A retaining clamp for securing the joints that connect ducting, tubing, filters, or other components is disclosed. The retaining clamp includes a chain of segments that defines a central axis, and a locking mechanism coupled to a first end of the chain and a second end of the chain. A groove is defined in each segment, and the groove is sized to receive a joint connecting ducting, tubing, filters, or other components.

The present disclosure provides a mini or micro hand-held, portable, battery-powered 2-3 ton crimp tool capable of crimping conductors ranging between #22 AWG and #2 AWG to a termination. The crimp tool has a C-shaped head portion that uses linear motion to perform the crimp operation.

Existing systems require the installation of joists directly to a partially cast hanger or bracket or to the joist hanger. The present disclosure is related to the brackets for use in ICF systems allowing joist hangers to be directly mechanically attached to brackets obviating the need for the use of ledgers. A bracket includes a plate having one or more anchor members extending from the plate for casting into an ICF wall. A method of assembling a bracket includes cutting a sheet of metal to define the plate and the one or more anchor members and bending the anchor members toward from the plate. A method installing joist hangers includes inserting anchor members of brackets into an ICF wall pre-casting and attaching joist hangers to the brackets post-casting.

Existing systems require the installation of joists directly to a partially cast hanger or bracket or to the joist hanger. The present disclosure is related to the brackets for use in ICF systems allowing joist hangers to be directly mechanically attached to brackets obviating the need for the use of ledgers. A bracket includes a plate having one or more anchor members extending from the plate for casting into an ICF wall. A method of assembling a bracket includes cutting a sheet of metal to define the plate and the one or more anchor members and bending the anchor members toward from the plate. A method installing joist hangers includes inserting anchor members of brackets into an ICF wall pre-casting and attaching joist hangers to the brackets post-casting.

The invention relates to a method for producing a cable tray component which is made of metal and designed, for example, as a cable tray (1) or cable tray cover and has a sequence of beads (5) along its longitudinal extent, which beads are stamped into the workpiece (14) used to form the cable tray component (1) by means of a stamping process, wherein, for the process of bead stamping, the workpiece (14) is clamped in a hold-down element (N) adjacent to or in the transition to a bead (5) to be created. A special feature according to a first embodiment of the method is that the workpiece (14) is held in the hold-down element (N) by a form fit which acts in the radial direction towards the bead (5) to be created and is produced by at least one form-fitting edge (16, 17) pressed into the surface of the workpiece (14), as a result of which at least one indentation following the shape of the bead (5) is introduced into the material of the workpiece (14) by the hold-down element (N) before the bead (5) is formed. According to another embodiment of the method, to create the bead, following its outline geometry, the workpiece in the bead edge region is reduced in terms of its material thickness in the direction of the bead to be created, over a portion extending in the radial direction towards the bead to be created, by at least one stamping bulge located on the hold-down element, and is thus lengthened in the direction of the bead to be formed. The invention also relates to bead presses for producing a cable tray component which is made of metal and has a sequence of beads along its longitudinal extent using this method, and a cable tray component produced therewith.

The invention relates to a method for producing a cable tray component which is made of metal and designed, for example, as a cable tray (1) or cable tray cover and has a sequence of beads (5) along its longitudinal extent, which beads are stamped into the workpiece (14) used to form the cable tray component (1) by means of a stamping process, wherein, for the process of bead stamping, the workpiece (14) is clamped in a hold-down element (N) adjacent to or in the transition to a bead (5) to be created. A special feature according to a first embodiment of the method is that the workpiece (14) is held in the hold-down element (N) by a form fit which acts in the radial direction towards the bead (5) to be created and is produced by at least one form-fitting edge (16, 17) pressed into the surface of the workpiece (14), as a result of which at least one indentation following the shape of the bead (5) is introduced into the material of the workpiece (14) by the hold-down element (N) before the bead (5) is formed. According to another embodiment of the method, to create the bead, following its outline geometry, the workpiece in the bead edge region is reduced in terms of its material thickness in the direction of the bead to be created, over a portion extending in the radial direction towards the bead to be created, by at least one stamping bulge located on the hold-down element, and is thus lengthened in the direction of the bead to be formed. The invention also relates to bead presses for producing a cable tray component which is made of metal and has a sequence of beads along its longitudinal extent using this method, and a cable tray component produced therewith.

A disc brake for a motor vehicle brake system and a restoring spring arranged therein, the disc brake comprising the following: a brake support which has at least one receiving region; a brake lining arrangement which has a brake lining support and a brake lining which is attached to the brake lining support and which can be brought into interaction with a brake disc in order to achieve a braking effect, wherein the brake lining arrangement is received in the at least one receiving region in a guided manner via a guiding portion formed on the brake lining support; and at least one restoring spring which engages the brake lining arrangement and biases the brake lining arrangement under elastic deformation into a starting position that does not produce a braking effect. The at least one restoring spring can be plastically deformed in order to compensate for brake lining wear. To improve the wear compensation by means of the restoring spring, rests against the brake support via a base portion and has at least one limb which is connected to the base portion via a connecting region and which is arranged at an angle relative to the base portion, the angle changing under the effect of plastic deformation as the brake lining wear increases.

A disc brake for a motor vehicle brake system and a restoring spring arranged therein, the disc brake comprising the following: a brake support which has at least one receiving region; a brake lining arrangement which has a brake lining support and a brake lining which is attached to the brake lining support and which can be brought into interaction with a brake disc in order to achieve a braking effect, wherein the brake lining arrangement is received in the at least one receiving region in a guided manner via a guiding portion formed on the brake lining support; and at least one restoring spring which engages the brake lining arrangement and biases the brake lining arrangement under elastic deformation into a starting position that does not produce a braking effect. The at least one restoring spring can be plastically deformed in order to compensate for brake lining wear. To improve the wear compensation by means of the restoring spring, rests against the brake support via a base portion and has at least one limb which is connected to the base portion via a connecting region and which is arranged at an angle relative to the base portion, the angle changing under the effect of plastic deformation as the brake lining wear increases.

A method of forming a module clamp of a photovoltaic module support structure may include cutting a folding pattern into a sheet of metal. The folding pattern may include one or more width-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, one or more length-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, and a hole. The method may include stamping one or more first features onto the sheet of metal to form a stamped sheet and folding the stamped sheet along the one or more width-wise slits and the one or more length-wise slits to form a preliminary module clamp. The method may include stamping one or more second features onto the preliminary module clamp to form the module clamp.

A one-piece stud has a central longitudinal side; a first longitudinal side joined at a 90? angle to the first end of the central longitudinal side; and a second longitudinal side joined at a 90? angle to the second end of the central longitudinal side. The central side has a first and a second planar surface joined by an acute isosceles triangular channel midway between. The first longitudinal side is formed of a third and a fourth planar surface joined by an acute isosceles triangular channel midway between. The second longitudinal side has a fifth and a sixth planar surface joined by an acute isosceles triangular channel midway between. At an end opposite the 90? joint, the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side have free ends each forming a gapped right isosceles triangle. The longitudinal channels increase the axial capacity and the moment capacity of the stud.