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Oct
TYPES OF PULLEY MOUNTING
Timing Pulley Classification by Mounting Beginning with the most inexpensive options, good for fitting into tight budget scenarios where the load is not a big constraint, set screws provide security for only the lowest loads. These use friction of the set screw against a set screw flat on the shaft for their holding power. With the addition of a keyway, they can provide a mounting solution for low...18
Oct
ACME vs Trapezoidal Threads
ACME and trapezoidal threaded products appear similar at a glance. In fact, these two threads were developed around the same time and are more similar than different. What is the difference between ACME thread and trapezoidal thread, and which should you choose? Until the late 1800s, square threads were in common use for heavy loads and motion transfer applications. There were two problems with sq...17
Oct
The world of Timing Belts
Timing belts are parts of synchronous drives which represent an important category of drives. Characteristically, these drives employ the positive engagement of two sets of meshing teeth. Hence, they do not slip and there is no relative motion between the two elements in mesh. Due to this feature, different parts of the drive will maintain a constant speed ratio or even a permanent relative positi...30
Sep
RC Servo Spline Chart
How many splines does your RC Servo have? Here is a listing to help you to select the right horn for the RC Servo. Pay close attention to your servo, some servos are rebadged servos from other brands. This is the case of the Hobbico CS-170 that uses 24 splines (Hitec) instead of 25 splines traditionally found on Hobbico servos. Ace/Thunder: 25T Airtronics: 23T Blue Bird: 25T Cirrus: 25T Duratrax: ...28
Sep
Kicad, Altium, OrCad vs Eagle
KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design of schematics for electronic circuits and their conversion to PCB designs. KiCad was originally developed by Jean-Pierre Charras. It features an integrated environment for schematic capture and PCB layout design. Tools exist within the package to create a bill of materials, artwork, Gerber files, and 3D view...12
Jun
Flexible Silicone Rubber Heaters
Flexible heater element Silicone Rubber Heater Silicone Rubber Heater have wire-wound or etched foil heating elements protected by fiberglass-reinforced silicone rubber vulcanized and compressed at high temperature and press. They are thin, bendable and shaped to fit almost any equipment. Heat can be applied to the most complex shapes, geometries, curves and pipes conceivable without sacrificing e...21
May
Silicon or Silicone Rubber?
Silicon or Silicone, is it the same? Silicon and silicone, it may come as a surprise that they are two very different things. Silicon is a naturally chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance, so we say Silicone Rubber not silicon rubber. Silicon readily bonds with oxygen and is rarely found in nature in its pure form. You've likely seen silicon as silicon dioxide or silica, bette...15
May
Any reasons to buy CHMT36VA, CHMT48VB workbench PnP machine from RobotDigg?
Workbench Pick and Place Machine Good questions? RobotDigg benchtop pick and place machine Price Match Guarantee Any reasons I need to buy the desktop, benchtop or workbench pick and place machine from RobotDigg CHMT36VA, CHMT48VB, TVM802A or TVM802B? 1. RobotDigg is official distributor of Charmhigh and price match to all channels you can find with large stock of machines. 2. RobotDigg is profess...02
Apr
Print a shit and where get it print?
3D printing prevails in recent years and there are companies who collect local area printing stores as their service providers which are very convenient for customers to get the prints they want. This really fantastic.Just before 3D printing, the printers for 2D printing paper works comes very popular in our daily life, but when you want to print or scan a bigger size than A4 for example, you may ...10
Mar
