Design World Magazine and online network www.designworldonline.com announce the winners of their 2010 Leadership in Engineering Program. Leadership in Engineering is an industry recognition program to acknowledge engineering leadership across several disciplines. Winners for the Fourth Annual Program were chosen by Design World online users via a registration based online voting system. The following companies…
Lee Spring Issues Mid-year 2010 Stock and Custom Catalog
Brooklyn NY – Lee Spring has issued a Midyear Edition of its 2010 Stock and Custom Catalog, including the two innovative product lines first introduced in January 2010. LeeP™ Plastic Composite Springs now feature even stronger spring rates while continuing to meet a wide range of applications where non-corroding, non-metallic, inert materials are preferred. Bantam™…
Pneumatic Angular Grippers from Omega
DCT Series Pneumatic Grippers are angular grippers with a 180° jaw opening allowing complete release of a directly fed part. Gripper forces ranges from 32 N (7.5 lbs) to 112 N (25 lbs). These pneumatic grippers are compact and designed for confined spaces. Harsh Environments are no problem for this gripper due to the shielding…
Tripod Support Bases from J. W. Winco
NEW BERLIN, WI — J. W. Winco, Inc. announced it now offers AN 100 series Tripod Support Bases. These RoHS-compliant bases are compatible with both inch and metric components. The support base is black reinforced polyamide. The threaded bushings for leveling feet are nickel-plated brass, and the fasteners are stainless steel. The tripod support bases…
New Fastener Helps Prevent Engine Failures
For many years, engine manufacturers experienced major production set backs due to the failure of exhaust manifold joints. These components were typically subject to severe vibration, joint fatigue, and temperature extremes. When turbo mounting nuts shake loose and fall off, the engine fails and that leads to a range of major headaches. Cummins Inc. found…
Reid Supply Adds 8,000 Packaging and Shipping Products
Muskegon, MI – Reid Supply Company announced the launch of more than 8,000 packaging and shipping products to its tens-of-thousands of industrial products inventory. “It was a common sense decision to offer our customers packaging and shipping supplies,” says Greg Palmer, Director of Marketing at Reid Supply. “Our customers ship their products all over the…
SCHUNK Expands DPGplus Series of Sealed Two-Finger Parallel Gripper
The DPGplus series of sealed 2-finger parallel grippers has been extended with sizes 240 and 300. The pneumatic drive with oval pistons and the multi-tooth guides ensure the user precise and reliable gripping. This ensures a high level of machine up time and high returns from your production and assembly applications. The DPGplus sealed 2-finger…
Lee Spring Grows Catalog by Going Smaller
Brooklyn NY — The world is shrinking every day and so are the size requirements for springs. Lee once again listens and responds with stock spring solutions designed to solve customers’ growing requirements for smaller sizes. Lee Spring introduces Bantam Mini Compression Springs, adds smaller diameters to their REDUX™ Wave Spring line and expands their…
Trelleborg Releases New Perfluoroelastomer
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches Isolast® J9876, a new perfluoroelastomer that gives the most comprehensive media resistance at elevated temperatures of any perfluoroelastomer on the market. Seals in this material give extended life in aggressive high-temperature environments and an optimized cost to performance ratio, meaning the compound can be specified over a wide range of applications.…
Design World User Community Recognizes ‘Leadership in Engineering’ Winners
Design World Magazine and online network www.designworldonline.com today announced the winners of the 2009 Leadership in Engineering program. Leadership in Engineering is an industry recognition program to acknowledge engineering leadership across several disciplines. Winners were chosen by Design World online users via a registration based online voting system. Design World recognizes the following companies by…