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IQS Newsroom Featured Profile: Arizona Sealing Devices, Inc.

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Breana Cronk

A small business offering big results, Arizona Sealing Devices, Inc. has flourished on the founding principal of providing exceptional customer service, products and delivery to each and every customer. Though in 1989, the company began as a stocking distributor of mainly o-rings, their mission to provide high quality components and a progressive approach to customer service, led to a tremendous expansion in product offerings. More than just a list of products, the qualified professionals at Arizona Sealing Devices take the time to research the components they provide, as well as the applications they provide them for. Such reassurance and willingness to become actively involved in meeting and exceeding the expectations of every customer have attracted a long line of returning customers, referrals, and new business. Continue reading →

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Don’t Blow a Gasket!

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Todd Halt

Space ships and refrigerators really aren’t so different. Sure, one is used in every home to keep perishables cold and the other is a vessel that costs millions and millions of dollars for outer space exploration, but without gaskets, both would break down almost immediately. There would be rotten food and astronaut casualties everywhere. Now that you know how important they are, you might be surprised at how simple they are-gaskets are merely round, flexible little rings with a flat profile, essentially used to create a mechanical seal by filling the space between 2 objects. They prevent liquid and gas leaks while under pressure, maintain proper part spacing and dampen vibration. They’ve been used for a better half of a century, and are made of many different flexible materials, including rubber, silicone, Teflon and plastic. Continue reading →

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The Challenger Disaster of ’86 Prompted Current O-Ring Design and Safety

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Todd Halt

Many people remember 1986 by the neon colored leggings, popping Glass Tiger cassettes into new Walkmans and going to see Top Gun numerous times. But what sticks out in everyone’s mind about this year was the random disasters. 4 months in, the Chernobyl plant in the Ukraine exploded, creating the worst nuclear disaster of all time, and the US Challenger exploded a minute after take off. I was too young to remember any of this, being -8 months at the time, but the lasting effects of these accidents are still felt, even by those who weren’t around. While the Soviet Union was dealing with a catastrophic explosion and deadly radiation penetrating their cities, the United States was mourning the passing of seven fallen astronauts. Continue reading →

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Brooks Instrument Sends its Quantim Flow Controller into Space

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Todd Halt

Delivering saline solution to a clinic for medical needs … sounds simple enough, right? Not when that clinic is on the International Space Station, the moon or even Mars. Transporting medical fluids that are manufactured on Earth into space is expensive and logistically challenging. NASA Johnson Space Center knew there had to be a way to manufacture medical fluids in space to alleviate the transportation problems and to make spacecraft more self sufficient, so they called on the microgravity science expertise and spaceflight hardware development know-how of Cleveland, OH based NASA Glenn Research Center and ZIN Technologies, Inc. ZIN Technologies engaged Brooks Instrument to help solve this unique flow challenge. V-F Controls, Brooks Instrument’s sales representative in Mentor, OH, recommended the Quantim Coriolis mass flow controller. This device would be ideal to measure the water flow through a purification system to a standard IV bag that was prefilled with salt crystals and a magnetic lab stirrer. Continue reading →

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Get Free Help from Full Service Manufacturers

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Rebekah Fuller

As budgets get tighter and you take on more responsibilities, Full Service Manufacturers are available to give you the help you need. A Full Service Manufacturer (FSM) has the personnel and expertise to help you control costs… Continue reading →

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