Design News - July 20, 1998

Sure there are differences in the way engineering is done in Japan and the U.S., but in the end, says Paul Youn, director of engineering for AMP's global PC business unit, it still all comes back to physics.

• Automotive Electronics
• EPAS prospects, pros and cons
• An electric challenge to hydraulic steering

• Break Time
• The Lighter Side Of Engineering
• Laser zaps roadkill hazards

• Design Applications
• From The Regional Editors
• Flared tube fitting stops hydraulic leakage

• Design In Japan
• In Japan it's CAM/CAD, not CAD/CAM
• Design in the Land of the Rising Sun
• Toyota develops its own CAD
• Global products call for global teamwork
• Products to watch

• Designer's Corner
• Useful Technology For Your Idea File
• Dustless driver
• Extreme effecter
• Cool tool
• Quick coupling

• Editorial
• Do you design manufacturing?

• Fasteners
• Assembly options grow

• Featured Product
• Linear guide system is adjustable, oil-free

• Guest Commentary
• Exclusive Interviews With Technology Leaders
• New opportunities for MCAE

• Hot Products
• Medical TPVs don't need drying
• Soft-touch adds sales appeal
• Extra-soft TPE 'grips' competition
• High-melt TPU forms multi-layer laminates
• TPU with more bounce per ounce
• Materials 'air out' BMW air duct
• Elastomer becomes a lifesaver

• Letters to the Editor
• Readers State Their Views
• Metric safety concerns
• A new 'spin' on an old tire
• Metric not costly
• Designing in metric easy

• Managing Design
• Tips On Guiding Product Development
• Develop your intellectual capital

• New Literature
• Brushless servomotors
• Linear module
• Chains
• Stepper motor
• Couplings
• pH meter kit
• Potentiometers
• Coaxial connectors
• Frequency drive
• Knife assemblies
• Video measuring system
• Workstation bridge crane
• Surface coating
• Switches
• Buffer
• Pumps
• Gaskets
• Hydraulic pumps/power packs
• Clamping system
• Testing database system
• Cutting systems
• PLL
• Miniature fittings
• Linear guides
• Sensor
• Bearings
• Powerline filters
• Bearing components
• Air filters
• Coupling lines
• Tracking system
• Miniature fittings
• Servomotors
• Isolators/mounts
• Sensors
• Stepper/servomotor brakes
• Synthetic lubricants
• Injection molding
• Motors/drives
• Heat-transfer fluid
• Wire products
• Linear motor
• Resins
• Strain gage technology
• Fasteners
• Shock absorbers
• Fuses
• Workholding mechanisms
• Hardness testers
• CD-ROM
• Automotive body
• Medical devices
• Software
• Diaphragm valves
• Metric shaft collar/coupling
• Test equipment
• Bearings
• Circuit products
• Drill bushings
• Linear guidance systems

• Product News
• Motors
• Chokes
• Assemblies
• Thermometer
• LOOP CALIBRATOR
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Reverse engineering software
• Printer
• Software
• Processor
• Electrical/Electronics
• Switches
• SRAMs
• Power components
• Relay
• Switch
• Converter
• Switches
• Module
• IGBTs
• Sensor
• Capacitors
• Capacitors and filters
• Bus cables
• Power supplies
• Fastening, Joining And Assembly
• Interlocking system
• Subrack
• Fastener
• Open system
• Markers
• Tape
• Bolt and stud extractor
• Epoxy adhesive
• Welding equipment
• Block connectors
• Extrusion
• Fluid Power
• Fan
• Heat exchanger
• Hydraulic pump
• Module
• Diaphragm pumps
• Valve
• Valves
• Cylinders
• Pleat pack elements
• Fans
• Plastics, Metals And Other Materials
• Blown film
• Encapsulant
• Dispensing system
• Polyimide
• Composites
• Resins
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Modules
• Guidance system
• Bearing
• Drives
• Linear slides
• Motor
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Lens
• Accelerometers
• Thermometers
• Accelerometer
• Encoder
• Anemometer
• Encoder
• Digitizer/analyzer
• Safety light barrier
• Linear measuring system

• Software Lab
• Reviews On Tools Of The Trade
• 3D Studio VIZ R2

• Standards Update
• Technical News From Around The World
• Butt-type couplers recommended for charging electric vehicles
• How other nations out-maneuver U.S. on standards
• Quest for better quality spawns new software, manuals, books
• Theme for 1998 paper contest: Guidelines for fee or free?
• Uncle Sam intensifies effort to invoke standards strategy

• Technology Bulletin
• Late Developments That Shape Engineering
• Weather or not, it's safer flying
• Sun's motherboard design breaks systems apart to rebuild
• Good things come in small packages, even lasers
• Hide and go seek, robot-style
• Filter turns bubbling crude into Texas tea, black gold
• New wave of workstations on the horizon
• LCDs make way for LEPs
• Six wheels better than four

• The Ultimate Razor
• On the cutting edge