When to specify stainless steel for your component parts
John Marshall, Technical Manager at WDS Components Parts, explains the advantages of stainless steel for standard and component parts.
Stainless steel is a material often specified for engineering projects due to its combination of strength and corrosion resistance. However, there are various grades of stainless steel to choose from – each with their own characteristic and costs – so it’s important to make the right choice for your application.
It's the chromium alloy which gives stainless steel its best known advantage - high resistance to corrosion. The chrome component not only creates the corrosion resistant chromium oxide protective layer, but also contributes to its hardness, making it highly robust and resistant to impact. However, its relative hardness makes it more difficult to machine than mild steel, which means careful selection over your supplier is required in order to ensure optimum product quality and accuracy.
Type 304 is the most common type of stainless steel for component parts, composed of up to 20% chromium, enhancing its resistance to corrosion. It's often used in areas which are mildly corrosive or which require only an occasional washdown, for example handles or hinges. For this reason, it's also a more economical choice. Type 303 has similar properties but slightly improved machinability when very low tolerances are required, but with slightly lower durability.
The highest quality stainless steel generally used for standard parts and components is Type 316. It's added molybdenum component makes it highly resistant to corrosion as well as pitting, the effects of which would create a less hygienic environment and accelerate corrosion. Known as 'food grade' (though it's also the first choice in the marine industry), 316 can endure regular chemical washdown or environments of high salinity. While Types 303/4 steels should only be specified for certain conditions, Type 316 could be widely used for any application. These characteristics make it more expensive, although the cost difference between 304 and 316 has reduced over time.
Growing range
The range of stainless steel components which WDS provides continues to grow through increasing demand across wider indus-tries and applica-tions. Hand knobs, for example, are ubiquitous throughout industry, including food and beverage, marine, and also for machine parts. New to the WDS range includes a T Knob with threaded stem as well as a four-spoke threaded hand knob, both in 316 stainless steel. While stainless steel is often selected for its shine, the new threaded hand knob is also available in 316 with a matt finish, usually chosen in order to hide finger prints and maintain the most hygienic appearance.
Another new addition in stainless steel is the handwheel. Handwheels are often provided in aluminium, which can be suitable even for outdoor use if safety, hygiene or regulations allow. However, the new 316 stainless steel handwheel will last far longer and is the choice for use in corrosive environments, such as marine applications. Small crafts to superyachts use WDS components and not only does 316 stainless steel provide the anti-corrosivity required, its aesthetic appeal is also more popular in the market.
Used as a fixing on a machine when indexing a range of motion or series of positions, a cam action indexing plunger is now available in stainless steel. Indexing plungers and bolts are generally manufactured in Type 304, giving adequate resilience even if it's not required to face the full rigours of a daily wash down.
Similarly, castor wheels for use in food manufacture and preparation must meet the necessary hygiene standards, but at the same time aren't required to withstand full washdown. Therefore, a stainless steel Type 304 frame is suitable, combined with a nylon wheel. On the same principle, levelling feet with up to 50 degrees of angle tilt are also available in a 304 stainless steel stem and can be fitted with an anti-microbial polypropylene base.
Alternatively, an example of necessary use of the higher 316 grade for the food and beverage industry is on gas struts, precisely because of the essential nature of a regular wash down. Used on food service hatches, mobile catering vans and ventilation grilles, these applications face regular contact with food and grease splashes. For necessary hygiene standards, a regular washdown is needed and Type 316 stainless steel is required to withstand corrosivity.
As stainless steel can be more challenging to machine, especially Type 316, because of its hardness, it's essential that your component part supplier can reliably provide a precise, corrosion resistant finish. WDS designs and manufactures in-house at its Leeds facility, with capabilities including CNC milling, turning, drilling, grinding and honing. Operations include stringent training for its machinists and a test procedure with batch control to ensure repeatable high quality.
In addition to direct support provided by WDS' experienced Technical Team, wdscomponents.com includes a full parts catalogue with 2D and 3D CAD drawings. The website now also features colour images as opposed to black and white line drawings, which is a useful addition for aesthetic planning and design.
In addition to manufacture on site, WDS also has an extensive stock range. Most parts available for same-day or next-day despatch, with global delivery available.
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- Mitsubishi adds second day to 'future manufacturing' event
- Linear drive technology aids PCB production throughput
- Components design caters for many materials
- Connector range meets PCB and automation needs
- Linear rack drive transfers solar tubes
- A guide to selecting the right linear guidance system
- Dunlop linkages catalogue out now
- Whitepaper looks at considerations and tips for bearing system designers
- XY piezo nanopositioners for extreme precision applications
- EPLAN brings Industry 4.0 to the UK
- New polyamide handles from Elesa
- New Elesa website makes life easier for manufacturers
- Dual function monitoring system from Filtermist
- TRUMPF at Southern Manufacturing 2015
- HepcoMotion acquires automation specialist Severn Automation
- Motion control plays enabling role for biomedical equipment
- New latch clamps from Elesa with safety locks
- Challenging times ahead for the food industry
- Profinet builds the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
- RS Components wins 'Customer and User Experience' award at The Digitals 2014
- Maximising scalability in packaging industry applications
- Reducing lead times for machine builders
- Schneider makes it easy to implement OMAC PackML
- Reliance supports next generation treatment for prostate cancer
- Clamping levers up to 8kN
- Pryor Marking Technology shortlisted for a further two awards this year
- Safety Systems Technology announces separation from TUV SUD
- B&R reduces development time by 67% with mapp technology
- Elesa Panel Support Clamp judged PPMA "Most Innovative Auxiliary Equipment"
- HepcoMotion technology has the X-factor in aerospace application
- A single platform for industrial supervision, control and analysis
- Actuator and motion control for Team Bath tyre test rig
- De-ionisation Air Knives reduce costs and minimise rejects
- Extension to ball knob range
- IO-Link brings greater intelligence to sensor level
- Be wary of wireless modules warns TÜV SÜD
- Quarter century milestone for HepcoMotion company
- Siemens to acquire Camstar to expand MES offering
- Flexible gripping in a machine tool
- Positioning stages help reveal secrets of teeth
- Optimized Solutions for Material Working Machines
- COPA-DATA zenon Challenge 2014 update
- B&R introduces new master modules for digital communication
- Linear guide system is self-lubricating, lightweight and operates quietly
- Super-Technopolymer as a substitute for metal/stainless steel in standard machine components
- Aerotech introduces linear piezo nanopositioners
- B&R swing arm systems with IP65-rated panels raise the bar
- Conveyor solutions at PPMA
- High speed vision system and delta robot on display at PPMA
- Imperial College chooses LG Motion for novel XYZR gantry scanning solution
- HepcoMotion's 1-Trak is shortlisted for British Engineering Excellence Award
- Cabinet build service for drives and machine automation
- Customer focused investment in manufacturing and metrology
- Whitepaper: Super-Technopolymer as a substitute for metal/stainless steel components
- Motion design for packaging machines
- Complete solutions for machine builders and OEMs
- RA Rodriguez shows ecoSTACK palletiser at PPMA
- SPS IPC Drives celebrates anniversary by expanding into new hall
- The Machine Building Show 2014
- New MP series folding handles from Elesa
- X20 controllers and modules handle all environmental conditions
- Eriks acquires Advanced Sealing
- B&R announces the opening of its Northern Office
- Technologies for the processing and packaging sectors at PPMA
- WDS investments support British manufacturing
- HepcoMotion benefits rub off on Meia massage table
- iglidur knife-edge rollers for conveyor applications
- B&R presents new temperature and power measurement modules
- Light duty levelling feet from Elesa
- New developments in packaging system concepts at PPMA 2014
- Open communication for Industry 4.0
- B&R adds HART modules to the X20 I/O series
- Digital mixed module for compact I/O stations
- Drive design and maintenance
- Efficiency is about more than simply the sum of the parts
- Focus on the overall package for optimum energy efficiency
- How to get the best machine performance
- Machine builder finds IO-Link fast, easy and cost-effective
- Mould change system helps to reduce machine downtime
- Omron automation targets build and programming speed at PPMA
- Protective solutions
- Spoilt for choice with beacons and sounders
- MiniTec's full service capability benefits Cobalt Light Systems
- Making baked products manufacturing fit for the future
- RS Components enhances its mobile website
- B&R's reACTION technology takes packaging to an entirely new level
- Igus offers tailored, on-site product demonstrations with practical expert advice
- igus plastics in 3D printers
- X20 modules with increased component density
- Bosch Rexroth launches new website
- Reliance Precision announces major investment strategy
- Bombardier selects Moog aerospace test system for carbon fibre wing testing
- igus mobile exhibition: coming to a place near you
- New IP65 stainless steel compression lever latch from Elesa
- Tritec Systems becomes first COPA-DATA Qualified Partner in the UK
- Free ACE VibroChecker app turns iPhone into vibration checker
- Reduce system costs and improve machine aesthetics - by using the IDEC SmartAxis Touch
- Safety system that lets you select the pushbutton colour
- Schneider introduces the world's first ePAC
- Elesa tubular handles with adjustable mounts
- ERIKS acquires Maagtechnic Group
- Whitepaper from Festo looks at the benefits of Cartesian handling systems
- igus launches interactive blog featuring videos, product updates and news
- Focusing on reductions in total cost of ownership
- Linear motion
- Servo inverters provide impetus for label converter innovation
- The energy storage systems of the future
- Single point control for emergency vehicles
- Murrelektronik fights the installation costs
- Giving local manufacturing business skills fit for a global stage
- Igus dry-tech lab performs 7,000 tests per year
- Linear guide is tough yet light
- New stainless steel eccentric cam clamping levers from Elesa
- BionicKangaroo - Energy-efficient jump kinematics based on a natural model
- CONNECTIVITY - Murrelektronik's new approach to machine and system installations
- GSM Communication with 6 inputs and 4 relay outputs
- WDS supports the Bloodhound project in 1000mph land speed record bid
- Taking packaging to a whole new level
- A new philosophy for scalability
- Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to automation
- Enabling the development of more complex machines
- Warning systems
- B&R at Drives and Controls 2014
- LG Motion at Drives and Controls 2014
- RS Components at Drives and Controls 2014
- Schneider Electric at Drives and Controls 2014
- igus scoops three iF design awards for innovative product design
- Omron's 361° Approach - the perfect match in sensors and components
- Supreme product offering earns RS Components top distributor award from Schaffner
- New clamping device for round shafts from Elesa
- Economical controllers provide precise positions for quarter turn process valve actuators
- UK OEMs deserve full support says Mitsubishi Electric
- SCHUNK rotary unit is new benchmark for cycle time and frequency
- Control station range offers flexible solution for many applications
- Actionable information holds the key to increased productivity
- Aerotech moves to new and larger facility
- Bombardier selects Moog for carbon fibre wing tests
- Castors and wheels
- Indutstry 4.0: What's in a name?
- Keep on running with a Mitsubishi Electric service contract
- Lockheed Martin tests tank turrets with motion platform
- Precision ring slide provides compact valve test solution
- Safety limiter prevents overloads in aircraft assembly tower
- Garrandale delivers air decay test machine solution
- Bespoke solution from Garrandale increases productivity
- Octagon Certification Mark for machinery manufacturers
- New multi-featured counter module adds flexible counting capability to CPX systems
- "Integrated Industry - NEXT STEPS" announced as lead theme for Hannover Messe 2014
- Develop it fast, test it as one, and secure it all
- Essential drive components for machine builders
- Mechatronic sub-assemblies
- What functions can Industry 4.0 access here and now?
- XY linear motor stage that offers unparalleled geometric performance
- Elesa family of stainless steel standard components
- Flanged mini indexing plungers from Elesa
- Magnet range provides permanent fixing for industry
- Modern attractive two-spoke handwheel solution
- New Elesa safety indexing plungers
- New finger pull handles from Elesa
- New size flush pull handles for clean environments
- New slotted control knobs in stainless steel
- Shoulder screws from Elesa with collar
- Solid aluminium handwheels range
- Stainless steel handwheels for specialist applications
- Vibration damping components
- RS Components to donate £218,000 of products to Hope and Aid Direct
- ERIKS growth continues as Stevenage branch expands to new site
- Rockwell Automation launches updated UK website
- Brammer takes control of systems design
- Further expansion for Staubli in Telford
- A prime showcase for UK industrial technology
- An integrated approach to machinery safety
- Rockwell Automation to acquire Jacobs Automation
- RS Components further enhances online experience
- Tackling the cyber security threat through defence in depth
- Food and beverage: the value of continuous development
- Manufacturing is coming home
- Machine delivery: a focal point for innovation
- New approach to machine control boosts performance
- Complex components demand innovative ultrasound solution
- Automation is still vital to manufacturing growth
- EN 60204: is your machine electrically safe?
- Profile technology and compatible modules
- The challenges of today's machine building industry
- Turning the traditional distribution model on its head
- Up to standard: a guide to EN 13849-1
- Vibration damping components
- New whitepaper from Festo outlines considerations to take when specifying valves and terminals
- Cost-effective rotary drive sets new standards for performance and flexibility
- A passage to India
- Machine development: reducing time to market
- Motion technology for art installation
- The Olympic legacy - one year on
- Increased yields can help drive emobility uptake
- Spicing up automation with Festo's high speed electronic axis
- West Control Solutions KS98-1 controller improves inline blending
- Drive automation doubles beer production
- Exporting machinery to the North American market
- Food for thought
- Function integration saves time along entire value chain
- Pick and place conveyor system makes tasks more efficient
- Frame tube joiners and end caps from Elesa
- Direct-drive Z-axis nanopositioning stages
- Production line monitoring drives up productivity
- Triple challenge for machine builders
- High quality HMIs available in widescreen versions
- Light to heavy duty industrial castors
- Machine guarding components
- Rotary stages offer enhanced performance in a robust, economical worm-drive package
- Round and square height leveling end caps
- Rubber wheeled castors from Elesa
- Temperature range for B&R I/O modules considerably increased
- Automation in the most demanding applications
- Automation in the most demanding applications
- Control and automation products
- Enlisting the services of an automation partner
- Flipping good transmission and positioning system
- Softstart UK announces partnership with Delta
- Perfect balance with 100% redundancy
- Launch of Safe Machine addresses CE marking problems
- Renovate or replace?
- Free CALgrafix software with all CAL controllers from West Control Solutions
- CAL 9500P offers accurate temperature control from any computer
- Airknives reduce energy costs on steel strip production line
- Bottle drying system enables increased cider production
- Control Techniques appoints cranes and hoists partner
- Prevention is better than cure
- The future of advanced handling
- The year of the package deal
- MB Redundancy Balance - share the load
- CAL range offers cost-effective, reliable temperature control
- B&R launches new website
- Pushbutton-replacement sensor from IFM Electronic detects operators hand
- Schneider Electric receives international energy management standard
- Beacon sounder combi-unit now available in XXL
- Enhanced efficiency for can dryer system
- How disorderly a pile is your machinery technical file?
- Light tower for hygiene sensitive applications
- Modlight Signal Towers
- Modular signal towers
- Modular sounders and beacons take signalling devices to a whole new level
- Shedding light on increased productivity and safety
- Signal light tower goes clear
- Signalling devices meet EN 54-23 requirements
- UK manufacturer invests in aerospace expansion
- New vulcanised rubber wheeled castors from Elesa
- Elesa at PPMA
- Getting to grips with WDS' recessed handles
- Indexing plungers with clamp plus added safety function
- Lobe knobs with cushioned bolt
- New clamping components enhance Elesa's adjustable mounting system
- New clamping hand knobs from Elesa
- New detent position hinges know their place
- New levelling feed with ground fixing
- Semi-split set collar clamping assemblies
- Proving that safety need not compromise flexibility
- Getting technical in India
- Mitsubishi Electric hosts UK Machine Builder Conference
- Retracted rest spring plungers offer safety and security in one
- RS celebrates 75 years business success
- Seeing into the future
- TÜV SÜD creates West Midlands CE marking and EMC machinery centre of excellence
- The future of automation technology
- There are no small order surcharges with WDS
- Automation
- Machine tools
- Dig under the surface of Colombia's past
- Festo's online forum for automation problems
- Industrial cloud services available on all embedded platforms
- M2M functionalities are increasingly important factors for machines and system installations
- Stäubli announces quick mould change roadshow
- The Internet of Things comes of age in factory automation
- Panel mounted controller is all-in-one solution
- Condition monitoring for all
- Linear motion for ATEX environments
- Look to emerging markets for growth
- UK firms seek new business in Baltic States and Finland
- Helping London firms seize the opportunity to impress international audiences
- Oh crumbs, solved at last
- New mini indexing plungers from Elesa
- The rise of wireless light towers and visual management for lean manufacturing
- New emergency hammers from EMKA
- Customised process solutions for your entire value chain
- Smart engineering
- Workholding for molecule-accurate medical technology
- Omron and RS Components consolidate strategic partnership in Europe
- Aerotech signs distribution agreement with Altechna
- CAD supported switch cabinet design
- Cost saving potential using the correct printing system
- Electric motion control
- Gantry positioning system
- Input or output signal: Your choice
- Machine building components
- Macros for electrics and pneumatics
- Mitsubishi Electric EPLAN files now in Data Portal
- Positioning at the flick of a finger
- Powering ahead to pick up business
- Rockwell acquires SoftSwitching Technologies
- Safe machine design starts with Risk Assessment
- Schneider Electric invests in UK manufacturing facility
- Quick release set collars from Elesa
- 2, 3 and 4 arm handwheels from Elesa
- Adjustable MRT handles suit clamping in tight spaces
- Components for medical applications
- Elesa lever handles - simple leverage for everyday clamping
- Elesa's handwheel safety feature - fold away handles
- Feeling cranky? Elesa have the solution
- Fixed and revolving - Elesa handles the lot
- The ubiquitous wing nut - an Elesa favourite
- Bonding of sandwich panels needs precision positioning
- Overseas distributors: picking the perfect partner
- Stringent quality and process control prevents contamination
- BritWeek UKTI Business Innovation Awards 2012 now underway
- Lenze catalogues available in CD format
- Holistic approach to machine safety
- RA Rodriguez opens new business division
- Stainless steel parts
- Airknives reduce clean-down times
- An IEC61131-3 PLC and advanced motion in one single control solution
- CC-Link ‘Unlocks China’ webinar
- X20 System certified for maritime use
- Extended range of profile accessories
- Aerotech's A3200 MotionPAC combines an IEC61131-3 PLC and advanced motion
- The new wave of productivity growth just makes sense
- A single automation platform for the entire machine or cell
- ATEX approval for valve islands with G3 electronics
- Industrial catalogue
- Search for your products with Phoenix Contact's catalogue app
- Vertical lift stage for accurate positioning
- Web-based remote monitoring system
- Free machine safety and machine vision training
- How secure is your Automation System architecture?
- New machinery doesn't always mean more efficient production
- The case for system migration
- True moves
- ERIKS acquires business activities of Sodeco Armaturen
- Precision ring track voted product of the year
- Sense and sensitivity
- Brammer expands to larger Cardiff site
- Power Jacks' new Ellon HQ opens for business
- Solenoids help to clean and oil lanes for ten-pin bowling
- The elegant, cost-effective alternative to cumbersome control cabinets
- Helping industry prepare for the change to the Machinery Directive
- Motion controller perfects Yorkshire pudding recipe
- Festo actively support London WorldSkills 2011
- HepcoMotion forms alliance with SmartDrive
- Elesa spherical rod ends keep linkages moving - accurately
- Food industry machine components from Elesa
- Packaging machines get standard components from Elesa
- Standard components from Elesa
- Controller offers the best of both worlds
- Damping vibration, shock and noise
- ABB's System 800xA receives KEMA certification for electrical integration
- Reliance showcases bebionic hand at Medtech 2011
- Advanced system diagnostics online
- Automate manufacturing to ensure UK's economic growth
- HepcoMotion rings the changes with new ring and track system
- Jaguar gets Machinery Directive compliant with SICK seminars
- Joining systems
- Assembly automation
- Intelligent linear rig tightens up film production
- It's time to let go of EN954-1
- Taking automotive assembly technology into the aerospace industry
- Festo wins prestigious award from Brammer
- TÜV Product Service launches CE marking centre of excellence
- Addressing the EC Machinery Directive
- Brammer and Parker's strategic partnership
- MRO cleaners
- Reaping the benefits of predictive maintenance
- RS introduces its own range of quality products
- ALS2200 linear stages combine ultra-smooth precision motion in a production grade design
- Automation
- Rotating equipment
- Food industry components from Elesa
- Grip and slide - clamping system from Elesa
- Reliable hours meter with run indicator
- Aerotech's advanced motion controls provide increased productivity, optimal ROI and lowest cost of ownership
- Rexroth launches drive and control training academy
- Tsubaki zip chain lifter wins energy efficiency award
- ABB unveils new energy saving control gear family
- E-tools make life easier for engineers
- Energy saving rebuild for tyre shredder
- EPLAN Electric P8 updated to version 2.0
- Evaluating the performance of safety control systems
- Good reasons to turn to active energy management
- Heavy duty steel cable carriers off the shelf
- New ERIKS branch
- Specifying the right vibration damping levelling element
- Pulse I/O modules bring versatile position control to Omron CJ2M PLCs
- Invent the future at Motek 2010
- Converting industry boosts efficiency
- All the fun of the fair
- EPLAN data portal
- Faster without wasted movement
- Improved model for solar collector manufacture
- Laidler issues warning on machinery standards
- Panel PC is compact and powerful
- Reassurance to machine builders as published list is now complete
- Robust I/O modules with CC-Link technology
- ABB launches new products and partner programme in the UK and Ireland
- Transmitting electrical signals through rotating assemblies
- Angle locking bracket
- Don't waste money over specifying
- Linear motion
- New ball joint for the Item MB system
- New drying system gives Britvic a productivity boost
- The choice makes the difference
- Anybus CC-Link drive profile
- New ServoBelt precision rotary stages from Mclennan
- RS launches interactive online Panel Building Centre
- Sick launches machinery directive compliance seminars
- Clamp handles have low profile
- Elesa RE.FF castor for light industrial equipment
- Elesa's new softly-softly industrial castor
- ESD handles and knobs from Elesa
- Indexing in confined spaces
- Light/medium duty castors from Elesa
- New Elesa cam levers
- New RE series castor range from Elesa
- Safety switching hinge for equipment and access control
- Stainless and optimised classic 5 lobe clamping knob
- No need for a PLC in many tasks
- Precision positioning, but with standard components
- Distributed positioning and controlling of stepper motors, actuators and valves
- Advanced Manufacturing Uk helps keep Invensys engineer in control
- Munich's Automatica trade fair - bucking the trend
- Total expands again as packaging innovation hub grows
- Positioning technology for nanometre precision direct-write laser
- Quick delivery on linear components
- Cadbury's options on energy
- Cost saving controls for the water industry
- Inverters key to power saving modules
- Power transmission
- Production information
- Total energy efficiency
- ABB signs RTS as system integrator
- Access platforms cut commercial costs
- Accessories boost flexibility for machinery designers
- Further expert guidance on profile systems for machine building
- Technologies boost packaging efficiency
- The fast and easy way to protect
- Bosch Rexroth establishes headquarters in Ireland
- Functionality for even more fieldbus users
- Supporting access to education
- Yukihiko Nagaoka new European head at MISUMI
- 50m unsupported travel with new energy chain
- A productivity boost with new, flexible software
- Control now even more easy
- Focusing on the benefits of cable carriers
- Manifold has I/O link interface
- Options make screw driven linear actuator versatile
- Bosch Technology Horizons Award reveals our next generation of engineers
- RS Components launches online hub specifically aimed at purchasers
- Modular Automation under new ownership
- RS explains how IECEx helps machine builders make for the worldwide market
- Heason Technology wins Synchrotron Soleil motion contract
- New linear systems partnership offers complete motion control & automation solutions
- Schneider Electric launches new industry training programme
- Eliminating the problems of spraying viscous coatings
- Laser processing and micromachining
- Linear motion
- Making redundancy redundant
- Reducing energy and waste
- Producing, testing and researching in Cologne
- Achieve energy efficiency with 60 percent less consumption
- Cable carriers minimise downtime costs
- Calling all maintenance engineers
- DryLin EasyTube: the totally lubrication free compact linear module
- Energy supply systems for machine tool manufacture
- Igus awarded Supplier of the Year
- New energy chain series E4.1 available ex-stock
- NFPA 79-conforming cables for energy chains
- Online pinout configurator: QuickPin 2.0
- Plastic energy chains replace steel chains
- Safe data transfer for robots
- Toothed belt drive for quick positioning
- Wear-Resistant Tubing from SMC for Energy Chain Challenges
- www.igus.co.uk for mobile phones
- Linear guides
- Machine design
- Test drive a free cable carrier sample
- Positioning systems
- Technology update: Open source in automation
- The benefits of Aerotech's motion and machine controls range
- ZigBee information
- Air bearing stage delivers nanometre precision
- Centric grippers with multitooth guidance
- High performance positioning
- Manual and motorised rotary tables
- Moving coil actuators
- Personal touch for automation design
- Steinmeyer UK opens new facility
- Actuators provide full 360deg movement
- Aerotech launches controls division
- Assembly automation
- B&R UK opens Southern office
- Compact joining module
- Electromechanical actuators
- Linear motion products
- Linear systems
- Machine frameworks
- Motion control and automation
- RS expands its own brand product range
- Awards raise the profile of engineering
- Getting to grips with the Machinery Directive's third amendment
- Miniature indexers deliver big benefits
- Mobile web service
- Modular protection for HMIs
- Plug-in actuation
- Publication from SICK highlights six steps to a safe machine
- Vacuum generators for lifting and handling
- Eriks sponsors awards
- Ondrives and Rino merge
- Bosch Rexroth launches new strategy for automation
- Accurate positioning system drives micro-machining research
- Bus controllers for CANopen and Powerlink
- LG Motion wins two business awards
- Working to minimise aircraft noise
- 2009 RS Catalogue
- Innovative automation, motion control and electronic products
- Ultrasound test tanks get modular treatment
- Robust energy chain system for oversized outdoor screen
- Engineering supplies
- Increasing the efficiency of industrial applications
- Bowl feeders keep component assembly lines buzzing
- Heavy duty hexapods suit high-precision positioning applications
- Machine components
- New profiles boost system possibilities
- The best of both worlds
- Spring shafts can handle high speeds
- Vibration dampers handle 40,000N loads
- Suck it and see
- ESD fasteners for the Item framing system
- Get connected with Rino's clamp range
- Industrial mouldings
- Modular approach to cell construction boosts flexibility
- Going wireless for machine building
- Optimise your machine control
- Automation made simple with linear motion technology
- Highlighting over 18,000 products
- IEC 60320 three function power entry modules
- Maintenance
- Precision parts
- Assembly products
- A great combination for can production
- Automation Supplies adds new conveyors to portfolio
- CAD models for screw jacks
- Considerations for linear motor based positioning systems
- Effective cable protection system
- Magnetics for conveyor maintenance
- Modular zero-line conveyor system accumulates without product contact
- Patented static mixer solves mixing problem
- PLCs at the heart of the automation network
- Safe vertical guidance for energy chains
- Adding colour to instrument displays with semi-custom TFTs
- Electric cylinder offers enhanced performance
- Electric cylinders designed to replace pneumatics
- Refurbishment celebrates the golden age of steam
- Roebuck products
- Screwjack actuators
- A new standard in pick and place precision
- Powder coating solution for steel and aluminium parts
- Power quality brochure
- Actuator for heavy duty applications
- An eye to the future
- Connect, don't wire!
- Fit it in any position
- Flat belt conveyor
- Mis-step and hunting eliminated
- Precision electric linear actuators for Europe
- Screw rams position polar mount antenna precisely
- Screwless terminations handle high currents
- Thermo Electron relies on Reliance expertise
- Tiny belt conveyors for small parts and light duty transport
- Power relays up to 200A
- Preparing for the WEEE Directive
- Accurate anti-backlash screw jacks
- Actuators are versatile and robust
- Adjustable clamping goes stainless
- Compact lifting cylinders can carry heavier loads
- Heavy duty actuator
- Positioning made easier
- Positioning stages are compact, low cost and adaptable
- Precise, rugged linear stages
- Setting new standards for ballscrews
- Smoovy linear actuators are truly tiny
- When three become one
- Multi-axis solutions off the shelf
- Stainless steel profile complements aluminium
- Actuators are both compact and precise
- Air knives hold the key in bike washing booth
- Apprentice of the Year Award
- Baldor acquires Rockwell's power division for $1.8bn
- Industrial robot specification
- Motor drive for flexibility
- Unlocking the actuation market with piezo-ceramics
- First magnetic energy chain available worldwide
- IPC automation delivers user-friendly interface
- Keeping London Underground on the rails
- Getting a handle on machinery
- Greater safety, less weight, increased versatility
- Online product configurator
- PIAB offers C-Series vacuum conveyors
- Putting the brakes on complexity
- Six star stadium for German football club
- Braking solution for linear motion guides
- Cable carriers ATEX compliant since 2002
- Cut out cage creep
- Increase your production availability
- Linear motion systems boost packaging performance
- Maximum productivity without damaging coffee beans
- Reliability in demanding areas
- U-turn with a halfway option
- Cleaner replacement to hydraulics actuators
- High performance connectors for tight situations
- Relay has extra features at a standard price
- Dual homing redundancy at a reduced cost
- Heavy duty screw jacks
- Medical grade accessory power strip
- Meters monitor energy consumption
- Timers and modular electronic devices
- Circular metallic connectors for industrial machinery
- Assembly cell off the shelf
- Connectors for motorsport
- Fibre optic connectors
- Linear motion range from Ondrives
- Miniature time delay modules for relays
- Ondrives accessories range
- Simultaneous connections for air, fluids and power
- Transformer offers high efficiency even under low or no load conditions
- Actuator on the up and up
- Dampers stick on to kill vibration
- Distributed I/O with safety functions
- Ethernet field switch for heavy duty applications
- Interface is only 6mm wide
- Low cost machine design solutions
- Miniature actuators now available in black
- New force in linear motion
- Protecting energy supplies
- Tiny hollow shaft actuator
- Turning wine waitresses into wine angels
- Wireless serial device servers
- Harmonious outcome for thyristor controller
- Increased control for the water industry
- Rockwell Automation strengthens control and visualisation portfolio with acquisition of ASEM