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Linear Actuators Selection Guide: Types, Features, Applications ...
Linear actuators are mechanical devices used to move items through a system. The device uses energy to develop force and motion in a linear manner, as opposed to a rotational motion in an electric motor. Linear actuators offer advantages including a simple design with minimal moving parts. They are ...
Gate Valves Selection Guide: Types, Features, Applications
Types of gate valves. Image Credit: thepipefittings.com . Wedge-shaped gate valves use two inclined seats and a slightly mismatched inclined gate, allowing for tight shut-off.. Disk flexibility is inherent to the split wedge design.This flexibility allows the split wedge to seal more easily and it reduces stickiness between the sealing surfaces in cases where the valve seats are angularly ...
Globe Valves Selection Guide: Types, Features, Applications
Design Tip: Take care to not screw the valve shaft too far because there is a possibility it could damage the seating surface. For quick-acting globe stop valves, the stem is placed so the disk closes in the same direction as the fluid flow. Closing the valve is impeded by the kinetic energy of the media but opening is faster and easier.
Washers Selection Guide: Types, Features, Applications - GlobalSpec
Other Common Types : Flat washers, also referred to as Type A plain washers, are thin, flat, and circular general-purpose washers with a centrally located hole. Standardized flat washers may be designed by the use of imperial or metric dimensions. Standard imperial washers include SAE washers, for use with fine threaded nuts and bolts, and USS flat washers, for use with coarse threaded bolts ...
IHS Standards Store – Engineering Standards Source - GlobalSpec
GlobalSpec Product Announcement for IHS Standards Store – Engineering Standards Source - The IHS Standards Store provides access to standards, regulations and codes from professional societies, trade associations, international and national standardization regulatory bodies, governments and military sources.
Motor Circuit Breaker Sizing Calculator | GlobalSpec
Electric motors are essential devices that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy (in the form of rotational torque of a shaft). The electrical energy could be grid-supplied single-phase or poly-phase alternating current or direct current from an alternative source.
Screws Selection Guide: Types, Features, Applications - GlobalSpec
Screw Features. Several integral features are available in screws, which increase their versatility. Breakaway screws have a hollowed shank that greatly reduces their shear load. This is useful in mechanical components which may experience overload, or in accident regulation.
Motor FLA Calculator - GlobalSpec
This article will get back to the basics of electric motors. It will cover full load amperage of single- and three-phase motors. It will also present helpful information about how motor FLA forms the basis for overload sizing.
Pneumatic Valve Actuators Selection Guide: Types, Features ...
Pneumatic actuator for valves and dampers. Video Credit: Industrial Controls / CC BY-SA 4.0 Actuation time is the time it takes to fully close the linear motion valve.. Acting type is an additional specification.. With single-acting devices, fluid pressure actuates the valve in one direction while a compressed spring actuates the valve in the other.. With double-acting devices, fluid pressure ...