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Also known as mild steel, low-carbon steel is easy to machine, form, and weld. It's widely fabricated into parts that don’t require high strength.
With a thickness that's precision ground to a tight tolerance, these bars are sometimes called flat stock.
These sheets and bars are zinc galvanized for good corrosion resistance.
In addition to good corrosion resistance, the nickel coating provides better wear resistance than the zinc-galvanized coating.
The galvannealed coating allows these steel sheets to be painted without prepping the surface. They're easier to weld and more scratch resistant than zinc-galvanized steel sheets. Use them for outdoor signs, cabinets, and doors.
Coated with an aluminum-silicon alloy, these sheets resist corrosion while withstanding long-term exposure to high temperatures. Use in drying ovens, furnaces, and smokestacks.
A silver-filled resin coating on one side of these sheets protects from degradation caused by bacteria and fungi.
These rods are precision ground and held to a strict straightness tolerance, so they're ready for turning in a lathe.
The matte plating on these rods increases corrosion resistance and wear resistance.
These rods are zinc galvanized for good corrosion resistance.
These 90° angles are zinc galvanized for good corrosion resistance.
Made of stiff low-carbon steel to deflect less under load, these H-bars are commonly used in machine bases, construction, platforms, and frames.
Made of rigid low-carbon steel, these I-beams are often used in construction, framing, lifting, and hoisting applications.
Also known as mild steel, use these low-carbon steel balls in parts that don't require high strength.
Coated with PVC for corrosion resistance, this carbon steel wire will stand up to outdoor use.
Also known as black-annealed wire.
This wire is zinc galvanized for good corrosion resistance.
Ready for turning in a lathe, these rods are precision ground and held to a strict straightness tolerance.
The lead additive acts as a lubricant, which allows 12L14 carbon steel to withstand very fast machining. It's used to fabricate a wide variety of machine parts.
A lead-free alternative to 12L14, 1215 carbon steel contains the same amount of sulfur and phosphorus for excellent machinability. It is often used for shaft couplings, studs, and pins.
Precision ground and held to a strict tightness tolerance, these rods are ready for turning in a lathe.
Often called Stressproof, these rods are stress-relieved to minimize warping during machining.
These rods are precision ground and held to a strict straightness tolerance, so they're all set for turning applications in your lathe.
Also known as Fatigueproof, these rods have enhanced strength and resistance to breaking from repeated impact compared to High-Strength Easy-to-Machine 1144 Carbon Steel Rods.
1117 carbon steel responds to surface-hardening heat treatment better than other easy-to-machine carbon steels. Use it to fabricate shaft couplings, studs, pins, and universal joints.
Stronger than low-carbon steel with equally good machinability, 1045 carbon steel is widely used for bolts, studs, and shafts.
The same steel used in automobile bodies, this AHSS (advanced high-strength steel) allows you to fabricate high-strength parts using thinner material than you could with other types of steel. It is formable, weldable, and more economical than alloy steel.
This UHSS (ultra high-strength steel) allows you to fabricate high-strength parts using thinner material than you could with other types of steel. It is formable, weldable, and more economical than alloy steel.
Exceptional hardness makes AR500 carbon steel more resistant to wear and impact than other carbon steel.
The nickel and molybdenum content gives AR400 carbon steel the ability to resist wear better than all other carbon steel. It's often used as wear strips, liners, and deflector plates.
Easy to forge, grind, and heat treat, these 1084 high-carbon steel bars offer high strength and resist wear and abrasion.
Even in low temperatures, A516 carbon steel resists breaking upon impact. Also known as pressure-vessel-quality (PVQ) steel, it is mostly used for boilers, storage tanks, and pressure vessels.
Also known as blue-tempered steel.
These sheets have a softened temper, which is also known as annealed, so they can be easily formed into shape and then heat treated for spring properties.
Also known as scaleless steel.
Also known as music wire.
Always have the right size wire on hand with a 72-piece assortment.
This wire is coated with oil for corrosion resistance and lubricity. Use it for bundling and as tag wire.
Create a custom shim to fit your application.
Use round shims to precisely align, level, and adjust spacing on shafts and machinery.
Also known as offset key stock, use step keys to repair keyways in gears and shafts.
Cut this stock into custom shapes to fit your application.
Keep shim stock in a variety of thicknesses on hand with these sets. Cut into custom shapes to fit your application.
Cut this shim stock into custom shapes to fit your application. Stock is made of layers of material bonded with adhesive; remove layers with a utility knife until you get the thickness you need.
Use these round shims as they are, or punch out the middle to create the ID you need.
Precisely align, level, and adjust spacing on fasteners and shafts with these shims.
Be prepared with ring shims in a variety of thicknesses. These shims fit around fasteners and shafts to precisely align, level, and adjust spacing.
Also known as machinery bushings, these shims have an oversized OD to create a larger bearing surface for reduced wear between moving parts.
Precisely shaped to fit snugly on keyed shafts, these shims align, level, and space components. Because of their tight fit, they also help components rotate in unison with the shaft.
These shims are shaped to fit over D-profile shafts. Use them to precisely align, level, and adjust spacing.
Be prepared with shims in a variety of thicknesses. These shims are shaped to fit over D-profile shafts. Use them to precisely align, level, and adjust spacing.
Be prepared with shims in a variety of thicknesses. Also known as arbor spacers, these shims are notched to fit over keyed shafts.
Use a single shim on feet or positioning arms that are secured with multiple fasteners. The slots let you insert, remove, and adjust the shims without disassembling your machinery. Also known as finger shims.
Each set includes a variety of different thicknesses, so you can use multiple shims together to create a specific thickness or make minor adjustments.
The slot lets you insert, remove, and adjust the shims without disassembling your machinery.
Send us a drawing, and we'll cut your custom shim. Shims are made of layers of metal bonded with adhesive; remove layers with a utility knife until you get the thickness you need.
Send us a drawing, and we'll cut your custom shim.
Cut this stock to length to create the machine key you need. Straight keys, with a square or rectangular cross section, are the most common type of key. Install in a keyway to transmit torque from shafts to gears and other components.
When a keyway is damaged, cut a new, wider one. This key stock is stepped to match repaired keyways in shafts or gears. Cut it to length to create the machine key you need.
Straight keys, with a square or rectangular cross section, are the most common type of key. Install them in keyways to transmit torque from shafts to gears and other components.
When installed, these keys fill oval keyways completely, reducing stress on the key and shaft. The rounded ends make it easy to slide gears, hubs, and other components into place. These are also known as feather keys.
These keys have a tapered body that wedges in to the keyway for a more secure fit than standard machine keys. The gib head makes them easy to remove when parts need to be taken apart frequently, such as for maintenance or prototyping.
Woodruff keys work well near shaft shoulders and on tapered shafts. These keys have a rounded shape that makes them easy to remove when parts need to be taken apart frequently. Use them in light duty applications to connect gears and other components to shafts. Also known as half moon keys.
Feet prevent these keys from rocking in the keyseat. Woodruff keys work well near shaft shoulders and on tapered shafts. Use them in light duty applications to connect gears and other components to shafts. Also known as hi-pro keys.
Thread a screw through the tapped hole to pop these keys out of a keyway. When installed, they fill oval keyways completely, reducing stress on the key and shaft. The rounded ends make it easy to slide gears, hubs, and other components into place.
Combine these general purpose shafts with a linear bearing and shaft support to create a basic linear motion system.
For a snug fit with a linear bearing in high-precision applications, these shafts are turned, ground, and polished to tight diameter and straightness tolerances.
Keep a material certificate on hand for compliance and quality assurance needs. Certificates include a traceable lot number and material test report. These hollow shafts reduce system weight and allow you to run various media such as electrical wiring, compressed air tubing, coolants, or lubricants through the center.
Lighter than solid shafts, hollow shafts reduce your total system weight and allow you to run various media such as electrical wiring, compressed air tubing, coolants, or lubricants through the center.
With 2" of each end softened, it's easier to machine a custom end for mounting. The rest of the shaft is case-hardened, which increases hardness and wear resistance on the surface of the shaft while allowing the center to remain soft for absorbing stresses caused by shifting loads.
For your compliance and quality assurance needs, these shafts come with a material certificate with a traceable lot number.
Replace worn shafts in two-piece support-rail shaft systems, or mate with a support rail to create your own. The tapped mounting holes match those on our Support Rails.
These shafts include a support rail for a stable setup that eliminates bending and prevents linear bearings from rotating.
Combine these general purpose drive shafts with gears, sprockets, and bearings to transmit rotary motion.
Eight times straighter than standard rotary shafts, these tight-tolerance shafts minimize vibrations and reduce wear to bearings and other components. They also have diameter tolerances that are twice as tight as standard rotary shafts.
Combine with a machine key to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other power transmission components.
These shafts have keyways only on the ends, leaving a plain shaft in the center. Use the keyways with machine keys to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other keyed components. Use the middle of the shaft with bearings and other round-bore components.
In addition to diameter tolerances that are twice as tight as standard keyed shafts, these shafts include a traceable lot number and test report. Use them with machine keys to transmit torque to gears, sprockets, and other power transmission components.
A flat surface area allows set screws to dig into the shaft for securely mounting gears, sprockets, and bearings.
Connect these internally threaded shafts directly to threaded components, or use a fastener to secure. They have a flat surface area that allows set screws to dig into the shaft for securely mounting gears, sprockets, and bearings.
Thread these shafts into a tapped hole to support idler sprockets and pulleys in tensioning applications.
Mount the flange to a machine or wall to support idler sprockets and pulleys in tensioning applications. They include washers and a nut to position your component and hold it in place.
Connect these internally threaded shafts directly to threaded components, or use a fastener to secure.
A shoulder near the end of the shaft provides a stop for gears, sprockets, and bearings.
Attach threaded accessories, such as mixer propellers and fan blades, to the end of these shafts.
Good for hydraulic systems, machine tools, and other high-torque applications, these shafts have teeth that transmit high rotational loads.
From one compact system, transmit linear or rotary motion or both at once (sometimes called spiral motion). Because of these different motions, these ball screw/splines and bearings create efficient, fluid movements in complex automated applications, such as pick-and-place robots.
Check gaps, alignment, and narrow slots with these feeler gauge sets that include leaves in a variety of thicknesses riveted together in a fan design.
To ensure accurate readings, these sets come with a certificate of calibration traceable to NIST that states they’ve passed a test for accuracy.
To keep the set complete, gauge leaves are riveted together in a fan design that folds up for portability.
To measure thickness in areas where standard feeler gauges don’t fit, these sets have leaves with narrow ends.
A certificate of calibration traceable to NIST states that this set has passed a test for accuracy.
Create posts of varying lengths.
Create strong structures by welding this framing together. Add metal panels to close off openings.
Close off openings in structures while allowing air to pass through.
Reduce the chance your concrete will crack from expansion and contraction and other tensile stresses.
The serrations at the top of the bushing grip to prevent rotation and spin out.
The knurls resist force and provide better holding strength than serrations. Encase in plastic tooling.
Insert these bushings into a drilled hole and twist the lock ring to secure. Reusable and easy to replace, they are held in in place by a separate locking part.
The serrations grip to prevent rotation and spin out. Press or encase into plastic tooling.
Multiple thread channels (also known as thread starts) create faster linear travel than lead screws with a single thread start.
Also known as single-start and self-locking lead screws and nuts, these have a single thread that runs the length of the screw. The nut travels only when the screw turns, so your system won't unexpectedly move when the lead screw is at rest.
Also known as trapezoidal-thread lead screws and nuts.
Also known as single-start ball screws and nuts, these have a single thread that runs the length of the screw. They operate with more torque than fast-travel ball screws and nuts.
Multiple thread channels (also known as thread starts) create faster linear travel than ball screws with a single thread start.
A crisscross thread pattern allows you to drive the nut back and forth without changing the lead screw's direction of rotation. When the nut reaches one end of the lead screw, it changes direction and travels back to the other end.
Found in hand-powered clamps, vises, grates, doors, and work tables, lead screws and nuts have broad, square threads that are well suited for quick assembly, high clamping forces, and lifting and lowering heavy objects.
A set of ball bearings reduces friction and secures the end of a metric ball or lead screw.
These metric lead screws and nuts have broad, square threads that are well suited for quick assembly, high clamping forces, and lifting and lowering heavy objects. They're commonly found in hand-powered clamps, vises, grates, doors, and work tables.
Machine your own gears to fit the exact face width and shaft diameter required.
Designed for use with right-hand, externally threaded rod ends, these rods have right-hand threads on both ends. Use them for remote valve operators, throttle controllers, shifting mechanisms, and virtually any push/pull assembly.
Similar to turnbuckles, these rods have right-hand threads on one end and left-hand threads on the other so you can make a linkage that adjusts for tension.
Designed for use with right-hand, internally threaded rod ends, these rods have right-hand threads on both ends. Use them for remote valve operators, throttle controllers, shifting mechanisms, and virtually any push/pull assembly.
Similar to turnbuckles, these rods have right-hand threads on one end and left-hand threads on the other so you can make a linkage that adjusts for tension. Add right- and left-hand threaded rod ends to build your linkages.