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  1. stevec77

    Can you identify the name of this part?

    @VE1Bll Thanks for this suggestion, however the only results I get with those search terms are other types of sockets and plug metal parts not the terminal strip I seek. If you saw one [please past the url of the company making/supplying it?
  2. stevec77

    Can you identify the name of this part?

    @mcgyvr that might explain why they don't turn up anywhere ins a search. Seems an odd item to make proprietary. I would have thought them to be ubiquitous and inexpensive in volume.
  3. stevec77

    Can you identify the name of this part?

    I'm not trying to make the universal plug receptacle that the article is about. I'm trying to identify the name of the brass strip terminals commonly found inside that receive NEMA plug blades. I selected a poor photo because the article accompanying it is dubious, I agree. The device I am...
  4. stevec77

    Can you identify the name of this part?

    Once I know what to call it, I intend to contact manufacturers or suppliers who deal in components like this. I'll need considerable quantities.
  5. stevec77

    Can you identify the name of this part?

    I need to source the thin brass terminal strip inside a power strip. Can't for the life of me get it to pop up on any search. Does anyone know the name and better a supplier? http://www.instructables.com/id/Dual-nation-powerstrip/
  6. stevec77

    Thin walled aluminum tube bending

    Ornery, The wall thickness is still open in the event an engineer says it should be X to accomplish the bends but we were thinking somewhere in the 1mm range. The alloy is pen too recommendation. Production is key. It has to be mass produced to keep cost as low as possible. Steve
  7. stevec77

    Thin walled aluminum tube bending

    TV, please tell me what the term flattened means? Steve
  8. stevec77

    Thin walled aluminum tube bending

    Dear RB, All good questions. We are looking at injection molding to accomplish this function in less expensive versions but want to introduce it at the higher end of what we hope this market will want. We are considering changing the shape of the top to more rounded but not a circle probably the...
  9. stevec77

    Thin walled aluminum tube bending

    Thank you for your interest. Here are some specifics such as we know them. We are leaving the wall size of this tube open in case you tell us that it can be done at a certain size but not another. Here is some background that should help you understand the forces it will be subject to. 1. This...
  10. stevec77

    Thin walled aluminum tube bending

    Please look at the attached drawing and tell me if and how to get a tube to bend as shown? It has to be able to be a production run. It will be used as mechanical tube not pressure. Thank you, Steve

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