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THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK
ROTOR CLIP COMPANY INC.
187 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873
TEL 1-800-557-6867 FAX 732-469-7898 EMAIL RCBook@rotorclip.com WEB www.rotorclip.com
GOING SMALL IN A BIG WAY
by Jürgen Wenzel
Advances in technology have made products like
cell phones, computers, medical devices, and other
electronic products much smaller in size than in the past.
The goal of this relentless drive toward miniaturization
is to reduce weight and mass which in turn leads to
greater efficiencies and lower costs.
How small is small? Researchers in the medical
field have come up with a term for it: “electroceuticals.”
These tiny devices can work within the body to monitor
the concentration of drugs and adjust it accordingly, or to
recharge a tiny pacemaker by holding a credit-card-sized
power transmitter up to the chest.
Automobile engines have become increasingly
smaller, yet are still able to deliver the power of their
larger, gas guzzling predecessors.
Chargers for cell phones are as small as 4 inches by
2½ inches, yet still get the job done.
Rotor Clip accommodates this trend by manufacturing
retaining rings and wave springs in small sizes to
accommodate compact spaces in a variety of industrial
and electronic products. This range of smaller sizes
extends throughout their entire product line so that
you can be sure to find the right type of retaining
ring (tapered, constant section or spiral) or wave
spring to meet your size reduction requirements. For
more information, contact Rotor Clip’s technical sales
engineers at tech@rotorclip.com.
Here are some examples
of the smallest retaining rings
and wave springs Rotor Clip
manufactures:
At a mere 1mm in diameter
this “E” type tapered retaining
ring is used on a number
of electronic and computercontrolled
instrumentation.
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