systems, and related accessories. Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets. Thomson Industries, Inc. has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations around the world. Thomson, 1500 Mittel Boulevard, Wood Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax); Thomson@thomsonlinear.com; www.thomsonlinear.com.
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