What effect do you think competition from foreign companies and suppliers will have on the U.S. fluid power industry?
Mass loss of domestic manufacturing of components 30%
Consolidation into multinational companies 22%
Gradual decrease in U.S. market share 18%
More visibility for fluid power as a design choice 14%
Spurring of more R&D 13%
No effect 3%
Cross-drill plugs
Expansion Rv plugs seal cross-drilled construction
holes. Installation is easy with pneumatically powered
rivet gun that pulls a tapered mandrel through a sleeve
to create an expansion seal. Standard and long mandrel
varieties come in metric sizes from 4 to 10 mm. Sleeves
come in carbon steel and black oxide; mandrel comes in
corrosion-resistant lubricated carbon steel.
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