RED HOT Performance
Abssac has long been associated with unique engineering products. Several of the products we market are now on NASA’s latest space explorer, the Mars Science Laboratory ‘Curiosity’ Rover which enters its 4th year of continuous service on Mars. NASA...
Friday 28th October 2016
The Schmidt coupling offsets like no other coupling.
When designing new machines the parallel alignment of the shafts is always paramount. However some applications actually require that parallel offset to be dynamic during operation and well above and beyond the capabilities of standard shaft couplings. To achieve the exaggerated...
Wednesday 5th October 2016
ABSSAC finalist in PPMA awards
ABSSAC has been named as one of the finalists for the http://www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk/ppma-group-industry-awards ABSSAC was selected from the largest ever number of entries received by the trade association. Processing...
Wednesday 14th September 2016
The wrong choice of shaft coupling design will effect encoder performance
Too many designers spend time and money on high accuracy position and speed devices, such as rotary encoders, only to compromise their performance by using an inappropriate shaft coupling. Shaft encoders are accurate instruments, capable of extremely high angular resolution and are normally supplied as servo or flange mounted units...
Tuesday 6th September 2016
Farnborough Airshow 2016
If you can't make the journey to the forthcoming http://www.farnborough.com/ then it will be worth looking at the show edition of https://www.aero-mag.com/digital-editions/june-2016/view/. On page 47, of the digital version, there is a particularly interesting section on the unique machined spring products that is worth a perusal.
Thursday 30th June 2016
Fast Delivery of Power screws , Nuts and Bearings
Leadscrews are an excellent and reliable way of converting rotary motion into a linear motion. The speed, the load and the accuracy of position has a direct effect on the form and physical size of the lead screw and nut design. If you use leadscrews and nuts or perhaps you are considering the product within your designs...
Monday 27th June 2016