By Paul Heney, Editorial Director An engineering firm that designs seals for wind turbine bearings used finite-element analysis software to simulate the performance of a seal or gasket and then an optimizing package to runs through hundreds of design and material possibilities to find a best fit for a wind turbine’s wide operating range. “Reliable…
Strategic Planning Can Drive Sustainability
By Paul J. Heney, Editorial Director How does a company sustain itself in a green fashion through decades of changing business demands? According to Dr. Ted Duclos, VP and general manager of the Global Fluid Power Div. of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, this complex question has what amounts to a clear answer. Duclos, who spoke recently…
Fastening Clamp is Smaller, More Forceful, Economical
Edited by Paul J. Heney, Editorial Director Creative thinking in the field of kinetics has led to the development of a new fastening clamp. It is well suited to applications involving assembly, verification, handling—and welding in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive and automation. The fastening clamp line, offered by J.W. Winco Inc., has…
Robotic Designs Look to Nature for Inspiration
Reprint Info >> If there are no new ideas, why not look to the oldest idea generator around — evolution. The concept of using nature as inspiration for mechanical design has been around for a long time. What young engineer hasn’t heard the story of George de Mestral, the Swiss electrical engineer who invented Velcro?…
ANSI/ISA Single Seal Compliance for ControlAir Transducer
ControlAir, Inc. has announced its compliance to ANSI/ISA 12.27.01-2003 for their Type-950XP Explosion-proof I/P Transducer for use with natural gas. ANSI/ISA – 12.27.01-2003 provides specific requirements for process sealing between electrical systems and flammable or combustible process fluids where a failure could allow the migration of process fluids directly into the electrical system. Tested by…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches updated iPhone App
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched an updated version of the recently released iPhone app “ISO Fits & Tolerances” that allows switching between inch and metric measurements. Providing results based on the ISO 286 System of Limits and Fits, the updated version also adds additional tolerance classes and is available in English, Spanish, German and Dutch.…
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