Star washers are a specific type of washer designed to increase locking force by resisting torque applied by the nut, preventing it from unscrewing or separating. Featuring either internal or external tabs, star washers offer greater application suitability including non-standard star washers in a wide variety of materials and sizes to suit virtually any application…
Rugged Insulated Mounting Pillars
Transipillars, short for transitional pillars, provide a durable insulated spacer system for board-to-board stacking or board-to-chassis mounting. Made of studs and inserts molded in a nylon body, the combination of various lengths and metric thread sizes provides an extensive array of spacing options. The studs are available in stud/stud; stud/insert; or insert/insert configures with cylindrical…
Pentair Technical Products Launches Excelerate
Pentair Technical Products introduces Excelerate, a new way of doing business with the industry-leading enclosure solutions provider, Hoffman™. Hoffman offers customers the broadest choice set in product solutions and industry-leading service, including increased access, effective tools and faster turnaround to meet customers’ project requirements. Excelerate is an end-to-end engagement with customers, making it easy…
Custom Shims for Diverse Industry Applications from Boker’s
Boker’s, Inc. announces its extensive offering of shims, in a variety of sizes and materials to meet diverse industry needs. Used to achieve precise spacing or fill space between mismatched components, shims are a critical component to a variety of assembly operations and applications. For ideal performance and suitability, shims can be custom manufactured…
Chemically Resistant, Optically Clear Adhesive Cures with UV Light
Without containing any solvents or diluents and developed for demanding bonding, coating, and sealing applications, UV15-7 has fast cure rates ranging from 5 seconds to 3 minutes upon exposure to a UV light source. Producing non-yellowing, tough and durable bonds, it adheres to a variety of substrates including glass, metals, plastics, polycarbonates and polymer films…
Floor Mounted and Freestanding Stainless Steel Enclosures
Hammond Manufacturing offers a number of versions of floor mounted and freestanding stainless steel enclosures designed to house electrical, electronic, hydraulic or pneumatic controls and instruments. The units will typically be installed in oil and gas facilities, water treatment plants, food manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical production and other industries where equipment may be hosed down or…
Stainless Steel Lifting Eyes from J.W. Winco
J.W. Winco, Inc. now offers series DIN 582-NI Stainless Steel Lifting Eyes with tapped thru hole, in metric sizes. These metric sized, RoHS compliant lifting eyes are manufactured with the contact face machined to allow for firm contact with the mating surface. The stainless steel material and one piece design makes these components suitable for…
Tough Epoxies That Go “Soft”
By Robert Michaels, Vice-President of Technical Sales, Master Bond Reprint Info >> The chief shortcoming of epoxy compounds is that they can be too rigid for use in some applications. Ductile adhesives, on the other hand, can better absorb the stresses caused by thermal expansion differences between the two substrates. Toughened epoxies feature crucial performance…
Steel Clamp Mounts for Toggle Clamps from J.W. Winco
J.W. Winco, Inc. now offers series GN 809 Steel Clamp Mounts for Toggle Clamps. These metric sized, RoHS-compliant clamp mounts were designed for use with toggle clamps that have a solid clamping arm. The clamp mount can be moved along the clamping arm and be adjusted in height. Once the desired position is reached,…
Design Considerations for Choosing Between Machined and Wire Wound Springs
Machined springs offer several benefits not available with wire wound springs, such as integrating multiple features into one piece. Gary Boehm will cover the differences between machined and wire wound springs, features and benefits, as well as application tips, including tips for using them in torsion and wrap spring clutch applications. You will learn the…