Mechanical Components

A collaboration between RS Components and Siemens will help customers with the phase out of the manufacturer’s SIRIUS 3SB3 22mm pushbutton range and the migration to Siemens’ SIRIUS ACT range of devices. In October 2017, Siemens announced the beginning of a gradual phase-out period – lasting two years – of its 22mm SIRIUS 3SB3 command and signalling devices, providing customers with enough time to migrate to the newer range of ACT pushbutton devices.

Where the going gets tough, there is no other alternative than steel for Elesa and its industrial components, with an extensive selection of items that parallels their steel and reinforced polyamide products. The Elesa stainless options provide extra tough in service performance that one would expect of premium stainless steel construction.

  The reason behind EMKA’s new offering of the 1095 program of handles which provides an easy solution – easy to use, easy to install, is the ubiquitous need to allow an interface for the human hand with industrial equipment of all sizes.

  The industrial RMA flat disc retaining magnets from Elesa and its sister RMP cylindrical series are shielded magnetic components with high performance and moderate dimensions.

Challenge Europe believe that to reduce manufacturing component costs and cycle times you need to support all phases of the manufacturing process, from concept through design/development to mainline production. Managing Director, Kevin Moorcroft here explains how the company achieves this.  

Seeing the real-world effects of technological innovation is clear to some MRO professionals but not to all of us. In some instances this can lead to reduced working pressures, while in others they can be left to (literally) pick up the pieces. Over many years, chain maker Tsubaki has consistently worked to improve the life of MRO professionals. Its chain offers improved performance and reliability in most industrial applications; over 100 years it’s produced a stream of innovations that regularly reset the benchmarks for the technology.

A new thread forming tap has been launched by Sandvik Coromant, which is optimised for ISO P steel machining and is designed to boost productivity, particularly in the automotive industry. The CoroTap 400 achieves this by offering chip-free tapping as well as faster machining times and stronger threads through reduced torque and an optimised geometry.

Two series of switches that target maintenance engineers and machine and panel builders and deliver intuitive machine safety control in a wide variety of industrial applications are available at RS Components. The Series 61 compact emergency-stop switches (E-Stop) and the Series 45 industrial switches have been developed by EAO.

After many years, Challenge Europe have discovered that wherever threaded fasteners are used, then normally various ancillary products are often needed. For example, protection of the nut end of a bolt or screw with a plastic dome cap – or protection of the internal hex socket head from filling with dirt by use of a protective cap insert.

  One of the most common industrial applications are mixers, as they feature a motor coupled to a paddle or propeller. While the connection is simple, mixers can be used in chemical, food, paint, adhesive and other industries complicating coupling selection.