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This thread form also allows for the use of a split nut, which can compensate for nut wear. [8] The line of General Purpose (GP) Acme threads (ASME/ANSI B1.5-1997) are not designed to sustain external radial loads and both the nut and bolt are, ideally, independently supported (the nut by a linear guide and the screw by shaft bearings).
Alaska Airlines extended the end-play check interval and the FAA approved the change. This allowed the acme-nut threads to deteriorate to the point of failure without the opportunity for detection. The absence on the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 of a fail-safe mechanism to prevent the catastrophic effects of total acme nut loss.
Acme (automobile) (and Acme Motor Car Company), an early motor car and manufacturer; Acme Boots, a manufacturer of western footwear owned by Berkshire Hathaway; Acme Bread Company, a bakery in Berkeley, California; Acme Brick, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
A split nut can also be used to compensate for wear by compressing the parts of the nut. A hydrostatic leadscrew overcomes many of the disadvantages of a normal leadscrew, having high positional accuracy, very low friction, and very low wear, but requires continuous supply of high-pressure fluid and high-precision manufacture, leading to ...
Acme explosive tennis balls, an Acme product as seen in the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Soup or Sonic. The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote animated shorts as a running gag. The company manufactures outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically at ...
The standard designation for a UTS thread is a number indicating the nominal (major) diameter of the thread, followed by the pitch measured in threads per inch.For diameters smaller than 1 / 4 inch, the diameter is indicated by an integer number defined in the standard; for all other diameters, the inch figure is given.
The ball screw was invented independently by H.M. Stevenson and D. Glenn who were issued in 1898 patents 601,451 and 610,044 respectively. Early precise screwshafts were produced by starting with a low-precision screwshaft, and then lapping the shaft with several spring-loaded nut laps [citation needed].
Acme Electric Motor, Inc. (commonly referred to as Acme Tools) is a family-owned tool and equipment distributor [1] in the Midwestern United States.Founded in 1948 as Acme Electric Motor, Inc., this company was first rebranded as Tool Crib of the North in 1970, and then as Acme Tools in 2005.