‘Thread Inserts’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release James Walker designs advanced seat material from James Walker and Co, which we summarised at the time by saying "Working closely with valve manufacturers, James Walker Devol has developed Devlon V-API as a superior seat material that would overcome the individual shortcomings of all the other material grades.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Pressure transducers measure up to 20,000psig from Endevco: "Endevco has announced the 8511A series, a range of piezoresistive gauge pressure transducers designed for maximum reliability in extreme measurement environments. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Souriau - take a look at Souriau creates optical contact for harsh settings which says: "Souriau, in partnership with several aircraft manufacturers, has developed the Elio high-performance optical contact for applications in harsh environments.".

Take a look also at the news release from Instron, Instron introduces syringe test fixture, as well as AST releases transmitters with 0.25in female ports from American Sensor Technologies, and Flexicon enhances range of compression fittings from Flexicon.

Latest stories...

Captive-screw products include UL-approved types (October 2009)

The expanded range of PEM self-clinching captive-panel-screw products includes several UL-approved types designed for tool-only operation.

Beam profiler analyses laser sources (October 2009)

Newport's LBP-HR laser beam profiler offers true 12-bit dynamic range and a high-resolution 1.4 megapixel CCD for detailed beam profile measurement and analysis of most laser sources.

AV-D30 dynamic mounting arm to debut at Compamed (October 2009)

Southco will introduce the AV-D30, a new dynamic mounting arm, at Compamed 2009 in Dusseldorf, Germany as part of Medica 2009.

Exhibition includes hinges, handles and gaskets (October 2009)

Custom-made hardware components, including hinges, handles and gaskets, will feature at the Fastening and Assembly Solutions Exhibition on 29 October at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.

Taegutec introduces turning chip breaker insert (October 2009)

Taegutec has introduced the FC double-sided turning chip breaker insert that is said to be ideal for light to finishing turning applications.

Temperature switches have faster response time (October 2009)

IFM Electronic has released the latest versions of its TAD series temperature switches with double the speed of response.

Resolve supplies wide-angle zoom lens adapter (October 2009)

Resolve Optics has received a major order, to be supplied to a leading video teleconferencing companies, for its 287-Series wide-angle zoom lens adapter.

Squich connectors deliver quick termination (September 2009)

AP Technology has announced the availability of the Squich range of ILME tool-free industrial connectors, which are said to deliver a 50 per cent faster termination than screw terminals.

Wire thread inserts set for marketing push

Alcoa Fastening Systems will launch a new point-of-sale merchandiser in April, aimed at current and potential UK distributors for its Recoil product line.
Wire thread inserts meet updated standard

Wire thread inserts manufactured by WTI Fasteners comply with the latest version of the British standard for wire thread inserts BS7751:1994.