Useful Resources

The following are a list of useful resources for building animated figures. Between them, you will be able to get everything you need but the skin, fur and costumes. We take no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the following list. There are certainly more suppliers (hundreds more!) that will also be able to provide similar products.
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Show Control Systems:

Gilderfluke & Co., Inc.

818/840-9484

controls for Animatronics, shows, lighting, fountains or anything else you might need to control (Who would you expect us to say to call?)

Industrial Control Panel Integration:

The Krego Corp.
The Panel Shop

818/837-1494

Pneumatics:

AirPot Corporation

203/846-2021

airpot.com

low breakaway cylinders, dashpots

Bimba

708/534-8544

www.bimba.com

probably the largest cylinder manufacturer

Clippard Instrument Lab

513/521-4261

cylinders, valves, fittings (really small ones too!)

Camozzi Pneumatics

972/548-8885

www.camozzi-usa.com

cylinders, valves, fittings

Festo

631/435-0800

cylinders, valves, fittings

HR Textron

661/294-6000

cylinders, valves, fittings, direct drive servo valve (for analogs)

Parker Hannifin

847/298-2400

www.parker.com

cylinders, valves, fittings

PHD

800/624-8511

www.phdinc.com

interesting cylinders and grippers

SMC

317/899-4440

www.smcusa.com

cylinders, valves, fittings

Toll-O-Matic

763/478-8000

www.tolomatic.com

rotary and cable cylinders, grippers

ServoMotors:

CK Design

805/522-3750

Condor/Tonagawa/‘Tone’/Seiko & CK ServoMotors

QuickSilver Controls

909/447-7417

manufacturer of servo controllers and high torque brushless AC servo motors

Ultra Motion

631/298-9179

industrial linear actuators

AVG, Inc.

818/709-8500

linear actuators, also pneumatic valves and cylinders

Small Mechanical Components:

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty

877/4-SPRUCE

in case you decide to build an airplane instead

Berg

800/232-BERG

small gears, bearings, timing belts, pulleys, etc.

PIC Design

203/758-8272

small gears, bearings, timing belts, pulleys, etc.

Stock Drive Products

516/328-3300

small gears, bearings, timing belts, pulleys, etc.

Just interesting…

Inovonics

800/782-2709

high reliability remote control trigger systems

Radio Design Lab

928/443-9391

useful little modules for audio and video

Distributors with lots of different manufacturer’s products:

Grainger

888/361-8649*

motors, gears, pulleys, etc., etc., etc.

McMaster-Carr

562/692-5911*

everything to build an AA figure, or an auto plant

Electronic Distributors:

Digi-Key

800/DigiKey

power supplies, connectors, wires, switches, relays, ICs

Mouser

800/346-6873

power supplies, connectors, wires, switches, relays, ICs

Newark

800/2newark*

power supplies, connectors, wires, switches, relays, ICs

Allied Electronics

800/433-5700

power supplies, connectors, wires, switches, relays, ICs

* Call or check their web page for the office nearest you.   
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