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SPIRAL RETAINING RINGS & NEW CLIPPARD PNEUMATIC CONTROL DEVICES

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INTERACTIVE WEBSITE ALLOWS
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CROSS-REFERENCED TO METAL CAM FOLLOWERS
FOR EASY REPLACEMENT
Only our patent pending iCamFollowers® offer all
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temperatures (-40F). For load ratings and sizes go to
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Intech Corporation
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2010 KIT CATALOG
The Hercules® 2010 Kit Catalog contains over
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METRIC AUTOMATION AND DRIVE COMPONENTS
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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS
New Quality Transmission Components Catalog
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FOR A GREEN FUTURE
All Metric Small Parts, a division of Designa-
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SHOCK & VIBRATION ISOLATION SOLUTIONS FROM AAC
Catalogs V100 & V110 from AAC feature a
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mounts, shock absorbers and shock absorb-
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military applications. To assist in problem
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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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BOKERS INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ENGINEERED CABLE CARRIERS FROM GORTRAC BRECOFLEX CO LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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these carriers are available in a variety of plastic,
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CLIPPARD INSTRUMENT LABORATORY, INC . . . . 4
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Gortrac Division, A & A Manufacturing Co., Inc. HELICAL PRODUCTS CO INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
800-394-1547
Fax: 262-786-3280 HERCULES SEALING PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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www.gortrac.com HOTWATT INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A & A Manufacturing Co., Inc. IGUS INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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THE SOLUTION TO BOLTING PROBLEMS O’KEEFE CONTROLS, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 & 5
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REID SUPPLY COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SCHUNK INTEC INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Superbolt, Inc.
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1-800-345-BOLT (U.S. only) SORBOTHANE INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Ultracapacitors for
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Computer modeling
Energy Efficiency & Technology for energy efficiency
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