Winches and cranes
 THERN INC., WINONA, MINN. The company has a new literature resource CD with information on its winches and cranes. Including PDF versions of standard product brochures, and highlighting Thern’s line of TA Series air winches, the discs covers large hand winches up to 10,000 lbs., davit-style cranes and electric winches, and product sheets. It also highlights market applications from bulk handling, construction, marine, oil and gas, and mining from around the United States. Thern air winches are designed to provide lifting and pulling power on job sites where electrical hookup is either hazardous or unavailable.
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Choosing bearings
THE TIMKEN COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO. The Bearing Selection Guide Version 3.0 contains engineering calculations and a database of more than 5,000 bearings, including tapered, spherical, cylindrical, and needle roller bearings, as well as ball bearings. The software program is an interactive tool that enables users to select the most appropriate Timken bearings for a given application. The new version offers improvements to previously available functions, including engineering calculations, search capabilities, and average bearing life predictions. The program is compatible with a number of Microsoft Windows platforms.
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Miniature pneumatics
 CLIPPARD INSTRUMENT LABORATORY INC., CINCINNATI, OHIO. This manufacturer of miniature fluid power products has issued a new 388-page catalog, No. CILCAT-0608. The publication includes features, specifications, technical drawings, color photographs, and application highlights. Products are divided into six main categories—cylinders, electronic valves, control valves, modular valves, fittings and hose, and air preparation equipment. For the catalog, go to www.clippard.com/catalog-me.
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Gas and liquid separators
EATON FILTRATION DIVISION, PORTAGE, MICH. A full-color product guide details how gas and liquid separators remove potentially damage-causing moisture and particulate matter from steam, compressed air, and compressed gas lines to protect turbines, heat exchangers, and other expensive equipment. Informative cutaway illustrations show how the separators actually work. A concise description of applications served by each of the eight different separator designs is included. This enables system operators to see at a glance which type of separator is best suited to their applications. The guide can be downloaded from the company’s Web site at www.Filtration.Eaton.Com.
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Mining industry valves
 RED VALVE CO. INC., CARNEGIE, PA. The company designed its first pinch valve for the mining industry in 1953. In the ensuing half-century, Red Valve has produced various types of valves to handle many of the tough applications in mining. The 12-page Valve Selection Guide for the Mining Industry highlights control pinch valves, slurry knife gate valves, and Tideflex air diffusers. The publication includes application photos of installations ranging from South American copper mines to midwestern taconite mines.
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Valve repair technologies
METSO AUTOMATION, NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. A brochure gives customers a local resource to help meet industry requirements for cost-effective global valve solutions. The company’s service and support centers provide access to experienced field technicians, the latest valve diagnostic and repair technologies, parts and accessories, and programs to reduce the cost of valve ownership, improve processing productivity, reduce operating costs, and extend plant uptime. Repair technicians are dispatched from Metso Automation service centers to repair or replace valve assemblies (including non-Metso products) with minimum process disruption. Its main customers are in the power, energy, and oil and gas industries as well as the pulp and paper industry. For a copy of the brochure, call (508) 852-0200.
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