Design News - August 17, 1998

As manufacturers travel down the road toward mass customization, they are using more open control architectures and fieldbus technology to improve agility. A recent example is Eaton Corp.'s Fluid Power Div. in Fletcher, NC.

• 1998 New Products Bonanza
• 1998 NEW PRODUCTS BONANZA
• Computer Productivity Tools
• CAD application
• Floppy disk drive
• Software
• Telecom technology
• CAD software
• PC-insertable tracker
• Raster editing software
• 3D modeling software
• Keypad
• Hybrid modeling program
• Mechanical design software
• Scanner
• Flat-panel display
• Shape-cutting control
• Rapid-prototyping system
• Selection software
• Motion sequence programming tool
• Workstations
• Electromagnetic field-simulation software
• Electrical/Electronics
• Sensor
• Sensor
• Transformers
• LEDs
• Safety relays
• Connector
• Washers
• Machine guarding system
• Distribution boxes
• Microcomputer packaging systems
• Air filters
• Fieldbus stations
• Microcontroller
• Inlet filter
• Host controller board
• Air conditioners
• Electric cylinder
• Wrist strap
• Gas gauge
• Relay
• Remote terminal unit/datalogger
• Fastening, Joining And Assembly
• Enclosures
• Fasteners
• Washers and spacers
• Adhesives
• Dispensing components
• Couplings
• Thread inserts
• Adhesives
• Socket
• Cable-tie installation tools
• Adhesive
• Stampings and hole punching
• Latch
• Adhesive system
• Knob assemblies
• Connectors
• Welding equipment
• Hinge
• Fastener
• Rack cases and containers
• Handwheel
• Foam tapes
• Inserts and tools
• Fluid Power
• Valves
• Cooling system
• Flowmeter
• Bearings
• Electronic drying cabinets
• Selector valve
• Plastics, Metals And Other Materials
• Trimmer tool
• Belting
• Air knife
• Label materials
• Laser marker system
• Rod and sheet
• Tube-forming technology
• Polyphenylsulfone
• Polycarbonate film
• Elastomers
• Polystyrene foam
• Metal parts
• Dual-injection molding
• Urethanes
• Rubber
• Adhesive
• Polymer
• Chemical blending system
• Grease
• Metal-weaving process
• Polyphenylene sulphone
• Ceramic
• Foams
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Brushless rotary interface
• Stepping motor
• Controller
• Step motors
• Casters
• Motion-control system
• Bearings
• Air bearing system
• Coupling
• Step motors
• Servomotor
• Microstepping drive
• Pulse-generator chip
• Linear measuring system
• Intelligent control method
• Speed drives
• Gaskets
• Servo indexers
• Servomotors
• Linear guides
• Limit switch
• Stepper drive/indexer
• Bearings
• Linear motor
• PID controller
• Microstep control system
• Control system modules
• Gearboxes
• Coupling
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Sensor
• Multimeters
• Analog input board
• Software
• Thermometers
• Probe
• Laser scanner
• RTD
• Bus board
• Acceleration control
• Potentiometers
• Transducer delivery system
• Microcontroller
• Camera
• Pushwheel switches
• Machine monitor
• Intelligent displays
• Bus coupling

• Design Applications
• From The Regional Editors
• Brushless servomotorturns electric spindle

• Designer's Corner
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Match taper
• Useful Technology For Your Idea File
• Machine vision
• Multi-wave motor
• Dual-diameter coupling
• Isolation plug

• Editorial
• Manufacturing relies on trust

• Featured Product
• Mold-steel vents gas
• Interbus chip makes bus design easier
• Let your fingers do the computing
• Piston pump offers higher speed operation
• Drive's auxiliary PID loop controls tension
• Adhesives address complex DVD needs
• Encoder encompasses Hall sensor function

• Guest Commentary
• Exclusive Interviews With Technology Leaders
• Servo motor technology meets today's automation challenges

• Hot Products
• World's fastest microdrive
• Small vector control drive
• Increased horsepower capacity
• Motor control programming language
• Digital drive offers servo accuracy, high torque
• Microsize drive for 460V ac

• Legal Forum
• Latest Advice On Engineering And The Law
• New life for old product?

• Letters To The Editor
• Readers State Their Views
• Furniture airbags
• Correction:
• 'Sizing' up the safety debate
• Metric debate goes on
• Design News' website

• Show Preview
• Noteworthy Technology On Display
• IMTS '98
• Servo cable
• Ball screws
• Control modules

• Show Products
• Noteworthy Technology On Display
• Software
• Magnetic conveyor
• Match taper attachment
• Controller
• Linear actuators
• Flanging system
• Couplings
• Linear measuring system
• Measurement and control equipment
• Machine vision system
• Diaphragm accumulators
• Ac servo drives

• Software Lab
• Reviews On Tools Of The Trade
• IronCAD 1.3

• Technology Bulletin
• Late Developments That Shape Engineering
• Faster analysis of implant material
• Direct x-ray technology gets the green light
• Report cites benefits of polyethylene regrind
• 'What'cha gonna do' police vest tracks criminal activity
• Dating the earth with SHRIMP
• Old helicopter gets a facelift
• Roll-on toward spherical semiconductors
• Displays get thinner and thinner

• Washington Beat
• Technical News From The Capital
• PTO joins with foreign agencies to set up world patent searches
• Implementation of fastener act postponed again--to October
• Enrollments in engineering on the increase again
• Handbooks help designers adapt to Windows 98 operating system
• Patent Office making its data available on Web for free