Original article date: November 1998 MIKE WATSON technical sales manager of Bauer Springs offers some installation and design tips for using packs of disc springs. Packs of disc springs conically shaped annular discs which when loaded in the axial direction change shape provide highly convenient methods of energy storage and absorption. As a close approximation [...]
Full article...Original article date: February 1999 How do you achieve an enclosure with an injection moulded finish in volumes which preclude the use of the process? Bafbox has an answer as Alan Quinn discovers. When it come to deciding how to house the product for many designers and professionals involved in the medium-volume capital goods market [...]
Full article...This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000 Phoenix Mecano offer advice on how to find the right enclosure for hazardous areas. A hazardous area is an installation where flammable gas or vapours are likely to be present in the atmosphere, and where special measures have to be taken to prevent electrical apparatus from [...]
Full article...Original article date: May 1999 Geoff Coleman of Industrial Gas Springs looks at improvements in the design of the industrial gas spring over two decades. How things change! Under 20 years ago a designer seeking to benefit from the advantages of a gas spring in a design would find that options were limited to a [...]
Full article...Original article date: January 1999 Hot air staking has the ability to provide robust fixings while de-skilling the plastic part assembly process. DENNIS EAGLES Development Manager of Phasa Developments explains some of the basics. Plastic hot air staking is being increasingly applied in the automotive sector mirroring the growth of plastic parts in trim and [...]
Full article...This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000 Increased reliance by industry on instrumentation has led in turn to greater demand for purpose-built protective enclosures. Instruments are valuable items of equipment causing severe repercussions should they fail – particularly when installed in large numbers – upwards of 100 enclosures may be installed on a [...]
Full article...This article was originally written in the period 1995-2000 If you want to put a computer in a tough environment, an ordinary PC in an enclosure has several advantages over an ‘industrial PC’, says LUIS PRTAK of Intek Electronics There’s a lot to be said for putting computers on the shop floor. They can be [...]
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