It didn't take long for Mike Moeller, president of Remy Battery, to know that the Quick Cable HexCrimp Pneumatic Crimper was going to make life easier for his business and, more importantly, his employees. In fact, the HexCrimp pneumatic crimper has replaced most of the tabletop and handheld crimpers previously used at Remy.

"We love it," said Moeller about the HexCrimp pneumatic crimper. "We love the relative speed with which you can crimp and the flexibility to run all size gauges of cables through the unit, especially the large gauge cables. Another advantage is that when we would previously use the tabletop or handheld crimpers, they would cause so much wear and tear on our guys. You don't have that with the pneumatic crimper. It's efficient, and you can easily go from doing a run of 20 cables of one size to doing a run of 1,000 of another. It's so easy to use that you don't need to do a lot of training."

Quick Cable Corporation

The model MV-0180 PNM needle valve for anaerobic resins has been designed with a low density plastic wetted chamber, so that the anaerobic resin does not come into contact with the metal body of the valve. It includes a stroke adjuster for final tuning of shot size and is an excellent high duty valve for precise deposits of anaerobic fluids.

I&J Fisnar Inc.

The Dublfilm® S159 is a double coated pressure sensitive adhesive film with a high performance acrylic adhesive on the exposed side and an ultra-removable acrylic adhesive on the inner side. The film is ideal for the temporary bonding of foam and fiber. Strong and dimensionally stable, the film offers excellent heat resistance and aging properties.

Scapa North America

EXAIR's new Heavy Duty Line Vac™ is a powerful in-line conveyor that transports high volumes of material through ordinary hose or tube. Commonly used to transfer complex shapes, bulk solids and waste, the units feature large throat diameters that make it possible to convey more material over long vertical and horizontal lengths. The Heavy Duty Line Vac ejects a small amount of compressed air through directed nozzles into the throat to produce a vacuum at one end and high output flows on the other, Response is instantaneous. The material conveying rate is easily controlled with a pressure regulator. An optional bracket permits easy mounting. No moving parts or electricity assures maintenance free operation. Applications include part transfer, hopper loading, material conveying, waste/trim removal, fiber tensioning, chip removal, and filling operations.

EXAIR Corporation

The Milford Model 216 manual impact riveter is well suited for pilot runs, intermittent assembly jobs and as a back-up/rework riveter, Available with or without jaws, which hold and position the fastener prior to assembly.

Orbitform

Nordex offers a wide variety of inch & metric precision screws and fasteners. Included in this collection are 303 stainless steel knurled thumbscrews with standard knurled head, a heavy knurled head and a socket heavy head (with nylon points supplied upon request) and 300 series stainless steel thumbscrews with black plastic heads. Inch and metric special sizes are available as well as prototype and production quantities. Nordex also carries a full line of precision fasteners available from stock, including assortment kits, nuts, pins, retaining rings, set screws, captive screws, machine screws, shoulder screws and threaded stock in both inch and metric sizes.

Nordex, Incorporated

Stanley announces the new Kappa controller designed to optimize DC electric threaded fastening for error proofing. The controller measures actual torque and compares it to quality limits. It is also compatible with the full range of QPM DC electric tools, from 0.6 to 2000 Nm and higher. A single DC electric tool can be set up to assemble joints of different target torque levels. The Kappa system includes Adaptive Tightening Control (ATC) which automatically adjusts for different joint designs and part variations during each tightening cycle. ATC dynamically manages speed and power to the motor in order to control fastening.

Stanley Assembly Technologies

The F2020 Series platinum thin film elements are equal in accuracy to many wire wound elements, but with a much faster response. The temperature range is ­70 to 500°C and they are available in configurations in Class-A, Class-B and 1/3 DIN accuracies. Their actual size -- 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.8mm -- make them suitable for use in tight places and the flat profile allows for easy surface mounting. The Omegafilm® elements are suitable for use in gas chromatography, lab freezers & ovens, pharmaceuticals, meat processing, semiconductor manufacturing, automotive testing, as well as in chemical, water petroleum, appliance, machine building, IC manufacturing.

OMEGA

The Autoload™ MK4.0 assembly tool feeds blind fasteners continuously and directly to the application tool nosepiece. When fasteners on one mandrel are spent, a fully loaded batch automatically replaces it. The switchover takes six seconds versus 30 seconds for manual load systems. The MK4.0 places the full range of Avdel® Speed Fastening® types in many standard sizes. These include Avdel® Briv® speed fasteners for large bearing areas in soft materials, Avdel® Rivscrew® threaded rivets and Avdel® Chobert® speed fasteners for light clamp to reduce potential damage to soft and brittle materials.

Avdel North America

The combination screw-in connector, made of zinc-plated steel, is compatible with 80/20's 15, 40 and 45 series T-slotted aluminum profiles. This fastener makes 90 degree connections of T-slotted profiles without machining. These connectors may be positioned in two opposite T-slots for a stronger connection. The connector assembly includes a threaded barrel, M8 socket head cap screw and drop-in T-nut.

80/20® Inc.

The In-Sight® 1820 vision-based wafer pre-aligner determines wafer position and orientation in less than half a second. Utilizing NotchMatch™ alignment technology, the tool aligns wafers with a center position accuracy of +/-15um and an orientation accuracy of +/-0.05 degrees. The system is able to handle changing wafer sizes and types with simple parameter changes. Its non-contact design minimizes wafer handling and potential damage to the wafer.

Cognex Corporation

Canadian Industrial Equipment News March 2008

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