Tuesday, June 26, 2018
If you’re going to use an injection mold to create plastic parts, you need to come up with an effective cooling system to go along with it. Cooling your parts is actually one of the most important parts of the process. Here are some of the reasons why...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018
We manufacture aluminum shaft seals and labyrinth seals that can be found in critical power generation equipment all over the world. The shaft seals featured here serve as a pressurized oil seal that is composed of several grooves and knife edges that fit around a rotor shaft in...
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Friday, May 25, 2018
Last week a customer had an emergency and needed a 32" sheave repaired which they use in brick manufacturing. The customer was replacing bearings in the sheave when they noticed it was cracked inside and out. As a result of this the plant had to shut down...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2018
Do you need to produce a large quantity of one specific part? You can do it easily by designing a custom mold prior to starting production. A custom mold will allow you to produce the same part over and over again until you have as many parts...
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Thursday, February 08, 2018
When your company is creating parts that need to be welded, you will have the option of doing either TIG or MIG welding. While their names are very similar, the processes behind them are actually quite different, which means you should carefully consider which one will work best...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Are you going through the process of creating metal parts through machining? One of the things you should consider doing during manufacturing is heat treating the metal to make it more durable. Any time you heat treat metal, it will make it stronger than it was before. In...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Lathes have been essential tools in the machining industry for literally hundreds of years. These versatile pieces of equipment have been used to make everything from furniture to automotive parts. Over time, the traditional manual lathes evolved as new technologies were adopted. Eventually the CNC (Computer Numerical Control)...
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Sunday, November 12, 2017
The aerospace industry has relied on EDM for the manufacture of a variety of components for decades. Here’s how EDM helped to change the aerospace industry. EDM is an acronym for a manufacturing process known as Electrical Discharge Machining. The EDM process was invented in the 1940s by...
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Monday, October 23, 2017
There are different techniques available for molding rubber. Each of these techniques relies on a combination of heat and pressure. Three of the most common methods are injection molding, transfer molding, and compression molding. Injection Molding Rubber injection molding starts with a rubber material that is known...
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