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A Worldwide Newsletter for the Assembly Automation Industry
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TECHNICAL TUTORIAL - Various screw application issues:
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Screws (fasteners) are the most universal machine components absolutely needed for construction of any machinery. They are, therefore, classified into JIS, ISO, and other industrial standards according to shape, size, and strength (strength classifications).
In actual automation design and build practices, however, shortcuts such as selecting fasteners by experience based intuition, as well as careless use of then-in-stock variety of fasteners are often seen. In this article, we’ll discuss the key points of screws, bolts, and nuts as well as the basic theory that makes up the foundations of fasteners.
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT - LX45 Actuator:
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High speed & heavy load endurable LX45 — high rigidity and precision in a compact body. Please add this customer-acclaimed product to your consideration list.
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Especially popular in factory automation applications, configurable component are meant to take the guess work out of the machine build process. Instead, the design engineer can focus on the operability and performance of the machine and rely upon the supplier to deliver quality components configured to the specifications of the design engineer on-time, all at a reasonable price.
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Misumi USA, Inc. announced its newest products for factory automation at the ATX East show in New York, NY on June 3-5. Highlighted at this year's ATX East show was the company's new single-axis actuators, linear shafts, linear guides, locating pins, aluminum extrusions, rollers and more.
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In this issue, we visited Mr. Hokoi, a Deputy General Manager, of Murata Electronics in Lamphun, Thailand. Murata is a global manufacturer of electronic components used in various consumer and industrial goods such as mobile phones. Their highly innovative culture requires their manufacturing facility to have short lead times and their global presence requires suppliers such as Misumi to provide quality service worldwide.
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MISUMI is proud to support ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU ROBOCON), which is an annual international project organized by the ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) that consists of 194 broadcasters from 57 countries and regions. As young engineers embark upon the learning experience, many are inspired to participate in various engineering competitions.
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The pace of expansion to the Chinese market by Western and South Asian companies has become more accelerated recently. You may have your own factories, or some of your customers may have expanded their business in China.
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Our operation is set up to help make your operation more efficient. Your order, no matter how large or small, is of crucial importance to you — and that makes it important to us.
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