Atlanta — The plastics materials sector is responding to today's stronger-than-ever "green" momentum by developing bioplastics and beefing up recycled content, both mechanical and chemical. And ...

Screws are useful fasteners for 3D prints, but the effectiveness of a screw (not to mention the ease or hassle of insertion) ...

Planetary roller screws provide significant benefits over other screw-type actuators in terms of performance, load capacity, duty cycle, and lifetime. Traditionally, however, those benefits have come ...

HOW DOES THE CHOICE OF A BALLSCREW OR LEAD SCREW AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY IN A MOTION-CENTRIC AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT? Woody • THK: Ballscrew technology allows balls to roll between the screw shaft and the ...

Entek Manufacturing Inc. of Lebanon, Ore., has introduced a new software program designed for customers to quickly and easily design screw and barrel layouts for their specific applications. The ...

Screws may be commonplace, but that doesn't mean they're simple. A screw is any shaft with a corkscrew groove carved around its surface and, regardless of their design, screws are usually used to ...

The Merrexx III screw design?available in sizes from 1 to 10 inches with L/D ratios up to 44:1?reportedly allows barrier-type screws to function as they were originally intended to but never could to ...