New Mechanical Components and Assemblies Products

Cartesian Motion System features modular design.

Providing building-block style modular design, camoLINE System includes electromechanical and pneumatic axes, bolt-together connection technology, and aluminum structural framing. Users can locate holes as needed and select from pneumatic, ball screw, and belt-drive actuators. Customers can also choose among servomotors, side drives with timing belts, or planetary gears to complement design...

Bearing System suits planetary wind turbine gearboxes.

Based on single-row cylindrical roller bearings of RN range, Modular Bearing System features one-piece solid brass cage, which is guided by inner ring, and includes grooves for endoscopic inspection of inner raceways. To conform to individual load and design parameters of specific gearbox, bearings can be assembled in sets of 2, 3, or 4. Each bearing set includes components required to secure...

Encourage Employees to Take Earplugs Home

Smithfield, RI - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to provide hearing protection for workers exposed to hazardous noise. Best practice has shown that providing a good variety of hearing protectors improves compliance. But smart employers will also encourage employees to take hearing protectors home, says Howard Leight's Theresa Y. Schulz, PhD. Noise...

Nordfab Ducting Improves Clamp with New Overlap Design

Thomasville, N.C. - Nordfab Ducting, the originator of clamp-together ducting, has introduced its new, tighter-fitting Quick-Seal Clamp. The innovative overlap design creates downward pressure on all 360 degrees of the seal. This uniform force creates an even tighter seal, especially for low positive-pressure systems. Tighter seals provide greater savings, says Tom Ballus, Nordfab division...

Key Elements to Designing Sound Enclosures

Download our guide to learn about the crucial factors in designing effective sound enclosures.

Low Cost Bearings for High-speed Scanning

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - January 29, 2009 - Imaging Business Machines LLC (IBML) uses iglide-® polymer plain bearings in its line of intelligent document-scanning platforms. The low-cost, self-lubricating bushings withstand the paper dust created by the scanners and the six-day, 24-hour operation schedules frequently demanded of them. IBML's main goal is to ensure organizations-such as financial...

Hannay Reels to Exhibit at Aviation Industry Expo 2009

WESTERLO, NY, January 30, 2009 - Hannay Reels today announced that it will exhibit at the Aviation Industry Expo, March 10-12, 2009, at booth number 348 in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The company offers a variety of hose and cable reels specifically designed for the aviation industry, including ground support applications like refueling, airport hydrant fueling, grounding...

Measure Your Materials Yield Value in a Snap with Brookfield's Redesigned YR-1 Rheometer

Middleboro, MA - Brookfield Engineering celebrates it's 75th Anniversary by introducing a new look for the increasingly popular YR-1 Rheometer, the low-cost instrument specifically designed to measure yield stress in fluids and semi-solids. Brookfield's revolutionary YR-1 Rheometer gives you the ability to measure your materials Yield Value in a snap! Simply select a test, lower the vane spindle...

Flexible Couplings feature parallel misalignment capability.

Available with inch and metric bores and outside diameters from .250-2.000 in., SB5 Series and SB10 Series each have 5 and 10 sets of straight cuts, providing parallel misalignment capabilities. Couplings also accommodate angular misalignment, axial motion, and any combination of 3 types of misalignment. Clamp style, flexible straight beam couplings offer dynamic balancing, due to configuration...

PEEK Drawn Fiber offers abrasion and corrosion resistance.

Available in strands ranging from .003-.040 in., PEEK Drawn Fiber comes in natural, black, red, green, yellow, blue, orange, and violet to meet specific industry requirements for braiding identification. Woven braiding creates sleeve that can be placed over existing wire assemblies to guard against chaffing. Able to perform in temperatures up to 480Ã-

Bushing Material helps protect pumps and prolong pump life.

Used in manufacture of pump bushings and other critical-wear parts, GRAPHLON GM 860Ã-® polymer/graphite-based material provides abrasion resistance in harsh environments. It has been developed specifically for sump pumps and river water service pumps where abrasives are present. Material also handles limited run dry requirement of these applications.

Solder Redefined

Indium Corporation has developed a new twist on traditional solder by developing a composite with a reinforced matrix internal structure. The result is a solder with increased strength and reliability. Check out this video to learn more about the mechanics behind the groundbreaking technology.