Smaller, lighter, and thinner electronic devices and their inherently restrictive design envelopes present several challenges on the road to their assembly and manufacture. Hardware for component attachment must perform reliably, despite the shrinking and limited footprints for fastener placement and installation. In addition, designers face reduced parts counts for weight savings and production economies. An entirely…
New Parts and Engineering Catalog
Smalley Steel Ring Company announces the launch of a new Parts and Engineering Catalog. The new catalog combines previously existing Spirolox Retaining Ring and Wave Spring series with newly released series including Hoopster Retaining Rings, Constant Section Rings, Metric Wave Springs and Small Series Wave Springs. Smalley is pleased to offer the new catalog to…
BKS Series Welded Bellows Couplings from R+W
R+W America’s BKS series of stainless steel, welded bellows couplings are up to 1/3 shorter in length, reducing moment of inertia and saving space. Manufactured in Germany, the BKS makes use of 1.4301 (304) stainless steel hubs, precision machined to a high level of concentricity. Laser welded while mounted onto a common shaft to guarantee…
Why Choose Adhesives Over Traditional Fasteners?
This webinar discusses the latest advances in structural adhesives for a range of design, manufacturing, and assembly applications. It includes an evaluation of fastening technologies, such as “instant” assembly methods using thermal joining, mechanical fastening, and tapes, as well as the benefits of new structural liquid adhesives. It offers insight into the role of the…
Seals take the shock out of cycling
When A-Pro Tech Co. Ltd., a Taiwanese company that specializes in high-end shock absorbers for bikes, had a leakage problem with rear shock absorbers, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions provided an answer with a configuration of specialized seals including a piston ring in Turcon®, a proprietary PTFE based sealing material, and U-Cup in Zurcon®, a proprietary Polyurethane…
Novel Design Lets You Customize Connectors
According to Harting, you would like to see the following features on connectors: –a simple locking mechanism that you can engage with a screw driver–a configurable design that lets you determine the potentials–a design that makes pulling cable through easier –a shape that enables your hand to reach through tight spaces and still grab the…
A New First, Springs Made from Molded Plastic Resin
Lee Spring, a leading global manufacturer of mechanical springs since 1918, introduces LeeP™ plastic composite springs, which are molded from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* resin. These springs are among the first springs made with engineered plastic, which gives them several advantages over traditional metal alloy springs. Ultem resin gives the new springs a range of…
Structural adhesive bonds metal
Every material has an ideally suited adhesive; some are easier to find that others. A new adhesive for metals has just been introduced. The Plexus Metal Bonder™ Adhesives deliver a unique combination of strength, fatigue endurance, impact resistance, and toughness on metals and other substrates including stainless steel, aluminum, thermoplastics, and composites. These two-part methacrylate…
Elastomer ensures smooth operation
Endoscopic surgical instrument insertion and retraction through a seal must feel smooth and easy. The more the material “grabs” and adheres to the shaft of the instrument, the more force it will take to manipulate the instrument (not something you want to experience even if you are under anesthesia). A new process, known as F-treat,…
A tool to help in specifying seals
A tool to help in specifying seals To make the selection of the correct seal for an application easier, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has developed The Sealing Solutions Configurator. You can store the configurations in a project area that can be opened and reworked afterwards. Once a project is stored you have access to additional services…