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Comparison of Underwater Bearings: Wood vs. Plastic

We had an interesting call on our Ask the Experts line this week concerning underwater bearings and the benefits of wood vs. plastic in a hydro plant application. One surprising fact we reviewed is that like plastic, wood bearings are...

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4 Signs You’re Ready to Outsource Plastic Fabrication

Plastic fabrication is completely unlike metal fabrication; a fact that we covered indepth in our recent Machining Plastics technical white paper....

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Plastic Fabrication Review: Machining vs. Injection Molding

When it comes to plastic fabrication, there is not one simple, one-size-fits-all solution to creating your ideal custom part. Plastics machining...

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Q&A - Bearing Selection Does Rulon W2 Require Grease?

Lots of interesting bearing selection questions coming into our Ask the Experts portal - have you submitted your bearing design challenge? The latest...

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What is a Plane Bearing? Or is it a Plain Bearing?

First let’s settle this important question, is it a “plane” bearing or a “plain” bearing? And survey says? Both spellings are correct, although this...

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Causes of Bearing Failure – See the Video

Of all of the questions we receive about bearings, one of the most-commonly asked is regarding the causes of bearing failure. Just why do bearings...

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Q&A - Can you review amorphous vs. crystalline polymers?

A recent customer visit found us reviewing the attributes of amorphous vs. crystalline polymers. I thought I’d share the information as a good...

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Plasma Treatment of Medical Filters

It is no secret that medical manufacturers are turning to plasma treatment to help them improve the performance of their products. Whether used to...

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3 Key Benefits of Surface Modification

Reading through some of our older posts, I noticed that we received some great feedback on our coverage of Plasma Surface Modification Improves Drone...

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Rulon Bearings in Vacuum Applications

Rugged Rulon 1337 for slide pads and rolling element retainers When a major manufacturer of vacuum chambers required a self-lubricating bearing to...

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Bearing Materials and Tribology Testing

I had an interesting conversation with a manufacturer this week regarding bearing materials and tribology testing. With so many counterfeit bearing...

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Tech Tip: How do I measure the surface tension of plastics?

Measuring surface tension can be done quite easily in the lab with the use of a goniometer (or surface contact meter). In fact, this is a key service...

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Tips to Bond Silicone Rubber to Aluminum

We’ve had a few questions lately about the best method of bonding rubber to aluminum before overmolding. It seems this bonding combination poses a...

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