Mechanical Components

Austrian bearing manufacturer NKE is presenting its range of ready-to-mount bearing units at this year’s international Motek, international fair for assembly and handling technology and automation in Stuttgart, Germany. The bearing units, which consist of a bearing fitted in a cast or pressed housing, offer simple, reliable and cost-effective bearing solutions for material handling systems such as conveyors. They are also used in heavy and agricultural machinery as well as in the steel industry. The housings of the bearing units are made from cast iron or pressed sheet steel and can be combined with a range of different bearing inserts. Having a high stiffness, cast iron housings are resistant against deformation and can therefore absorb moderate to high loads. For applications with lower loads, galvanised pressed sheet steel housings are available. These have a much lower weight than their cast counterparts and are exceptionally easy to install.

Wilbrecht LEDCO, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microprecision Electronics, announces its updated product overview catalog is now available. Detailing the company’s broad product offering of standard and custom switches, which are sold under the Microprecision brand name, the new catalog delivers an easy-to-use reference for product specification. Switch types featured in the catalog include microswitches and sealed position switches.

Polymer specialist igus has developed a new tooling method for injection moulding which can get custom designed parts delivered in less than 24hrs. As there are no minimum order quantities, speedigus is suitable for one offs, prototyping, low volumes and bridge tooling.

Everything but the Enclosure” specialists EMKA have recently greatly expanded the range of gasket profiles they have in their portfolio to nearly 500 different types. These moulded gaskets in EPDM, Neoprene, Black Nitrile and natural rubber include many popular specialist U.K. sections for automotive, marine, electrical, electronic, and telecoms/cabinet sealing.

The new Hydraulic Repair Estimator for Cylinders program from Rupe Corporation, gives consistent, Best Price estimates for hydraulic cylinder repairs from a basic resealing to a complete rebuilding. This comprehensive web based program will work on any desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet with internet access. Web based, there is no software to install, however labor rates, material costs, and cost of supporting services (i.e. Chrome plating) can be personalized for each subscribing company.

At MACH 2010, leading bandsaw blade manufacturer, LENOX, promoted the 13-point tune-up that it offers as part of its technical support package. The service involves its factory-trained engineers visiting production bandsawing machine users to solve technical problems and optimise cutting performance.

The ‘Versadrill’ range of agricultural machines from SUMO UK Ltd offer farmers and contractors the ability to cope with most ground conditions to achieve fast and efficient seed drilling. They permit direct drilling into land with stubble, or that is ploughed or pressed, in just one pass with diverse types and sizes of seed. Helping to achieve this, the company uses custom-engineered, hydraulically driven blowers.

For many years HepcoMotion® has been the technology leader in the field of circular and continuous motion and with the introduction of its new Precision Ring Track PRT2 system, the company is again striding ahead of its competition.

The axially stiff coupling Loewe GK from Schmidt-Kupplung is ideal for torque applications where the coupling has to resist axial motion. The combination of kinematic properties permits additional generous radial and angular misalignment. The series of linear couplings was developed for the precise transmission of pure push and pull loads.

NSK has produced a handy, pocket- sized guide covering all aspects of rolling bearing maintenance. Running to over 80 pages, the free guide is spiral bound to enable easy reading of individual sections by engineers in the work shop or in the field.