Design News - September 21, 1998

Wastewater leakage from pumps and other equipment can create serious environmental and health problems, not to mention costly repair costs. That's where seals play a vital role.

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• Design Applications
• From The Regional Editors
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• Motor/brake assembly takes aircraft-seat comfort to new heights
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• Designer's Corner
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• Editorial
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• Letters To The Editor
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• Perpetual motion defined
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• Fuel cells: Silent killers?
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• New Literature
• Pulley
• Field recorder
• Miniature electromechanical components
• Adhesives
• Switches
• Alarm autodialers
• Rack and pinion drives
• Springs
• Test jacks/probes
• Logic family
• Motors
• Flowmeter
• Connectors
• Order-fulfillment systems
• Resin systems
• Wire cloth
• Water chillers/liquid coolers
• Silicone sheeting materials
• Cables
• Film
• Ac motors
• Power supply products
• Transducer delivery system
• Brushless motors
• Acrylic sheet
• Device-level bus components
• Adapters
• Pencil probes
• Fasteners
• Tube fabrication tools
• Hot stamping program
• Signal monitors
• Interconnection products
• Auxiliary power unit
• Indicator
• Cables
• Valves
• Module
• Valves
• Coatings
• Servo accelerometers/inclinometers
• Fan control module
• Rapid tooling system
• Latch
• Motor starters
• I/O system
• Miniature tubing
• Motion control
• Solenoid valve
• Laser center
• Standoffs
• Lighting controls
• Spring cable reels
• Pumps
• Converters
• Linear motion system
• Board-level products
• Ergonomics
• Linear bearing system
• Composite-lined bearing
• Cutting assemblies
• Metallurgy products
• Meters
• Software
• Capacitors
• Motion control system
• Networks
• Microprocessor supervisor

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• Vector control
• GEARS
• Drive
• Foams
• Vibration monitor
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Printer
• FEA solver
• Tool kit
• Software
• Audit and corrective-action software
• Solid modeling software
• Modeling software
• PC-CAD
• Displays
• Printer
• Planning and estimating system
• CAD software
• Processor
• CPU modules
• Printer
• Color imager
• Welding software
• Software simulation package
• Content management solution
• Virtual peripherals
• CD drive
• Electrical/Electronics
• Grounding connector
• Microcontrollers
• Interfaces
• Asymmetric digital subscriber line
• Sensor
• I/O saver module
• Battery
• Transformers
• Temperature/process controller
• AS-i bus system products
• Rectifier diodes
• Cable interface modules
• Cards
• Schottky diode network
• Sensors
• Communications processor
• Connector
• Modular jacks
• Star coupler
• Fastening, Joining And Assembly
• Lead screw
• Gaskets
• Connector
• Shield clip
• Rivet
• Screw-mounted hinges
• Fiber placement system
• Stencils
• Snap rivet
• Plastic cutter
• Retaining ring applicators
• Couplings
• Enclosures
• Fluid Power
• Reciprocating air compressors
• Linear-position sensing system
• Pressure transducer
• Hydraulic pumps
• Fan
• Pneumatic hoses
• Seal
• Pressure regulators
• Valve driver
• Heat exchanger
• Hydraulic cylinder
• Fans
• Hydraulic pump
• Pumps
• Valve
• Pumps
• Fittings
• Plastics, Metals And Other Materials
• Rolling elements
• Resins
• Polyester
• Nylon
• Resin
• Encapsulant
• Flexible circuit materials
• Alloy
• Bearing material
• Crystals
• Blown film
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Dc servo kit
• Electronic brakes
• Motor-gearbox combination
• CNC controllers
• Clutches
• Linear guide
• Stepper motors
• Missile launch rails
• Power stage
• Timing belts
• Positioning stages
• Power block
• Motors
• Microdrives
• Gearmotors
• Clutch/brake
• Die springs
• Servomotors
• Bearing
• Planetary geared motors
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Armature
• Encoder
• Accelerometer
• Flowmeter
• Electrostatic discharge shields
• Multimeters
• Controllers
• Safety light barrier
• Torque sensors
• I/O board
• Encoder
• Thermometers
• Accelerometer
• Accelerometer
• Accelerometers
• LVDTs
• Interfacing systems
• Indicator/conditioner
• Transducer
• Voltmeter

• Standards Update
• Technical News From Around The World
• U.S. companies expand protest over harmonic emission limits
• ISO 9000 users to test-drive revised quality standards
• Europeans drafting overhaul of standards for aerospace
• Countries sign pact to generate world guidelines for safe autos
• New secretariat to be picked for product-data exchange

• Technology Bulletin
• Late Developments That Shape Engineering
• Sensitive air devices detect nuclear detonations
• Drive chains dismiss abrasion and wear
• Access E-mail, World Wide Web by telephone
• Solid-state battery exceeds expectations
• Camera captures 3-D at high speed
• A 'fully extruded' internal combustion engine
• 'Ice' gripper handles micro-sized components
• New steels promote lighter construction
• 'Green' paint for all cars

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