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May 14, 2024Volume 20 Issue 18


Image - Over 26,000 Stock Metric Gears
Over 26,000 Stock Metric Gears
KHK USA Inc offers the largest selection of stock metric gears in North America -- with over 26,000 configurations. KHK USA offers Metric Spur Gears, Metric Helical Gears, Metric Internal Ring Gears, Metric Gear Racks, Metric Bevel Gears, Metric Worms and Wormwheels from stock! Free 3D CAD models, technical specs and 24/7 price and availability detailed online.
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In this issue of Designfax

  • Companies line up to license NASA super alloy
  • 8 top ways to wreck your coupling-driven system
  • Weird science: Light can make materials magnetic
  • Ferrari 12Cilindri: V12 power with ultimate style
  • Improving high-RPM performance: Revolox retaining ring
  • New washer tech for leak-free automotive sealing
  • Top Product: E-Z LOK threaded inserts for plastics
  • OnRobot doubles payload capacity of its grippers
  • Great Resources: ABCs of gears and more
  • How Reell electric wrap spring clutches work
  • Compact snap-in capacitors for general-purpose applications
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • Benefits of 3D printing for metal forming
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • 2025 Ram 1500 RHO: Super-capable off-roader
    • 55 years ago: 3 months until the Moon landing
    • 'Nano-Velcro' enables lighter, tougher composites
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: Ferrari 12Cilindri

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World's purest silicon brings scientists one step closer to scaling up quantum computers



Feature articles

Image - Companies line up to license NASA super alloy: Lasts 2,500x longer than state-of-the-art alloys
Companies line up to license NASA super alloy: Lasts 2,500x longer than state-of-the-art alloys
Designed for aerospace applications, NASA is licensing its breakthrough 3D-printable superalloy GRX-810 to four American companies. Compared to other nickel-base alloys, GRX-810 can endure higher temperatures and stress and can last up to 2,500 times longer. It's also nearly four times better at flexing before breaking and twice as resistant to oxidation damage.
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Image - 8 top ways to wreck your coupling-driven system
8 top ways to wreck your coupling-driven system
Engineers at Ruland Manufacturing Co. have compiled the eight best ways to consistently sabotage or damage your coupling-driven system -- and how to avoid these pitfalls in the future. Misunderstanding performance criteria such as misalignment, torque, or rpm can be all it takes to cause a critical and costly failure.
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Image - Weird science: Light can make materials magnetic
Weird science: Light can make materials magnetic
International researchers have succeeded in demonstrating, for the very first time, how laser light can induce quantum behavior at room temperature -- and make non-magnetic materials magnetic.
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Image - Ferrari 12Cilindri: V12 power with ultimate style
Ferrari 12Cilindri: V12 power with ultimate style
Inspired by the Gran Turismo cars of the 1950s and 1960s, the new Ferrari 12Cilindri two-seat berlinetta is a 830-hp, race-bred stunner with a 6.5L V12 that combines driving thrills with versatility. In a world of boxy hybrids and all-electrics, it's a refreshing anomaly of elegant design and old-school raw potential.
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Image - Improving high-RPM performance with a Revolox self-locking retaining ring
Improving high-RPM performance with a Revolox self-locking retaining ring
This video, presented by a Smalley engineer, focuses on Smalley's innovative solution for high-RPM applications. The video overviews the challenges associated with high rotational speeds and the key features that make the Revolox® self-locking retaining ring an effective and reliable solution. The proper retaining ring plays a large part in ensuring the success and longevity of applications and equipment. Smalley offers a versatile selection of spiral retaining rings suitable for various rotational speeds.
View the video.

Image - New washer tech for leak-free automotive sealing
New washer tech for leak-free automotive sealing
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has just launched the Rubore® Washer, a unique solution offering virtually leak-free sealing beneath screwheads to safeguard critical systems in vehicles, especially electric ones.
Read the full article.

Image - Top Product: E-Z LOK threaded press-in inserts for plastics
Top Product: E-Z LOK threaded press-in inserts for plastics
E-Z Press™ threaded inserts from E-Z LOK are specifically designed to cater to the unique properties of thermoset plastics or thermoplastics, ensuring seamless integration without compromising the material's integrity. By incorporating these press-fit inserts, your projects that use plastic can achieve higher quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. See E-Z LOK and its full line of threaded inserts for metal, plastic, and wood at Fastener Fair, May 22-23 (stand 542) at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, OH.
Learn more
or contact Kyle Lindsly-Roach for free samples at 310.323.5613 x221.

Image - OnRobot doubles payload capacity of its grippers
OnRobot doubles payload capacity of its grippers
OnRobot's new 2FG14 and 3FG25 electrical grippers for heavy-duty, collaborative applications are now launching along with the new machine tending solution AutoPilot powered by D:PLOY, developed in collaboration with Ellison Technologies. The new three-fingered 3FG25 gripper provides users with 25 kg (55.1 lb) of payload power in a compact, all-electric, lightweight form, unlocking the potential of the latest cobots. Ideal for CNC machine tending, the 2FG14 is a lightweight parallel-finger gripper with a payload of 14 kg (30.8 lb). It doubles the payload and gripping force of OnRobot's popular 2FG7 gripper while also providing 30% more total stroke.
Learn more.

Image - Great Resources: ABCs of gears and more
Great Resources: ABCs of gears and more
KHK USA takes you on a journey through the history and applications of gears in two information-packed, no-cost volumes called "The ABCs of Gears." Part A is aimed at beginners, while part B moves on to intermediate fare, such as types of gears and tooth forms, heat treatment, surface treatment, production methods, etc. "Intro to Gears" and a "Gear Technical Reference" also available.
Learn more.

Image - How Reell electric wrap spring clutches work
How Reell electric wrap spring clutches work
Electric wrap spring clutches are ideally suited for critical timing applications requiring consistent, repeatable engagement and disengagement performance. Wrap spring technology used in Reell clutches provides the capability to transmit a large amount of torque in a small size -- package sizes smaller than other clutch technologies such as friction disk, tooth, or magnetic particle. Reell's technology has very positive engagement characteristics and also limits the effects of wear.
Read this informative Reell article.

Image - Compact snap-in capacitors for general-purpose applications
Compact snap-in capacitors for general-purpose applications
TDK's new EPCOS B43659 series of snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors is the next generation of ultra-compact, general-purpose components for voltages of 450 V (DC) featuring an extremely high CV product. It provides the same features and serves the same applications as the previous series but is much more compact. These RoHS-compliant capacitors can be used in a wide range of applications, such as switched-mode power supplies, frequency converters, UPS, medical equipment, and solar inverters.
Get all the specs.

Most popular last issue

Image - All-new 2025 Ram 1500 RHO: Super-capable off-roader
All-new 2025 Ram 1500 RHO: Super-capable off-roader
Powered by an all-new 3.0-liter Hurricane straight-six twin-turbo engine with 540 hp and 521 lb-ft of torque, the RAM 1500 RHO sport performance truck offers more horsepower per dollar than any other premium off-road, full-size pickup. Overall, the RHO is the complete package.
Read the full article.

Image - 55 years ago: 3 months until the Moon landing
55 years ago: 3 months until the Moon landing
The rapid pace of preparations for the first Moon landing continued in April 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission in March cleared the way for Apollo 10 to test all three components of the spacecraft in lunar orbit in May, in a dress rehearsal for the landing itself. Preparations continued in parallel for Apollo 11, the mission to attempt the first Moon landing.
Read the full article.

Image - 'Nano-Velcro' enables lighter, tougher composites
'Nano-Velcro' enables lighter, tougher composites
In research that may lead to next-gen airplanes and spacecraft, MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. For thin-ply carbon fiber laminate, their method improved the material's resistance to cracks by up to 60%.
Read the full article.

Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
Benefits of using 3D printing for metal forming: Dies and press brake tooling
Learn from Thomas Whiting, Stratasys applications engineer for Manufacturing Solutions, the multitude of benefits that using 3D-printing FDM technology for metal forming dies and press brake tools can yield -- even for complex shapes. This video includes information on high-strength thermoplastic choices and tool and die design considerations. A well-rounded presentation.
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