Archive for September 2019
How Spring Wire Affects Your Manufacturing Efficiency (and How to Choose the Right Wire)
A spring wire can affect your manufacturing efficiency in more ways than one, and that shows how important they are. A selection of the right spring wire material will ensure that your manufacturing is cost-effective and successful. Whether it is a torsion, extension, watch, or compression spring you’re designing, the wire that has been chosen…
Read More4 Things to Know About Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)
Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) and the terms associated with it such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) can be quite confusing, so here’s everything you need to know about them. While NGL, LPG, and LNG may be closely related since they refer to hydrocarbons and are an abbreviation for gases, their…
Read MoreHow Do You Prevent Compression Spring Buckling?
Coil compression springs can be susceptible to buckling; however, the first step to ensure that does not happen is to know how to prevent compression spring buckling. Usually, there is a decrease in the length of a compression spring when it is exposed to axial loading. When the spring is below the critical length, it…
Read MoreThe Importance of Precision Lapping for Valve Plates
The importance of precision lapping for valve plates in a free abrasive machining process cannot be overemphasized. For instance, it can provide parallelism, flatness, thickness identity, and surface finishes to tolerances that are extremely demanding. In the same vein, precision lapping can ensure that finished pieces are created without the introduction of heat and stress…
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