MISUMI USA Inc, a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation has introduced two new Web services. Both online services were developed to facilitate the process of selecting, specifying, and ordering a number of components the firm supplies to OEMs and designers of industrial machinery and factory automation equipment and systems. The two services are AutomationMaterials.com and Modular Assembler.

AutomationMaterials.com is designed to streamline and simplify selection, quoting, and ordering of the company’s line of precision machined metal plates used in the assembly of industrial machinery and factory automation systems. The precision-machined blank plates are available in more than 30 different materials and can be ordered in sizes ranging from 20 to 2500mm, with dimensions configured to within 0.1mm.

The Modular Assembler Web site  is set up to provide fast, easy design of frequently used component combinations.  The site groups together various functional parts frequently used in machine designs and offers them in conveniently packaged modules. The company says this modular approach significantly reduces time and effort required to select and specify common sets of mechanical components. It  customers fast 2D and 3D CAD downloads and Web ordering.  About 46 modules are currently available for use in rotary/linear Motion, positioning/detecting, retention, and connection applications.