Literature, guides, catalogs, and other great free stuff

Automation for medical device manufacturing

Aerotech is now offering its completely updated and redesigned brochure titled Automation Solutions for Laser Processing, Medical Device Manufacturing, and Life Sciences. The brochure features the latest advanced systems and components used in laser processing and medical applications, including the LaserTurn 1, 2, and 5, as well as systems for laser cutting, welding, ablation, and marking. Included is an expanded line of motion systems and components specifically designed for the medical industry: stent, guidewire, catheter, cannulae, hypotube, and endoscope manufacturing; hermetic seam welding; IOL and contact lens manufacturing; DNA and proteomics research; and much more.

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Aerotech

Flexboard bendable substrate

Kerfkore Company, a manufacturer of patented bendable substrates and panel products, just released new literature on its Flexboard, a bendable substrate with a hardboard face that can be formed first and laminated last.

Flexboard is a low-cost alternative to bending plywood for radius fabrication that provides 10-in. radius fabrication quickly and easily with no sanding, patching, multiple layers, special installation, or odor. Flexboard reduces cost, scrap, and weight and can be used for radius applications as vast as one’s imagination. It can be bent and attached to a ribbed frame easily with staples and nails. Email info@kerfkore.com.

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Kerfkore Company

New vibration isolation solutions

Technical Manufacturing Corporation’s (TMC) comprehensive 2008 General Catalog presents its versatile line of precision vibration isolation systems including its most recent offerings in PZT technology. The catalog details the company’s many standard products and their recommended applications.

Featured is the STACIS 2100 active piezoelectric vibration cancellation system, the industry standard for the most sensitive instruments in noisy environments. Among the new introductions are breakthrough products such as Electro-Damp PZT, a low-cost, compact, piezoelectric active isolator designed to be mounted inside precision semiconductor tools; and TableTop PZT and FloorPlatform PZT, versions of Electro-Damp PZT configured for bench-top and floor-mounted instruments.

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TMC

High-performance APTIV films

A new 12-page technical brochure from Victrex demonstrates how its Victrex APTIV films provide a material solution for engineers and designers in high-performance applications. APTIV films, based on VICTREX PEEK polymer, offer performance and versatility to meet the growing demands for reduced systems cost and improved product performance, including durability, reliability, miniaturization, and increased functionality faced by manufacturers across the globe.

The brochure details APTIV films’ unique combination of properties including high-temperature performance, mechanical strength, chemical resistance, electrical insulation, wear and abrasion resistance, and low moisture absorption. Highlighted are key advantages of APTIV films including tight thickness tolerances, wide film widths up to 1.5 m, and a broad thickness range from 6 to 750 microns.

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Victrex

Sensors for the mobile marketplace

MTS Systems Corp., Sensors Division has expanded its portfolio of sensors designed specifically for the mobile marketplace. The M-series portfolio of products was designed from the ground up with the mobile marketplace in mind. Each sensor is designed to be fully embedded into a hydraulic cylinder and provide reliable and repeatable position feedback for the location of the cylinder.

To facilitate specification of the MH sensors, a product selector guide has been developed that features the entire mobile hydraulics line of Temponsonics sensors. MTS' durable, non-contact mobile sensors provide reliable operation under the most difficult conditions including high levels of shock and vibration, adverse climatic conditions, and electrical magnetic interference. This makes them ideal solutions for many industries including agriculture, construction, open cast mining, material handling, municipal vehicles, military, and other off-road and on-road applications.

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MTS Systems Corp.

New 2008 Dynamic Test Handbook

Endevco, the leader in sensing solutions for demanding shock, vibration, and pressure applications, has announced publication of its new 2008 Dynamic Test Handbook. This handy volume provides a convenient and complete reference for a wide range of commonly used data to assist in effective and efficient testing operations.

The Endevco Dynamic Test Handbook has been a must-have reference in the measurement industry for over 30 years. It has now been revised and reprinted by popular demand. Sections include: conversion factors, mathematical constants and relationships, dynamic measurements, electric circuit formulas, signal conditioning, and environment factors.

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Endevco

Drilling, milling, punching, and laser beam perforation

Andritz, Inc. is offering a new four-color brochure on their PerfTec drilling, milling, punching, and laser beam perforation services, and ConiPerf perforated plates in a wide range of standard size slot opening widths and lengths.

The brochure provides detailed information on the company's industry-leading, single-source capabilities inclusive of its wide choice of raw material substrates (chrome-nickel steel, unalloyed steel, Hastelloy, Inconel, aluminum, copper, brass, titanium, and many others); material thicknesses (from 0.20 mm to 200 mm and hole sizes from 20 mm and larger) depending upon material; burr and ridge-free surfaces, different hole cross sections and precise slot widths; welding, electro polishing, rounding, edging, rolling, grinding, and surface hardening services; and complete component construction of flat plates or rounded cylinders, cones, and screens — ready for installation.

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Andritz, Inc.

Precision dispensers and metering pumps

The catalog includes the NEW VMP Series of programmable variable displacement dispensing and metering systems. Program and store up to 100 combinations of all dispense control parameters including piston displacement, flow rate, rpm, forward, reverse, quick-prime, and suck back. The New TSI Touch Screen Interface adds intuitive programming of up to 16 pumps simultaneously.

FMI Pumps feature the patented CeramPump valveless piston design, having only one moving part and a ceramic and fluorocarbon fluid path they are capable of dispensing from 2 µl per dispense up to 4,600 ml/min continuous metering with pressures up to 100 psig at an accuracy of 1% or better.

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FMI

Machine and process safeguarding

Omron Scientific Technologies introduces the 2008-2009 Product Selection Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. This new guide combines all of Omron STI’s machine and process safeguarding technologies into a single publication for the first time ever, and includes all the latest essential information on their most popular safety products. Each product page includes a “SpeedSpec” number that can be inserted into any Omron STI webpage for instant access to all the available information for a given product, including manuals, dimensional drawings, and product approvals. SpeedSpec also enables users to quickly and easily request a quote online.

Featured safety technologies include laser scanners, perimeter access guards, light curtains, contact strips and edges, mats and area guards, interlock switches, monitoring relays, two-hand control, enabling switches, process safeguards, hydraulic press brake safeguards, safeguards for cutting and turning machines, disconnect switches, motor starters, controls and accessories, and awareness signs.

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Omron STI

Complete motion control catalog

Introducing the new complete motion control catalog from alpha & WITTENSTEIN. Easy to use and navigate, this catalog includes the latest technical data, application examples, and overview of the WITTENSTEIN corporate family. Replacing alpha’s previous system of blue binders and single-product loose catalogs, this new catalog gives customers and partners better access to WITTENSTEIN’s entire industrial solution portfolio.

You can download the new catalog using the company link provided.

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alpha & WITTENSTEIN

CeraDiodes for ESD protection

The new EPCOS data book CeraDiode for ESD Protection 2008 presents ceramic semiconductor components optimized for ESD protection of data, audio, and video lines, as well as for ICs and I/O ports in electronic devices.

EPCOS CeraDiodes are cost-effective alternatives to semiconductor protection devices, such as Zener and TVS diodes. In many cases, the CeraDiode is a 1:1 replacement in fit, form, and function. CeraDiodes have a nonlinear voltage/current characteristic for effectively suppressing extremely fast voltage transients and offer superior parametric stability over the complete operation range of -40°C to 85°C. As bidirectional devices, a single CeraDiode connected from a signal/data line to ground routes both positive and negative ESD transitions safely to the ground plane. This eliminates the need to route ESD charges into the power plane, which can damage nearby integrated circuits.

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EPCOS

Full line catalog of interconnect solutions

Samtec has released its F-208 Full Line Catalog newly optimized to show applications, specifications, and ordering information for Micro Board-to-Board, High-Speed Cable Assembly, Panel & I/O, Power, Rugged, and Custom High-Speed transmission line interconnect solutions.

Q Rate high-speed connector strips lead off the list of new products by combining the features of Samtec’s first- and second-generation Q Series with the benefits of Edge Rate signal integrity optimized contacts. Other significant new products include a line of mid-data rate flex circuit data links, IsoRate isolated transmission line RF jacks and plugs, and Samtec’s patent-pending PowerPoser interposer products for Altera and Xilinx FPGA devices.

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Samtec

High-precision servo and safety couplings

GAM’s complete line of bellows couplings, elastomer couplings, direct-drive safety couplings, and indirect-drive safety couplings is featured in a new full-color 36-page catalog available now. An easy-to-follow product selection chart guides users through bore and torque ranges, hub style, bellow connection method, and other major features for each series in the product line.

Select couplings offer several unique features. GAM’s patented EASY Clamp System prevents damage to hubs and allows easy shaft mounting/dismounting while compensating for tolerance differences between shaft and hub. The brass wire press-fit connection is mechanically formed between hub and multi-layered bellow for zero backlash. No glue ensures the brass wire press-fit connection in high-temperature and/or chemical sensitive applications. The micro plasma weld connection offers even heat distribution, which results in a long-lasting connection between hub and bellow.

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GAM

Water jet accessories

NLB Corp. has introduced a new water jet accessory catalog and updated on-line quoting system that makes it easy to find the right accessory for an application. The printed catalog, 40% bigger than the previous edition, is available at no charge from NLB. An on-line version is posted on the company's website, which also features an updated RFQ section.

Among the new accessories are field-repairable lances and rotating nozzles rated up to 40,000 psi, rotary hose devices, and 3D tank-cleaning heads. The catalog also has a greatly expanded section for couplings and fittings, a variety of application photos and hook-up drawings, and all necessary specifications and ordering information. A comprehensive reference section includes nozzle flow charts, thrust and pressure drop tables, and English/metric conversions.

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NLB Corp.

Precision linear actuators

A new brochure from Physik Instrumente presents a variety of sub-micron to sub-nanometer precise compact actuators, featuring novel ceramic piezo motors as well as classical motors. Systems range from pen-tip-size ceramic actuators for high-volume optics and medical applications to high-force non-magnetic ceramic actuators for ultra-precision vacuum applications.

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Physik Instrumente

Brochure describes self-locking nut products

The Aerospace Fastener Group of SPS Technologies, a leading manufacturer of high-strength fasteners and precision components since 1903, has published an 84-page catalog describing the company's line of slotted inch and metric hex locknuts for use in aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications.

Designated FLEXLOC Self-locking Nuts, this catalog provides information that will be of special interest to designers and engineers. Offering a quick selector guide, product drawings, size information, and axial strength by lb-min, this catalog also includes a chart illustrating the typical tightening torques for using FLEXLOC nuts on both cadmium-plated and unplated bolts.

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SPS

Linear motion control

LEE LINEAR, a manufacturer of world-class linear motion components, has completed a new product catalog. In keeping with LEE’s commitment to quality customer service, the new product catalog offers ease-of-use in a clear and concise format.

With nearly 30 products offered within its pages, the LEE LINEAR catalog has been expanded and updated to include important information, such as technical specifications, ordering instructions, and cross reference guides. The LEE LINEAR catalog spotlights their products which are manufactured on-site, including: Shafting, Shaft Supports, Shaft Rail Assemblies, Linear Ball Bearings, Shaft and Rail Systems, Slide Systems, and Accessories.

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LEE LINEAR

Level, flow, and pressure sensors

Gems Sensors & Controls has released a new 12-page Product Overview Brochure showcasing their family of level, flow, and pressure sensors, and valves and relay controls.

The brochure contains a quick overview of Gems broad portfolio of products such as high-performance sputtered thin-film and chemical vapor deposition pressure transducers and transmitters, pressure switches, solid-state electro-optic level switches, specialty side-mount level switches, rugged ultrasonic level sensors, continuous level transmitters, external SureSite level indicators, non-intrusive ExOsense level sensors, and piston-, paddle-, shuttle-, and solid-state-type flow switches. For control functions, the brochure highlights the broad variety of Gems miniature and subminiature solenoid valves, including specialty cryogenic and isolation types for high purity or aggressive fluids.

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Gems Sensors & Controls

Global testing and inspection services

TÜVRheinland has released a Testing & Assessment Services catalog for manufacturers planning to launch their products across the globe. The catalog details the company’s testing services (e.g., EMC and Wi-Fi), product types (e.g., fuel cells and telecom), product approval schemes (e.g., Bluetooth and CB Scheme), service approval schemes (e.g., AS9100 and ISO 13485), and available certification marks (e.g., SEMI S2 and CE).

A free copy of TÜVRheinland’s Testing & Assessment Services catalog can be ordered by using the link below.

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TÜVRheinland

Flight sim, ULV control, and so much more

United Electronic Industries (UEI) is pleased to announce the release of their new Volume 8 catalog. The free catalog is 40% larger than the previous volume, and introduces several important new products including the new RACKtangle 12-slot, Ethernet I/O Chassis, UEISIM Simulink/RTW Target, and several new I/O boards for both RACKtangle and “Cube” chassis. The new catalog also includes two pages covering several diverse product application briefs such as flight simulators, structural testing, and unmanned land vehicle (ULV) control.

A free copy of the catalog is available in downloadable PDF format, and/or a hard copy may be requested, by visiting the company link provided.

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UEI

Answers to commonly asked intrinsic safety questions

Pepperl+Fuchs has made available its Intrinsic Safety Specification Guide. This easy-to-read and fully illustrated manual is loaded with information on successfully installing, using, maintaining, and repairing intrinsic safety systems. The guide also contains product specifications for Pepperl+Fuchs’ modular K-System intrinsic safety components that provide reliable signal transfer protection between field devices and control systems.

The guide can be downloaded in PDF format using the following company link.

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Pepperl+Fuchs

40+ ideas for T-slotted aluminum framing

80/20 announces the availability of their new, free idea book, “Made with 80/20 Stuff.” The pocket-size book is chock full of application ideas (more than 40 if you couldn’t figure that out) that clearly illustrate just some of the many creative solutions possible when you build with 80/20’s T-slotted aluminum framing system.

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80/20

Home appliance sealants and lubricants

Dow Corning has issued “Dow Corning and Molykote Solutions for Home Appliances,” a six-page guide to sealants and lubricants for the home appliance market. Dow Corning brand sealants feature stability over a wide temperature range, weather resistance, chemical stability, good bond strength, electrical properties, and low flammability.

Molykote brand lubricants, specialty greases, pastes, anti-friction coatings, and semi-dry lubricants for appliances perform optimally in high pressure and extreme temperature situations on a variety of substrates.

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DowCorning

Electronic components for automotive applications

EPCOS has published three new application guides featuring the company’s extensive line of electronic components for automotive applications:

Electronic Components for Automotive Powertrain Applications presents the EPCOS line products offering a wide range of operating temperatures, high shock resistance and vibration strength, high reliability, and long-term stability.
Electronic Components for Automotive Safety Applications presents one of the broadest product portfolios for demanding safety applications, such as ABS, SRS, ESP, TPMS, and others.
Electronic Components for Automotive Convenience Applications presents EPCOS components that enable comfort and convenience in areas such as automatic seat and mirror settings and multiple-zone air-conditioning systems.

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EPCOS

Timing belt catalog

The new PowerGrip TruMotion Timing Belt Catalog D155 features polymer-free nylon tooth facing for clean-running performance. The new durable facing provides reduced dust, long belt life, and reduced noise levels. The catalog spotlights 748 inch and metric timing belts that feature MXL, XL, L, and GT2 profiles. They offer outstanding performance and enhanced capacity through full tooth-to-pulley contact.

The cream-colored polymer compound body can withstand an extreme range of both high and low temperatures ranging from -40°F to +220°F. The fiberglass tensile cords ensure resistance to elongation and a high flex life. They are RoHS compliant. Applications include ATMs, cash registers, money counting machines, coin sorting, lottery and betting equipment, copiers, fax machines, printers, plotters, and medical equipment.

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SDP/SI

Custom, value-engineered pumping systems

The new full-color literature from NECO Equipment Company describes the company's line of custom, value-engineered pumping systems for commercial markets including apartment buildings/lofts, schools, hospitals, hotels, churches, and office buildings.

Engineered and sized to meet exacting design specifications, these skid-mounted systems incorporate only the finest brand-name pumps, valves, controls, and piping accessories to assure long, reliable service life under the harshest operating conditions. And because systems are factory assembled, fully tested, and electronically certified prior to shipment, they arrive at the job site ready for trouble-free start-ups.

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NECO

New line of CyRAQ panel PCs

The new 220-page CyberResearch PC Systems Handbook for Scientists and Engineers Volume 24 features new models of the company's premium line of NEMA 4X panel PCs. Stable at temperatures up to 122°F, the new PCs support the latest Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors for maximum computing power.

The handbook is a one-stop shopping guide to more than 3,000 industrial and scientific computing products, including computers, peripherals, accessories, data acquisition, motion control, and communications.

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CyberResearch

Tool catalog for mold and die makers

A new 256-page tool catalog that includes over 15,000 tools and accessories, all illustrated and priced, has just been published by Falcon Tool Company. Included in the catalog’s extensive listings are: Swiss precision and American pattern files, polishing stones, carbide and high-speed steel (HSS) burs and tools, cutter blanks, mounted points and grinding wheels, precision measuring instruments, and much more.

Falcon carries a large stock of tools and typically ships 95% of its orders the same day they are received. Several tools are being offered at reduced prices as part of the introduction of the new catalog.

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Falcon Tool Company

ReelFast surface-mount fasteners

A free eight-page product bulletin profiles the family of PEM ReelFast SMT surface-mount fasteners designed for permanent installation on printed circuit boards. They mount in the same manner as other surface-mount components prior to the solder reflow process.

“Bulletin SMT” provides specification data and installation procedures for each fastener type, including surface-mount spacers, nuts, panel fasteners, and R’ANGLE fasteners. All can reduce the risk of damage to boards (and resulting scrap) that may occur when improperly installing fasteners with off-line equipment; reduce handling of loose parts to deliver labor savings; and speed the production process by eliminating secondary operations.

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PennEngineering

2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide

The handy 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide from Keithley Instruments contains details and specifications on the company’s general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching, RF switching and measurement, data acquisition solutions, semiconductor test systems, and optoelectronics test hardware. Tutorials simplify choosing solutions for specific applications.

Arranged by product type and application area, each section of Keithley's 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide contains technical information on test-system design and use with practical tips to help users avoid common measurement errors, increase productivity, and lower their cost of test.

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Keithley Instruments

Motion controllers and drives for 2008

Updated for 2008, Galil Motion Control’s new product catalog includes comprehensive technical specs and pricing on all their motion controllers and drives. The new 96-page catalog features Galil’s popular Ethernet and PCI motion controllers, which are available in Econo or Accelera versions. Galil’s latest generation Accelera controllers offer the highest speed performance — processing commands 10 times faster than prior generation controllers.

Additional entries in the catalog include the new GalilTools software package which includes “one-button” PID tuning and an eight-channel scope for capturing data in real-time. A technical overview about motion control is also featured which provides many programming examples for various modes of motion, including point-to-point positioning, jogging, linear and circular interpolation, contouring, and electronic gearing.

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Galil Motion Control

Capabilities using high-performance elastomers

Stockwell Elastomerics offers a new Capabilities Brochure that describes production possibilties and shows the types of components produced for its core markets. Stockwell’s in-house capabilities include application of adhesive backings on silicone and similar materials, die cutting, compression and injection molding, water jet cutting, and custom fabrication. The company is renowned for its design support, prototype, and fast-turn initial production capabilities.

The new capabilities brochure has pages dedicated to the analytical instrumentation, medical diagnostic equipment, portable data acquisition, telecommunications equipment, airflow management, and aerospace and defense markets.

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Stockwell Elastomerics

Small-diameter, long-length fasteners

Ohio Rod Products offers a new 16-page brochure featuring the company’s small-diameter, long-length fastener solutions and the company’s strengths, abilities, and market applications. The brochure features a full list of fastener size ranges and products including machine screws, thru bolts, ladder rods, and rivets. Information is also provided for the various head styles and thread types available.

Ohio Rod fasteners serve a variety of markets, including automotive, construction, and lawn and garden, and are custom engineered and produced to ISO 9001: 2000 registered quality systems. Part of the Elgin Fastener Group, Ohio Rod Products manufactures cold-headed and threaded long-length specialty fasteners used in a wide array of durable goods and consumer product industries.

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Ohio Rod Products

Three-component dynamic force sensors

PCB Piezotronics has announced the release of a new capabilities brochure, entitled, “Three-component Dynamic Force Sensors.” The brochure highlights specific sensors and instrumentation for force-limited vibration testing, measuring input forces for modal analysis and structural testing, assessing biomechanical ability, monitoring cutting tool forces, studying machine and engine mounts for imbalance or noise, and recording impact forces during drop and crash testing.

The sensors and systems highlighted in the new brochure represent some of the most popular units. Three-component dynamic force sensors are offered in both ICP and charge-output configurations for dynamic and quasi-static force measurement applications. Each uses an array of precision aligned, quartz-sensing crystals.

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PCB Piezotronics

New 2008 machine vision catalog

Navitar has released its new 2008 product catalog featuring their complete product line of optical solutions for machine vision, automation, assembly, imaging, measuring, inspection, and biomedical sciences.

The catalog features over 400 products including Navitar’s new Double-sided Telecentric lenses and an expanded line of megapixel, compact, and wide-angle fixed focal length machine vision lenses. Also included are detailed system diagrams, full-color photos, performance specifications, and additional lens accessories for the company’s signature product lines of high- and low-mag lenses.

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Navitar

Over 831 off-the-shelf vibration mount components

Finding the right vibration mounts for your application has become easier with the publication of a 136-page new products supplement catalog, Vibration Mounts New Product Supplement, V110, by Advanced Antivibration Components (AAC). Among the 831 components in this catalog are seismic mounts, Uniload Constant Natural Frequency mounts, circular cable, air springs, shear mounts, wedge levelers, bell shape stud and insert, bumpers and feet, and Sorbothane pads.

In addition, AAC offers thermal conductive silicone products to resolve heat problems associated with electronic components. Many are suitable for use in extreme environmental conditions. All are available from stock for immediate delivery.

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Advanced Antivibration Components

Quick thermoplastics reference

An easy-to-use and informative resource guide “IAPD Thermoplastics Rectangle,” which provides a property comparison of the 17 most commonly used plastic materials, is available from the International Association of Plastics Distribution. The two-page thermoplastics rectangle provides a quick reference of the physical characteristics, mechanical properties, and cost to assist engineers, machining and fabricating experts, and production manufacturers in choosing the plastic material best suited for their specific application.

Highlighted on the reference guide are plastic property graphs, including: operating temperature, tensile strength, compressive strength, coefficient of friction, impact strength, and moisture absorption. Members of the International Association of Plastics Distribution have provided the information to help users optimize the material selection process.

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IAPD

3U single-board computers

MEN Micro has just released its 2008 product overview catalog outlining the company's wide range of intercompatible 3U CompactPCI and CompactPCI Express single-board computers (SBCs) and systems based on Intel and PowerPC architectures. Easy reference charts begin each section to highlight and compare components within a product family, allowing for quick identification of the most useful board for a specific application. The catalog also includes a detailed data sheet for each product complete with physical, mechanical, and electrical specifications as well as a schematic diagram identifying the component layout of each board.

New to the catalog is MEN Micro's latest and highest performing member of the Intel-based product family, the single-slot F18, based on Intel’s T7500 CoreT2 Duo processor with a frequency of 2.2 GHz, that functions as either a 32-bit/33-MHz system slot or stand-alone board.

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MEN Micro

Automation drives and soft starters

Danfoss Drives has a new Guide to Drives and Soft Starters for Machine and Plant Automation available. This comprehensive and fully illustrated guide features their complete family of VLT variable frequency drives and MCD soft starters for industrial applications, with detailed product benefits and features, general specifications, dimensions, performance data, options and accessories, and ordering information. The guide also includes a functional comparison chart for drives and soft starters to aid in product selection.

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Danfoss Drives

Cordset components and metal stampings

Heyco Products has announced the availability of the latest edition of their Cordset Components and Precision Metal Stamping Catalog. The new catalog provides a brief overview of Heyco capabilities, contact and ordering information, in-house production equipment, and warehousing facilities along with sections on Heyco application equipment/systems, wire-stripping units (for use with application equipment systems), cordset components, blades, ground pins, terminals, connectors, strain relief bushings, and liquid tight cordgrips.

Each section contains a quick overview of product features and benefits, dimension drawings, part numbers and specifications for available products, and various NEMA, UL Listed, CSA Certified, IEC 320 Business Machine, etc., industry compliance standards.

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Heyco Products

Data logging and data acquisition systems

Computer Aided Solutions has introduced its new 2008 catalog of data logging and data acquisition systems. The company specializes in delivering a wide range of products that monitor input signals from temperature, humidity, pressure, flow, voltage, current, and other digital sources with sampling rates from 1 Hz to over 10 kHz. These data loggers can be connected via traditional serial interface (RS232/422/485), USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth, short or long-range wireless, or even GSM. Some models offer internal Web servers to allow data to be viewed or exported via a standard Web browser.

The new catalog features diagrams and technical data for a wide range of systems for remote monitoring, data recording, complex triggering, fast open- and closed-loop control, intelligent signal generation, and real-time control of complex production or test parameters.

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Computer Aided Solutions

New ServoClass couplings brochure

A new eight-page Zero-Max catalog of an expanded line of ServoClass couplings has been published. These are high-performance couplings designed to meet the precision positioning requirements and high reverse-load characteristics of today’s servomotor applications.

System designers will find this new catalog a real help in evaluating options and sizes for specific servomotor applications. These ServoClass couplings are now available in 11 sizes in single- and double-disc models.

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Zero-Max

New Conveyor Selection Guide makes finding the right conveyor easy

QC Industries has published a Conveyor Selection Guide that serves as an introduction to their entire line of low-profile conveyors. The six-page brochure also details several things that differentiate QC Industries from the competition, such as lube-for-life bearings, a five-year warranty, and downloadable 2D and 3D CAD models.

The Conveyor Selection Guide is aimed at new customers who are unfamiliar with QC Industries' range of conveyors. It provides features and benefits, photos, specifications, and a brief description of potential applications for each conveyor.

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QC Industries

Differential pressure instruments and more

A new condensed four-page catalog from Orange Research contains specifications and photographs of the company's complete line of differential pressure instruments, flowmeters, and liquid level switches in a handy format.

Orange Research offers a large selection of low-cost, rugged, and reliable designs, with pressure bodies machined from solid blocks of metal — some capable of handling up to 10,000-psi line pressure.

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Orange Research

Custom thermoplastic compounds

A new brochure from Teknor Apex explains how designers, processors, and OEMs benefit from this custom compounder’s diverse thermoplastic technologies and its international supply capabilities.

The colorful 12-page English-language publication reports that Teknor Apex draws on a database of 40,000 formulations and uses manufacturing capacity on three continents to supply compounds that already comply with key international standards. One special capability cited is that of providing identical compounds to globalized customers with multiple plant locations.

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Teknor Apex

Piezo composite patch transducers

Physik Instrumente offers a new brochure on DuraAct Piezoelectric Patch Transducers. These highly formable smart materials can be employed as energy sources, actuators, and sensors.

The brochure contains a tutorial and explains applications for piezoceramic composites in fields such as noise and vibration cancellation, adaptive surface control, structural deformation and stabilization, structural health monitoring, energy harvesting, and high-dynamics force sensing.

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Physik Instrumente

New dimensional metrology catalog

Mahr Federal has issued a new catalog covering the full range of the company's dimensional metrology instruments. At over 530 pages and printed in full color, the catalog provides complete specification and ordering information on the company's precision gages; metrology systems; and repair, training, and calibration services. In addition, the catalog incorporates a wealth of information on surface and contour, form, precision length, and shaft measurement, as well as on multisensor CMMs.

New products described in the catalog include: Digital Calipers and Depth Gages, MarCator 1081 and 1088 Digital Indicators, Digimar 817 CLM Height Gage, MarWin Software Platform, Form Measurement Systems, Surface and Contour Measurement Systems, Precision Length Systems, and Shaft Measurement Systems

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Mahr Federal

Environmentally friendly, flexible architectural panels

The Kerfkore Company just introduced color literature on FlexGreen, an environmentally friendly product that can be used for radius applications as vast as one’s imagination. It offers designers, specifiers, and manufacturers a quality bendable product that is better for the environment and one’s health.

According to the literature, FlexGreen is ideally suited for producing stable architectural panels. The face, core, and glue used contain no added formaldehyde. The face is made from FSC-certified eucalyptus fiber hardboard attached to a particleboard substrate core that is made from 100% recovered and recycled fiber. FlexGreen contributes to LEED credit points for MR 4.1, MR 4.2, and EQ 4.4.

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Kerfkore

Thousands of fasteners; 359 new items

Micro Plastics, a leading manufacturer of nylon fasteners, announces the availability of their latest catalog. Micro’s NEW catalog # 38 is over 270 pages covering an extensive product line that includes thousands of fastener items. This newest publication features 19 NEW product lines with 359 NEW items added.

Contents include: standard and metric machine screws, cap screws, nuts, washers, spacers, insulators, grommets, bushings, rivets, hole plugs, clamps, printed circuit board accessories, suspended ceiling hooks, wire routing kits, and many other hardware items.

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Micro Plastics

RC-800 pulsed UV curing systems

Xenon Corporation is offering a new, eight-page brochure detailing their RC-800 Series and entitled: “Now every application can benefit from a CoolCureXL solution.” Laid out to help process engineers understand the many options available to configure an application-specific pulsed UV light-curing system, the brochure provides an overview of the RC-800 series — one of the safest, most flexible, and highest-performing UV curing solutions in the market.

In addition to presenting the single- and dual-lamp systems, the brochure also includes a section on choosing the optimal flashlamp design based on spectrum, target footprint, pulse energy, and pulse rate. Further insights are provided in an essay, “The Science Behind The Solution,” that discusses the merging of optics and electronics and the distinctions of Xenon’s CoolCureXL pulsed UV/Visible technology.

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Xenon

New line of CyRAQ panel PCs

The new 220-page CyberResearch PC Systems Handbook for Scientists and Engineers features new models of the company's premium line of NEMA 4X panel PCs. Stable at temperatures up to 122°F, the new PCs support the latest Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors for maximum computing power.

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CyberResearch

Brand New 2007 Superbolt Catalog

Having experienced growth in the last several years, family-owned Pennsylvania-based manufacturer Superbolt, Inc., has just released a completely revamped and updated catalog. The 32-page product catalog features information on Superbolt’s patented Multi-Jackbolt Tensioners, designed to eliminate common bolting problems.

The full-color, free brochure also features new application examples for all the major industries, the latest details on all of their product lines, and updated installation and removal procedures.

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Superbolt

Configurable power supplies and more

UNIPOWER has published a short-form brochure describing its industry-leading ranges of compact, multi-output, configurable power supplies. All 1-U high models from UNIPOWER’s QuiQ and QuiQPLUS ranges are included, as well as the QUICKSET units from the hot-swap PowerCassette family.

QuiQ power supplies are two- to four-output power units designed to give up to 400 W via outputs in the range 3.3 VDC to 48 VDC. This level of power and range of output voltages makes the new power supplies suitable for a many applications.

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UNIPOWER

100 years of steam application knowledge

Spirax Sarco Inc. (SSI) has released The Steam and Condensate Loop Book, an engineer’s best practices guide to saving energy and optimizing plant performance. This indispensable book smartly sums up nearly 100 years of steam application knowledge from experts who have worked across all industry sectors.

Utilizing illustrations and case studies, the full-color book covers all aspects of steam and condensate, from the principles of steam engineering and heat transfer to the complexities of designing a steam system.

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Spirax Sarco

Pressure transducers and switches

Gems Sensors & Controls, a leader in liquid level, pressure, and flow sensors, miniature solenoid valves, and fluidic systems, has released a new Pressure Folder showcasing their family of pressure transducers and switches for OEMs in a broad range of industries and applications. In addition to technical descriptions of the pressure sensing technologies that Gems specializes in, such as sputtered thin film, chemical vapor deposition, and proprietary ASIC design, the new pressure folder contains individual product specification sheets for each Gems Pressure Sensor.

The folder also highlights the new 3100 and 3200 pressure transducers that offer an all-stainless-steel design, sensing ranges from 0 psi to 30,000 psi (2,200 bar), various outputs and pressure ports, tremendous shock and vibration specifications, and a unique dual temperature and pressure output.

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Gems Sensors & Controls

Optimize assembly operations

The Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies group of the Bosch Rexroth Corporation has published a 12-page guidebook titled “How to Optimize Your Assembly Operations.” The resource is available online for free download.

The guidebook includes a detailed comparison and contrast of synchronous and non-synchronous flexible assembly conveyor systems along with side-by-side illustrations of both types; features tips on when to consider modular conveyors and a listing of the many benefits of modularity; and offers illustrations of how the modular conveyor line can be reconfigured or expanded over time, as well as system configurations, including rectangular, over/under, carousel, serpentine, parallel, and in-line.

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Bosch Rexroth

Labeling systems catalog

A new 32-page free catalog that features labeling, barcoding, data collection systems, and consumables for virtually all industries is being offered by Industrial Labeling Systems Corporation.

The “ILS Labeling, Barcoding, Data Collection Catalog” provides a comprehensive selection of products that includes label printing systems, automated print-and-apply systems, barcode and RFID data collection solutions, custom and stock labels in several substrates, and a variety of ribbons. Most important are labeling assistance guides, specifications, an offering of technical services, and several handy forms for requesting information. Email skotak@ils-barcode.com.

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Industrial Labeling Systems Corporation

Over 7,00 wave springs and more

Smalley’s complete product line is now available in one easy-to-navigate catalog. The new catalog includes over 7,000 standard wave springs, spiral retaining rings, and snap rings. Smalley’s new catalog offers simplified part selection, special design and engineering tools, and the latest applications of Smalley products. This catalog is available in English or French.

Spiral rings are interchangeable with snap rings and require no special tooling for removal. Wave springs reduce heights by 50%, with equal force and deflection as standard coil springs. Parts are available from stock in dimensions from 1/4 in. to 16 in., in both carbon/stainless steel. Special designs are available from .200 in. to 90 in. using Smalley’s No-Tooling-Charge process.

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Smalley

Numerical listing of aerospace fasteners

SPS Technologies Aerospace Fasteners Group offers a numerical listing of aerospace fasteners, bolts, nuts, anchor nuts, and washers. The list is categorized by National Aerospace Standard (NAS), National Aerospace (NA), Air Force/Navy Aeronautical (AN), and Military Standard (MS) standards with parts being pictorially and numerically listed within each section.

SPS Technologies is a major supplier of high-strength fasteners and precision components for commercial and military aircraft, jet engines, and other aircraft applications.

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SPS Technologies

Guide to non-contact detection and measurement scanners

Omron Scientific Technologies introduces its new “Guide to Fast, Non-Contact Detection & Measurement Scanners.” The guide details Omron STI’s family of measuring light curtains, part detection scanners, area detection sensors, and vehicle detection scanners. A product selection tool helps users determine the optimum measuring scanner for their application, including part ejection counting, part selection/verification, part presence detection, vehicle detection and separation, or measuring and profiling.

Each featured product includes a “SpeedSPEC” code that can be entered at www.STIScanners.com. This code takes users directly to the information they need with a single click, including data sheets, ordering information, manuals, and CAD drawings (where relevant). Email sales@sti.com.

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Omron

New capabilities literature available

Leland Powell Fasteners, a member of the Elgin Fastener Group, is a leader in small-diameter special machine screws, tapping, and thread-forming screws, including Lo-Driv and Grip-Lite screws.

The company has produced a new two-page literature sheet that features its fastener capabilities. The sheet provides a listing of fastening products available, including screws, bolts, studs, levelers, pins, rivets, and assemblies. The new literature also offers information on the manufacturing capabilities, product size ranges, and types of drives, bolt and screw heads, and threads available from the company.

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Leland Powell Fasteners

2008 motion control catalog

Galil’s product catalog has been updated for 2008 with comprehensive technical specs and pricing on all their motion controllers and drives. The new 96-page catalog (hard copy or downloadable .pdf) features Galil’s popular Ethernet and PCI motion controllers, which are available in Econo or Accelera versions. Galil’s latest generation Accelera controllers offer the highest speed performance — processing commands 10 times faster than prior generation controllers.

Galil’s family of multi-axis drives for stepper and servo motors are also covered in the catalog, as is the RIO-47100 Remote I/O controller, which provides an intelligent, low-cost, and compact solution for I/O.

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Galil Motion Control

High-reliability aerospace connectors

ITT Interconnect Solutions recently developed a catalog showcasing their Rack & Panel (R&P) connector product offering. With more than 120 pages of product information, the Rack & Panel catalog details complete performance and material specification information, part number breakdown, contact type details, polarizing positions, cross reference part numbers to customer drawings, dimensions, MIL specs for ITT's part numbers, and ordering information.

The Rack & Panel connectors that meet MIL-C-81659 (DPXNE/DPXNA) and MIL-C-83733 (DPK) requirements have dedicated sections, as do connectors specified for the ARINC 600 and ARINC 404 standards. General products for aerospace applications, along with shielded, co-axial, and modified co-axial products are also displayed in detail.

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ITT Interconnect Solutions

Consolidated fluoropolymer hose catalog

Parker Page International Hose has updated its Fluoropolymer Hose & Fitting Catalog to include new and specialty hoses. This 85-page catalog offers detailed sizing and application information for all of the hose and fitting products available from Parker Page, including braid types, tubing types, specialty options, and fittings.

All of the hoses offered by Parker Page are available with natural or static dissipative (conductive) tubing and are offered with crimp- or field-attachable fittings. Fitting types include industrial, PFA encapsulated, or sanitary, and fittings can be customized to fit the customers’ application. Parker Page hose assemblies are available in sizes from 1/4-in. ID up to 4-in. ID.

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Page International Hose