Product category:
Knobs, Handles and Enclosure Hardware
News Release from: Elesa (UK)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 October 2006
Machine elements are not so standard
Standard machine elements, such as knobs, handles, clamps, handwheels etc, are so commonplace it would be easy to think there could be no further developments in this area.
Standard machine elements, such as knobs, handles, clamps, handwheels etc, are so commonplace it would be easy to think there could be no further developments in this area But one company that has made its business to specialise in these items is increasingly applying materials and production technologies in a way that is changing the way we interact with manually operated equipment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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