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Understanding Ceramics for Job-Shop Options
There are opportunities for machine shops to expand their capabilities, and a few insights into the characteristics ceramic materials and how to machine them effectively could be rewarding.
Gaging Speeds Metal Testing
A major steel maker enlisted Instron Corp. to design and build a tensile testing apparatus that would measure the thicknesses and widths of steel samples automatically.
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Tapes protect composites
Scapa 572 and 573 from Scapa North America are two conformable polyester films
coated with silicone adhesive that prevent liquid composite materials from leaking,
especially on metal and...
Heat treat copper
The No. 938 1,250° F electronically heated, inertatmosphere oven is heat treating copper parts at one facility. Workspacedimensions for the oven are 36 120 36 in., and 80 kW in Incoloy-sheathed...
Assembly-line washer
For cleaning parts on an assembly line, the Hotsy 8600 pass-through part washer has a 16-in.-wide steel conveyor belt. The adjustable belt moves up to 8 ft/min. Hot-water spray from a 360°...
Energy-saving part washers
Jenfab front-loading, spray, oscillating-basket washers save energy because of a back-and-forth parts movement directly under spray jets. According to the manufacturer, the system reduces spray...