Design News - March 23, 1998

In relationships, sports, and business, it can generally be said that the more one anticipates, the more effective one can be. The same holds true for product design. That's why analysis programs can prove helpful.

• CAE Software
• Software promises 'virtual engineering'

• Design Applications
• From The Regional Editors
• Controller makes motors follow the leader
• Precessing bearing increases life and load rating
• Piezo technique precisely regulates pressure

• Designer's Corner
• Useful Technology For Your Idea File
• Planetary roller screw drive
• Twinspring
• Suitcase bike
• Microwave water heater
• Mini antenna

• Editorial
• Lessons from the road

• FACTORY AUTOMATION
• Factory Automation's FORCEFUL Performer
• An army of sensors

• Fast-track Technology
• Vision goes to work
• Software built on vision

• Featured Product
• Proximity switch reduces downtime
• Tubular linear motors accept three phase

• Guest Commentary
• Exclusive Interviews With Technology Leaders
• Future factories need a uniform fieldbus

• Hot Products
• LCD projector offers small size, light weight
• Printer makes color affordable
• PC Card slot adds floppy drive
• Flat-panel monitor offers plasma display
• Tiny video cameras mount almost anywhere
• Keyboard offers adjustable backlighting

• Legal Forum
• Latest Advice On Engineering And The Law
• When is a product defective?

• Letters To The Editor
• SUVs may be safer
• SUVs may be safer
• Another airbag hazard
• Comparisons are good
• A question on 'answers'
• Titanic takes a 'hit' on the Web
• Readers State Their Views
• A UNIX clone

• Managing Design
• Tips On Guiding Product Development
• Richard West, twenty years later

• New Literature
• Bearing
• Semiconductors
• Industrial heaters
• Linear motion system
• Sign holders
• Electroplated products
• Telecommunications products
• Coils
• Bearings
• Toolholders
• Modules
• Silicone materials
• Intrinsic safety devices
• Microelectronic relays
• Solenoid valve
• Stepper motors
• Silicone rubber products
• Bearing
• Vibration control system
• Platinum RTD capsules
• Ring/disc comparators
• Software
• Sensor
• Power transmission products
• Field recorder
• Injection molding machine
• Bearings
• Software
• Brakes
• Electronic timers
• Nickel coatings
• Pumps
• Fiber-optic products
• Microcontrollers
• Actuators
• Heat-transfer fluid
• Inserts
• Spring technology
• Welding equipment
• Lift systems
• Nylon parts
• Heat processing equipment
• Lifting device
• Metals and materials
• Fittings
• Alloy
• Sensors
• Actuator
• Solids/liquids separators
• Semiconductors
• Servomotors
• Remote actuation systems
• Standoffs
• Water-control valve
• Electric motors
• Conditions monitoring system
• Thermoplastic
• Transformers
• Fans/compressors
• Air control nozzles
• Flexible tubing
• Linear motor systems
• Enclosures
• Water-control valve
• Accelerometers
• Materials
• Connectors
• Relays
• Connectors
• Electrical counters
• Pneumatic actuator
• Brushless servomotors
• Motion control products
• Electronic enclosures
• Lamps
• Reinforced plastics
• Foam materials
• Encoders

• Product News
• Analyzer
• CABLEMOUNTS
• Modules
• Valves
• Motors
• IN BRIEF: Electrical/electronics
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Software
• Hand-held PCs
• Simulation software
• Computer
• Single-board computer
• Upgrade program
• Sealed keypads
• Electrical/Electronics
• Arrays
• Sensors
• Assembly
• Barriers
• Sensors
• Sensor
• Module
• Duplex receptacles
• Diodes
• Fastening, Joining And Assembly
• Racks and gauges
• Grippers
• Rivet tool
• Fastener
• Retaining rings
• Clamps
• Fittings
• Cable-tie installation system
• Ratchet arms
• Fluid Power
• Pumps
• Hydraulic pumps
• Fittings
• Valves
• Flow switch
• Solenoid valves
• Seals
• Valves
• Cylinders
• Pumps
• Heat exchangers
• Cylinders
• Valve
• Actuators
• Plastics, Metals And Other Materials
• Spray chamber
• Transport cases
• Release liner
• Copolymer
• Extrusion process
• Metal processing
• PC concept
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Bearings
• Servoamplifiers
• Motion control cards
• Driven linear system
• Power modules
• Servo controller
• Drive
• Motor
• Servomotor
• Converters
• Adaptor
• Motors and gearmotors
• Torque control elements
• Disc brakes
• Bearing
• Bushings and bearings
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Encoder
• PCI development system
• Voltage monitor
• Power meter/analyzer
• Transcoder
• Data acquisition system
• Chillers and coolers
• Indicators
• LED indicators
• Frame grabber
• Flowmeter
• Encoders/potentiometers
• Decelerators
• Window sights
• Pushbuttons
• Controllers
• Flowmeters
• Remote level controls
• Scales

• Software Lab
• Reviews On Tools Of The Trade
• Tecplot eases graphing

• Standards Update
• New flowcharting software helps meet ISO management rules
• Technical News From Around The World
• ISO considers skipping steps to speed approval process
• Technical News From The Capital
• Standards publication in China limited to state-run presses
• Committee revisiting guidelines for fluid-power systems
• Standards developers join fight against global climate change

• Technology Bulletin
• Go ahead, the water's fine
• One BIG crystal
• Late Developments That Shape Engineering
• Getting a grip on battery assembly
• Filmless X-ray system on tap
• Gas up your fuel cell
• One chip does work of two
• Are you seeing these colors yet?
• Camera sniffs out deadly gases
• Here comes porous silicon!

• product news
• Sensor