Cable carrier quick facts
Capabilities: Carriers guide and protect cable and hoses from abrasion, snagging, and overbending during machine movement. In many applications, design...
Save time with seals and lubes
Free online seal configurator speeds time to market The Sealing Solutions Configurator is a free online tool that helps engineers identify the right sealing...
What's New
Weldon Solutions, York, Pa., makes automated systems for bakeries to facilitate pan storage and retrieval. New cable carrier systems eliminate space and...
Deforming damping elements
Like an air bag, some single and limited-use shock-absorbing elements transform kinetic energy from impact into deformation work....
Top 10 tips for cables and carriers
Specifying and working with cables – the lifeblood of automated machinery and systems – takes an understanding of how they work and how to protect them. Check out these tips and tactics from industry leaders to keep your data and power lines healthy....
LEDs lighting the way
While energy production and distribution have always been a challenge, today it is increasingly urgent to reduce power consumption — and lighting is no exception. Light-emitting diodes or LEDs provide an alternative to conventional lighting for consuming less power, lower thermal dissipation, and longer life. In fact, LED products are already spurring evolution in lighting, and it is anticipated that power LEDs will lead the way in combining high intensity and efficiency. So what is the structure of LEDs, and how do they emit light?...
From watches to oil platforms: The best design and material for seals depends on the application.
Seals are key components of designs all around us. They hermetically close two units with uneven surfaces, or facing surfaces in motion. Seal forms include...
Smart seals: Radial shaft seals
Conventional shaft seals are designed to last a certain length of time perhaps 5,000 to 20,000 service hours before the effects of wear begin to emerge....
Magnetic bearings: an update
Using magnetism to support a shaft within a bearing is an old concept, but it has been put to practical use only in the past 15 years...
Central lubrication protects large mill equipment and transfer lines
To lubricate large, complex machines, you need more than a grease gun. It takes a sophisticated central lubrication system that uses lubricant ...
Thermoplastic bearings cut wear
A maker of custom shock absorbers for motorcycles and off-road vehicles switched to self-lubricating thermoplastic bearings to guide the linear motion in the shocks...
Movable shim stack for high-resolution lifts
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a rotary-to-linear device with high thrust capacity, high resolution, fine adjustment, no backlash, no tendency to backdrive, no large extended-to-retracted ratio, and no sticker shock...
Barriers to successful cable carrier selection
Conduit carriers simplify many linear-motion applications. However, carriers can suffer from four common problems in specification and installation. Treat those problems or they can turn a potentially maintenance-free carrier into a major headache....
Sealing solutions give longer life, stop pesky leaks
To optimize seal performance, the equipment designer needs to first determine what function the seal must perform and then look carefully at all of the environmental and operating conditions....
