05.28.2014
What Are Copper Gaskets? A gasket is a very important part in any type of machinery. It serves as a seal between different surfaces in order order to stop anything from leaking. It can also be considered a mating surface, ...
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Ordering Custom Shims A shim is an important yet underrated part of any equipment or assembly. For those who do not know, a shim is a piece of material (most often metal) that serves as a spacer. This part fills ...
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What to do When You Need Custom Parts Washers are thin metal or plastic plates with a hole, which is usually in the middle. They are used to distribute the pressure of hardware pieces like nuts, bolts, and screws evenly. ...
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Metal Stamping Process Metal Stamping includes a variety of sheet-metal forming manufacturing processes, such as punching using a machine press or stamping press, blanking, embossing, bending, flanging, and coining. This could be a single stage operation where every stroke of the press produces the desired form ...
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A stamping press is a metalworking machine tool used to shape or cut metal by deforming it with a die. Bolster plate The bolster plate (or bed) is a large block of metal upon which the bottom portion of a ...
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How to Know When you Need a Shim or Washer Washers and Shims, what are they, and why do we need them? A shim is a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material, used to fill small gaps ...
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Phoenix Specialty has produced quality Aerospace components such as washers, shims and precision stampings for major leading Aerospace companies. Phoenix Specialty knows how exacting the Aerospace manufacturing standards are. Aerospace Phoenix Specialty has Manufactured parts for the Apollo Moon landing vehicles, ...
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