Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Combining air cylinder-like linear actuation with zero friction, an air bearing actuator enables extremely sensitive grinding and polishing operations at controlled forces down to 0.45 g. This is but one example of how air-bearing technology from Airpot Corp. (Norwalk, CT, USA; www.airpot.com) can benefit manufacturers that require extremely tight control ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
A company that offers high-precision engineering capabilities to clients in the medical and dental technology, electronics, fibre-optic and other high-technology industries specialises in turning complex engineering parts with diameters in the range of 0.1 to 32 mm. Crozet Jacky can produce numerous types of screws and similar components from a ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
A line of miniature Tuohy Borst adapters from Qosina Corp. is composed of a PVC body with a cap made of ABS and nylon. The adapter's silicone gasket is chemically resistant, prevents backflow of fluids and secures the position of a guidewire or instrument when it is closed. This group ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
A completely integrated high-performance positioning system measures 37 x 31 x 32 mm and weighs just 70 g. The PVS-5.5 Parallelogram Voice Coil Stage from Equipment Solutions (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) features a 5-mm clear aperture through the centre of the motor and friction-free flexure-linking system. Non-linearity is <±0.5% throughout the ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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High-performance biomaterials based on polyether ketone ketone (PEKK) are supplied by Velox (Hamburg, Germany) to European manufacturers through a recently extended agreement with US-based Oxford Performance Materials (OPM; Enfield, CT, USA). The OXPEKK ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
Support software can remaster design features from one computer-aided design (CAD) system to another, minimising translation and repair times. CADfeature 8.2.1 from Elysium Inc. offers a 2-D drawing translation function that supports view associativity with the target 3-D model. It also has a tool that translates existing metadata for CAD ...
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