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Author: Andreas Velling

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  Belt Drives & Types of Belts

  A belt drive is one of the most popular types of power transmission methods besides gears, chain drives, shaft couplings and lead screws. The use of these highly efficient mechanical […]

  • Machine Components
  08. February 2022
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  Price SolidWorks Files

  The day has finally arrived – the platform is able to quote CAD files native to SolidWorks. .sldprt files are now supported! On top of that, we still work with […]

  • Product Updates
  26. January 2022
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  Lead Screws Explained

  A lead screw is a type of mechanical power transmission used in machines for high-precision actuation. It converts rotational motion into linear motion. Other names for a lead screw (or […]

  • Machine Components
  24. January 2022
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  New Year’s Resolutions for 2022

  Another year has passed, making room for 2022. As usual, this means it’s time for us to reflect on the past year and bring out some of the things we […]

  • Company News
  13. January 2022
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  Concentricity (GD&T) Explained

  ASME Y14.5-2009 outlines 14 different types of geometric tolerances. Each of those tolerances specifies a type of control over various part features. For ease of understanding, these 14 types can […]

  • Tolerances
  28. December 2021
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  Chain Drives & Types of Chains

  Chain drives are most commonly used to transmit power between two components that are at a greater distance, but they may also be used for short distances. They are one […]

  • Machine Components
  08. December 2021
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  Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

  Design for Manufacturing is an emerging design philosophy under the Design for Excellence (DFX) ideology. DFX is a set of relatively new methods for managing design and production processes. These […]

  • Product design
  01. December 2021
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  Perpendicularity (GD&T) Explained

  There are 14 types of geometric tolerances in GD&T according to ASME Y14.5-2009. These 14 tolerances can be categorized into five main groups: form, profile, orientation, location and runout. Perpendicularity […]

  • Tolerances
  16. November 2021
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  Mechanical Power Transmission

  Power transmission is a process required in almost every piece of machinery. From the tiny motors in pop-up selfie cameras to the innovative transmission lines of the Large Hadron Collider, […]

  • Machine Components
  26. October 2021
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  Design for Assembly (DFA)

  Although Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles are often looked at as one subject and combined into Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), they are separate […]

  • Product design
  28. September 2021
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  Types of Couplings

  A shaft coupling is one of the most common machine elements because it is just so important in power transmission systems. Thus, they find use in a variety of applications […]

  • Machine Components
  17. September 2021
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  Types of Machine Elements

  Mechanical engineering has become extremely complex with time. An average car today has about 30,000 machine elements when we count each one down to the smallest screw. These machine elements […]

  • Machine Components
  05. August 2021

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