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6/24/2008 2:00pm

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Editor's Note
Ingenuity is the order of business for MRO distributors and customers impacted by the flooding in Iowa. The Applied Industrial Technologies service center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was without telephones and Internet access but employees found a way to process orders and service their customers. They used laptops and wireless air cards to communicate with the corporate office in Cleveland, says Kurt Tennyson, general manager in Cedar Rapids.

As for their customers, one not able to operate due to lack of water and power generated by a flooded coal-burning facility is using the downtime to perform maintenance on its equipment. Another, a food-processing plant in Waterloo did remain in operation. The Applied service center was able to make deliveries despite roads being shut: Employees took an alternative, albeit longer, route around the city. The distributor’s suppliers offered to help expedite orders by delivering goods via air transportation.

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Connectors
Omron Electronic Components LLC announces the expansion of their Smartclick™ connector line making available the XS5M panel-mount plugs and XS5P panel-mount sockets in both front and rear panel-mount versions. These IP67 rated circular industrial connectors feature a one-touch bayonet locking system, enabling connection in 1/8th of a turn.
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Cross-roller bearings
Steinmeyer announced a decoupling arrangement for ball screw drives that enables its standard PMT 160 series stages to achieve straightness and flatness runout of 50 nanometers or less. The device uses mechanical cross-roller bearings instead of air bearings. The decoupling system isolates transverse movement of the ball screw from the linear bearing system and saddle of the stage.
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Surface-mount switch
E-Switch announces the TL3315 – a surface-mount tactile switch with a profile of 0.55mm. Electrical life is 200,000 cycles, with up to 1,000,000 cycles, depending on operating force. Operating force options include 100, 160 and 250 gf. Contact rating is 50mA @ 15 VDC. Operating temperature is minus 20C to + 70C.
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