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The new ASME Y14.5, 2009 standard on dimensioning and tolerancing reflects a culmination of effort extending over 15 years.
Annular snap fits aren't well understood but can be a handy means of making assemblies easily disassembled or permanently joined together.
New developments let rotational molding compete with injection or blow molding.
There are several techniques for joining plastic parts.
Designing hydrostatic bearings is more complex than for self-acting types because of the greater number of components requiring design decisions.
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Typical spring clips are self-retaining, one-piece fasteners that slip into a mounting hole or onto a flange or panel edge.
Captive, or self-retained, nuts are multiple-threaded fasteners used on many thin materials.
Cast irons include many metals having a wide variety of properties.
Solid modeling is great for visualizing ideas but it's often misapplied in finite-element analysis.
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Jim Barkand from Servometer demonstrates three different bellows construction techniques to Lee Teschler of MACHINE DESIGN. 8:23
Unlike lip seals and squeeze packings, felt seals require relative little shaft pressure to function effectively.
Jeramè Chamberlain of Nippon Pulse America looks at what goes into prototyping a motion control system. 6:00
