Mechanical Component Vendors


-William R. Provancher
Link to my home page

Misc Mechanical Parts


         
 
McMaster-Carr

 In California:
Los Angeles
Mail:
P.O. Box 54960
Los Angeles, CA 90054-0960
la.sales@mcmaster.com
   Street Address:
9630 Norwalk Blvd.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-2932
Driving Directions

Sales Desk and Customer Service: 		 
(562) 692-5911
Fax:   (562) 695-2323

Good for buying:
PIC Design



 PIC Design
86 Benson Rd., P.O. Box 1004
Middlebury, Ct. 06762 USA
Phone (203) 758-8272
Phone (800) 243-6125
Fax (203) 758-8271
http://www.pic-design.com
Good for buying:
external grip retaining rings
gears, couplings, shafts...
Small Parts

SDP-SI

























Flexible Couplings


         
 
  Helical Products Co.
 In the San Francisco area:

Good for buying:
Flexible Couplings
Servometer

 In the San Francisco area:

 Good for buying:
Flexible Couplings
Small Parts
Good for buying:
Flexible Couplings
SDP-SI
Flexible Couplings
R+W America


 Bensenville, IL
630 521-9911
 "micro couplings"
Flexible Couplings

Boca Bearing


ZHEJIANG XINCHANG XINZHOU INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD
http://www.zxz-bearings.com/needleclutch1.htm

 Good for buying:
bearings, couplings
One-way clutch bearings
Boca Bearing


 Boca Bearing
1500 S.W. 30th Ave #3
Boynton Beach, FL 33426, U.S.A.
Toll Free: 1-800-332-3256
Toll Free Fax: 1-800-409-9191
Good for buying:


One-way clutch bearings  (what they look like)
 









Leadscrews


         
 
  Kerk Motion Products
 In the San Francisco area:

Good for buying:
San Jose Ballscrew

 In the San Francisco area:

 Good for buying:
Small Parts

SDP-SI























Amplifiers


         
Copley Controls Corp.
 In the San Francisco area:

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Motors


         
MicroMo (Faulhaber)

Good for buying:
small  motors and very small encoders (ask for 100 piece price discount for academic pricing)
Maxon

Good for buying:
Low inertia motors for haptics
Portescap
Good for buying:
general motors (substantial academic discount)

























Small Motors


         
Smoovy (now part of Faulhaber/MicroMo)

Good for buying:
small geared motors (3mm, 5mm dia.  ...)




Good for buying:
Low inertia motors for haptics
Solarbotics   


Good for buying:
small geared pager motor (GM15 - Gear Motor 15 - 25:1 6mm Planetary Gear Pager Motor   ~$19).  
AeroMicro
tiny servo  
























Encoders


         
MicroE Systems

Good for buying:
chip based encoder (ChipEncoder)
Gurley

Good for buying:
High resolution encoder
Cannon
Good for buying:
High resolution encoder
US Digital
Good for buying:
linear and rotary encoders

    EM1 & HEDS
    Transmissive Optical Encoder
    http://www.usdigital.com/products/em1-heds/
    $30

    Linear Encoder Strip
    http://www.usdigital.com/products/lin/
    $10-50/

    DISK
    Optical Encoder Rotary Disks
    http://www.usdigital.com/products/disk/
    $9-25/






















Potentiometers


         
ETI Systems, Inc.
1954 Kellogg Ave.
Carlsbad, CA  92008

Phone: (760) 929-0749
Fax: (760) 929-0748
e-Mail: eti@etisystems.com

Good for buying:
Linear and rotary potentiometers




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Pneumatic & Hydraulic Components


         
Ark-Plas Products Inc.

Good for buying:
check valves and small couplers




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