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Mechanical Engineering

A guide to finding resources in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

Product & Manfactures

Local Suppliers

Home Depot - Warehouse Store
Lowe's - Warehouse Store
Industrial Metal Supply - Metal Supplier
Marshal's Industrial Hardware - specializing in all facets of hardware needs including nuts, washers, hex bolts, socket head screws and more
Th&h Hardwoods - specialty hardwoods, softwoods, power tools, bits, hardware, finishes, and hinges
ePlastics - distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube & film
Blick - Art & Craft store. Stop by the location on campus located on the north side of campus, next to the University Art Gallery in Art Building South, Room #477 or purchase online
Michael's - Art & Craft store
JoAnn Fabric & Craft - Fabric & other crafts

Electronics Suppliers

Adafruit - an open-source hardware company. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a number of electronics products, electronics components, tools and accessories
Sparkfun - an electronics retailer that manufactures and sells microcontroller, development boards, and breakout boards
Digi-Key - electronic component distributor
Mouser Electronics - online distributor of electronic components
Fry's Electronics

National Suppliers

Sigma-Aldrich Online
Chemical properties, structures, MSDS, pricing, IR and NMR spectra. Search by substance name, CAS registry number, product name or number. A plugin needs to be downloaded from the site to enable structure searching.
ThomasNet
Find suppliers or sources of components, equipment, supplies, raw materials and custom manufacturing services in North America.
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The only free platform designed for sourcing components, equipment, MRO products, raw materials and custom manufacturing services. Discover OEMs, distributors and custom services; Meet certification, diversity and location needs; Send RFQs and RFIs.
Global Spec
Contains 24,000+ company product catalogs with millions of products and product specs
EEM
A database of currently available integrated circuits. It includes more that 100,000 base part numbers, including new device listings.
McMaster-Carr
A large online catalog of products for industry. It contains over 410,000 items including: hand tools; hardware; storage equipment; springs protective clothing; drills and drill bits; pumps; piping and tubing; plumbing equipment; and measuring, leveling, and inspecting equipment.
Grainger Industrial Supply
Search Grainger for a huge selection of MRO supplies, industrial equipment & tools. Find over 1.5 million products.
Uline
A distributor of shipping, industrial, and packing materials to businesses throughout North America