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Miniature Fittings Enhance Airline Beverage Service
Beverage service aboard commercial aircraft has changed little since the 1950s. Flight attendants wheel a mobile service cart filled with metal cans to each passenger. With an increasing focus on cost and weight reductions, this traditional method will soon be replaced with a new system from Sterling Beverage Systems, Newnan, Ga. Sterling has designed and […]
No “Elbow” Room? Ultra-Miniature Pneumatic Elbow Fitting Fits Critical Medical Product To A “Tee”
This article was authored by Michael J. Donati, VP of Sales/Marketing, Beswick Engineering Co., Inc. It was published by Industrial Product Bulletin in October 2004. In today’s business world engineers are challenged to design products that are faster, lighter and incorporate more features into a smaller space. Successful products are often the ones that provided […]
The Basics of Pressure Regulators
You can find Beswick’s available pressure regulators in our online catalog: Click Here for Pressure Regulators Pressure Regulators are found in many common home and industrial applications. For example, pressure regulators are used in gas grills to regulate propane, in home heating furnaces to regulate natural gases, in medical and dental equipment to regulate oxygen and […]
High Performance Materials Make Their Mark In Manufacturing
(This article was authored by Austin Ganly, Applications Engineer of Beswick Engineering Co., Inc. It was published online at www.manufacturing.net, www.thomasnet.com and www.pddnet.com, and on print by Laboratory Equipment April 06 issue, IEN March 06 issue and NH Business Brief January 06 issue.) Throughout the industrial manufacturing world, there is an increasing trend toward the use of high performance […]
Material Selection for Valves: Focus on the Application
Given the huge body of information regarding the properties of materials commonly employed in valve bodies, seals, and O-rings, the material selection process is becoming a routine exercise. The challenging part of determining material choice is actually verifying that the chosen material best fits the application. Most material selection problems at Beswick Engineering, Greenland, N.H., […]
The Basics of Quick Disconnects
To Find Beswick Engineering’s QDC Product Listing Click Here. Quick disconnect fittings (abbreviated as “QDCs” or “QDs”) are used to provide fast and easy connection and disconnection of fluid lines. These fittings are also known as quick connects or quick release couplings. Typically quick disconnect fittings are operated by hand. They often are used to replace […]
Small Things Are Big in Fluid Power
This Article Originally Was Published On DesignNews.com. By Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control Trends in industrial fluid power reflect the overall direction of industrial electronics. Equipment is getting smaller, smarter, and more efficient. The megatrends in hydraulics and pneumatics include miniaturization, environmental (meaning both clean and ever more efficient), and greater intelligence via electronic […]
The Basics of Pressure Relief Valves
THE HISTORY OF PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES Pressure relief valves (safety relief valves) are designed to open at a preset pressure and discharge fluid until pressure drops to acceptable levels. The development of the safety relief valve has an interesting history. Denis Papin is credited by many sources as the originator of the first pressure relief […]
O-ring Guide
The leak-tight captured o-ring face seal was first incorporated into a variety of miniature 10-32 threaded pneumatic fittings in the late 1960s and early 1970s by Paul Beswick, a registered professional engineer and founder of Beswick Engineering. This novel approach to fluid power design, which was well ahead of its time, began a culture of […]