Last year, Ming Tai implemented Markforged 3D printer into collaborating design service. 3D Printing makes manufacturability no longer the limiting factor in product design.
Obviously, it not only optimizes the process of spring design, but also brings huge advantages to benefit customers and Ming Tai as follows:
This innovation case is a spring motor drive system, which extends and retracts a screen. Let me share a case with you. Not only the space is limited but the shape of the space is cylinder. To fulfill this limitation and to bring the biggest effective from this space, Ming Tai designed a mechanism like below. Like the common design, one spring is not possible to achieve the torque we need. As you can see, we use three constant torque springs in one mechanism, in the middle, is an output drum, connect with three springs. So it can generate three times of output torque compare to only one spring. This design can achieve the goal of providing the biggest torque in a limited space.
It's also worth mentioning that the way of connect the spring and the output drum is a best example to show the benefit of using 3D printing technology to make sample. This connecting method is easy to assembly, comparing to using screw to connect. However, if we want to make this part with machining, the cost will be very high, 3D printer just overcome this big issue: the sample fee is too high for development stage.
Regarding to the connection method of mechanism to their part, they send us the tube of their product, so that we can ensure the part is just fit into the tube, if not, we can adjust the printed part before shipment. When customer receives the part, they can just simplify assembly the part and start to test the performance.
Our printer is highly precise in dimension and the strength is enough for engineering use. We are expecting to receive your inquiry for the new product development. We are more than welcome to provide our printing service for you. Let us explore with this new technology together.
Ming Tai has lots of success collaborating projects of design and development of steel strip spring by integrating 3D drawings and 3D printing
Ming Tai Industrial Co. uses laminated technology to make high quality constant force spring which output high constant force, and have long life cycle
Tensioning & Loading, Counterblancing, Retrieving & Returning to meet your variety needs
Furthermore advantages beyond your imagination
A catalog from Ming Tai
Ming Tai Industrial Co., develops a wide range of constant force springs with clips for carbon brush holder application
Enhance carbon brush life and reduce maintain cost
Constant force and power springs
Ming Tai offers a wide variety of steel strip springs and applications
Ming Tai Industrial Co., manufactures steel strip springs, including constant force springs, constant torque springs, power springs and pre-stressed power springs
For retractable, counterbalancing, power source application
For retractable, counterbalancing, power source application
Designed for carbon brush holder application
Designed for counterbalancing and retrieving applications
Single and Twin Coil Type. Application Range: Brush Motor, Earth Return, Generator, Slip Ring, Grounding System.
Application Range: Brush Motor,Earth Return, Generator, Slip Ring, Grounding System. HANNOVER FAIR 2018: HALL 4 B41
For counterbalancing & retrieving applications, tensing and loading.
They are ideal for a wide variety of applications where constant force is needed, including applications requiring smooth returning and retrieving, counterbalancing applications, and tensioning and loading applications
A catalog from Ming Tai
Ming Tai Industrial Co., develops a wide range of constant force springs with clips for carbon brush holder application
Constant force and power springs
Ming Tai offers force and power springs for a wide range of applications: medical devices, healthcare, energy, automotive, transportation, industrial, mechanical and appliances.
Ming Tai offers force and power springs for a wide range of applications: medical devices, healthcare, energy, automotive, transportation, industrial, mechanical and appliances.
Ming Tai offers force and power springs for a wide range of applications: medical devices, healthcare, energy, automotive, transportation, industrial, mechanical and appliances.
All springs are manufactured via slitting, heat treatment, edge trimming and forming processes to ensure highest quality in our production and quick delivery
Enhance carbon brush life and reduce maintain cost
Designed for counterbalancing and retrieving applications
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