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New ‘pin and keeper' quick-assembly sign fastening system The Micro Plastics sign fastener is designed for rapid assembly and disassembly of a sign or other panel to its support structure. The reusable fastener was designed to fit a hole diameter of 5/16 in. to 3/8 in. (8 mm to 9.5 mm) and can be used to fasten two pieces together with total panel thickness from 1 in. to 1.64 in. (25.4 mm to 41.6 mm). Simply squeeze the keeper together and slide onto the pin, then release the keeper. Molded from impact-resistant and UV-stabilized nylon 6/6, the sign fastener is designed to withstand the elements in outdoor applications. Click here for more information.
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Bryce high-tech security locks use cabinet-lock technology to take tamper-proofing to the next level. Vice grips, screw drivers, and drills can't get past these privately keyed fasteners, which are forged in solid stainless or CRv alloy and are ready to be power-driven. These fasteners are available in sizes from 2-56 to 5/8-11 and in metric sizes M2 to M16. Customer-specific key codes provide unmatched security. Bryce Fastener had 800 new customers last year alone with no reported security breaches! 
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| What happens when you go lean and get self-directed? For Connecticut Spring & Stamping, a manufacturer of close-tolerance precision metal parts, a nearly 20-year commitment to lean manufacturing has naturally evolved into using self-directed work teams (SDWT) to achieve such ambitious objectives as 100% on-time delivery and 100% quality.
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| New process clads gold contacts with a laser Electroplating is the conventional method used to plate metal switches, but scientists in Germany have developed a new and novel laser-based method that involves laser-cladding gold contact spots instead of applying the gold in a thin layer on the whole surface. This new technique is fast and offers the potential to cut up to 90% of the amount of gold used.
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| More haptic feedback provides a new direction for game controllers University of Utah engineers have designed a new kind of video game controller that not only vibrates like existing devices, but pulls and stretches the thumb tips in different directions to simulate the tug of a fishing line, the recoil of a gun, or the feeling of ocean waves.
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| Wheels (and wings): Can a supersonic biplane be the new Concorde? Cheaper, quieter, and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon, according to MIT engineers.
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Mike Likes: Lubrication-free plastic ball bearings for extreme applications Able to withstand temps to 302°F, xiros ball bearings from igus have opened new fields of application for plastic bearing technology. The inner and outer races are made from high-performance iglide polymer materials, while the corrosion-resistant balls are made from stainless steel. Glass balls are also available for maximum corrosion resistance. Lightweight and maintenance free, these bearings are available from stock, and an FDA-compliant option is available. Calculate how long xiros ball bearings will last in your application and learn all about the xiros line, including slewing ring bearings and self-aligning flange bearings, by clicking here.
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| Engineer's Toolbox: 9 power questions to use when clients ask for a discount When one of your customers calls and says, "I need a discount," author Andrew Sobel suggests that rather than respond with a yes or no, you should transform the conversation – and possibly the relationship – by asking a few power questions.
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Quick Look: High-speed digital data logger Saelig's LOG Storm is a dedicated hardware/software combination that can collect high-speed digital bus activity for periods of hours or even days and extract specific functional events of interest. Learn more about this product.
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Quick Look: Bellows Electrical Contacts brochure Servometer's new Bellows Electrical Contacts brochure features products and specifications to design and integrate bellows into electrical applications.
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Quick Look: Direct-drive motors for EVs Applimotion's ULT, UTH, UTS, and UTO frameless motor kits cover a wide range of applications including; robots, inspection platforms, medical diagnostic machines, satellites, and imaging systems. Learn more about this product.
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| One-hole wonder: Rifle-barrel maker takes hole-making to new level Fred Feddersen is a rifle-barrel maker on a mission to do something that's never been done before: create a production barrel that can shoot successive bullets through the same hole, using an inexpensive semiautomatic rifle, not a bolt-action Olympic race gun.
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| Forklift in the sky: 3M instant adhesive stunt helps set new Guinness World Record Read the full article.
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| GM, NASA creating robotic gloves for human use General Motors and NASA want to give space and Earth-bound workers alike a helping hand – a bionic one, that is.
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| Embraer performs full airplane simulation using NI hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tools | |
| Learn how Embraer used NI VeriStand software to develop an iron-bird simulator in which the complete electrical system of the aircraft was connected to a simulation of the rest of the plane to perform simulated flight tests that accurately exercised the electronics and software.
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