Impact Wear Matters

Traditionally, hardbanding materials have been tested using the ASTM G65 abrasion wear test. This test can be performed on any alloy and lasts for a set number of revolutions of a rubber wheel, which forces dry sand against the test specimen. Weight is taken before and after the test to give a resulting volume loss.…

Durable Technologies

Portable Marking Machine Options There are a couple of portable marking machine options for applications where marking needs to be done in the field, or applications where a traditional marking machine isn’t feasible. Learn More Replacement Metal Type for Packaging Machinery From cartoners to tube fillers to hot stamp date coders, high-quality replacement for packaging…

Nine Enemies of Precision Gaging

In some plants, metal parts are made accurate to 0.01 inch. In other plants, there are products that cannot tolerate size differences of even a few millionths of an inch. Making parts to either tolerance range is impossible without accurate gaging. However, accurate gaging is impossible if liberties are taken with the design, handling, and…

Getting The Most From Your Classics

If you are thinking of ways to economize these days, you may want to consider coaxing more performance out of your existing gages. Many of the gages being built today are refinements of gages built 50 plus years ago. They may have originally been designed for use with a 0.0001 inch indicator, but over the…

Dial Versus Digital Indicators, 40 Years Later

When digital electronic indicators were first introduced in the early 1980s, observers expected them to blow mechanical dial indicators out of the water. But despite the clear superiority of electronic indicators in terms of higher resolutions, better accuracy, and usefulness in statistical process control and data collection systems, mechanical indicators retained other advantages and continued…

Cold Root Rolling

COLD ROOT ROLLING is the process of burnishing the root radius of a previously cut thread, in a Rotary Shouldered Connection. CJWinter’s Cold Roll Tools are available using our (SA) Standard Attachment Series which uses our Patented EPL® Design, “Error Proof Loading’; the cold roll wheels cannot be installed incorrectly in the roll holder or…

MarCator 1086 Ri Digital Indicator

A clear digital display, robust construction and high Mahr accuracy characterize our digital dial gages. The range includes measuring instruments for all applications. Various interfaces for data transfer and a high protection rating up to IP 54 leave no demands unfulfilled. For more information about the MarCator 1086 Ri Digital Indicator, CLICK HERE. Giving Your…