Omaha Steel Castings Co., Omaha, Neb., announced it will break ground on a $12 million operation in nearby Wahoo, Neb., on July 1. According to Phil Teggart, president and owner, the new plant is expected to be operational in 18-24 months ...
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What are Bucket Elevators? A bucket elevator or grain leg, is a machine that convey flow-able bulk materials vertically. It is useful in oil mill machinery and consist of bucket , a belt, to carry the buckets and transmit the pull, ...
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U. K. Manufacturing production fell for a second month in November as the weakening economy curtailed demand for metals, wood and paper products. Factory output fell 0.2 percent from October, when it fell a revised 0.9 percent, the Office ...
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Concentrated on R&D, the Taiwan-based Airboss Air Tool Co., Ltd., a world-caliber supplier of pneumatic tools, swept global design awards in 2011, further boosting its profile in the line. For Airboss, 2011 was undoubtedly a good year to ...
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Bolt wraps up a cylinder, which has a seamless. Knock out a hole on the wall when using, then put the expansion bolt into the hole. When the bolts were tightened, the cylinder was squeezed and open. This makes the bolt stuck in the hole to ...
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Foseco's STELEX PrO range of carbon bonded ceramic filters now incorporates a new, unique and innovative ProBond carbon bonding technology that improves the overall performance of the filter. This technology has been developed after an ...
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Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected ...
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Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announced it has extended its supply agreement with the Boeing Co., Chicago, a deal which is expected to provide an opportunity for greater use of ATI's cast titanium products. The long-term ...
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Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is created using two hardened tool steel dies which have been machined into shape and work ...
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Lost-foam casting (LFC) is a type of evaporative-pattern casting process that is similar to investment casting except foam is used for the pattern instead of wax. This process takes advantage of the low boiling point of foam to simplify the ...
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Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different in form from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft ...
Han-Steel Announced in recent that it had succeed in smelting a kind of variety steel ML35. During the smelting and pouring process, craftsmanship got stable controlled and the surface of casting blank reached quality requirements. Steel ...
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CFLs are available in a variety of styles or shapes. Some have two, four, or six tubes. Older models, and specialty models, have separate tubes and ballasts. Some CFLs have the tubes and ballast permanently connected. This allows you to ...
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CFLs are available in a variety of styles or shapes. Some have two, four, or six tubes. Older models, and specialty models, have separate tubes and ballasts. Some CFLs have the tubes and ballast permanently connected. This allows you to ...
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You might just think a door is just like any other, save for some minor detail differences or material types. But believe it or not, there are some innovations and features offered by various manufacturers that are worth noting. Being aware ...
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