Design News - October 5, 1998

Four years ago, GM's Oldsmobile division was fighting for its life. Five of its models--the 88, 98, Ciera, Achieva, and Cutlass Supreme--were running out of gas. All would eventually be slated for extinction.

• Annual Auto Issue
• Auto Survey
• In Accord with the road
• Automotive Materials
• Polymers help put vehicles on a lightweight diet
• Battery Technology
• Out of Juice! Nation's charge toward electric cars stalls
• Technology Highlights
• Here come the '99s

• Break Time
• Readers Describe Design Successes
• FEA gives NASCAR driver the edge

• Designer's Corner
• Useful Technology For Your Idea File
• Engine extrusions

• Editorial
• The wrong way

• Featured Product
• Polymer fender flares are tough

• Guest Commentary
• Exclusive Interviews With Technology Leaders
• Electronics make cars more efficient, safer, personal

• Hot Products
• SDRC meshes VGX with analysis
• Dynamic integrated with AutoCAD
• Compatibility is key
• Don't wait, check your data as you go
• CADSI addresses Windows & UNIX
• Dual algorithm solves problems faster
• And for the power industry

• Letters To The Editor
• Readers State Their Views
• Hydrogen as direct fuel
• Debates, yes; emotions, no
• Career survey

• New Literature
• Coatings
• Linear actuator
• Transducer
• Load cells
• Fittings/screens
• Modular enclosures
• Adhesive films
• Transmitters
• Color measurement systems
• Silicone transformer fluid
• Flame detectors
• Air conditioners
• Vacuum pumps
• Finishing tools
• Converter
• Sheet packing products
• Microcontrollers
• Fieldbus systems
• Power supplies
• Driven linear system
• Capacitor
• Torch
• Scrubber systems
• Polypropylene resins
• Power supplies
• Inserts
• Electric vehicle
• Industrial coolers/chillers
• Capacitors
• Vises
• Microstepping drives
• Hydraulic equipment
• DSP board
• Filter
• Silicon rectifiers
• Interface products
• Cable ties
• Bearing
• Microscopes
• Standards
• Valves
• Injection molding
• Motor controllers
• Refrigerated dryer solutions
• CAD software
• Converters
• Adhesive
• Chemicals
• Coaxial connectors
• Fabrics
• Power conditioning equipment
• Pencil probes
• Line conditioner
• Mill products
• Laminates

• OEM Journal
• Emerging Trends In Manufacturing
• Champion car-builders

• Product News
• Cartridges
• Plastic welders
• FITTINGS
• Air cylinders
• Spray valve
• Graphical instrumentation software
• Computer Productivity Tools
• Spring selection software
• Software
• Surface modeling software
• Software
• Software
• Design software
• Hardware/software package
• Gear design software
• Software
• Analysis system
• Keyboard evaluation kits
• System modeling tool
• Data acquisition modules
• Online sourcing/specifying tool
• Tolerance analysis software
• Software modem
• Electrical/Electronics
• Sensor
• Bus bars
• Automotive blade fuse clip
• Connectors
• Analog function modules
• Relays
• Color displays
• Load cell
• Loudspeakers
• Photoelectric sensors
• Battery
• Displays
• Switch
• Fastening, Joining And Assembly
• Studs
• Foam tape
• Fastener
• Retaining rings
• Fittings
• Enclosure coating
• Adhesives
• Adhesives
• Shaft couplings
• Model paste systems
• Thread inserts
• Fluid Power
• Valves
• Manifold block
• Pneumatic valve manifolds
• Hydraulic pump
• Check valves
• Valve
• Valves
• Pressure transducer
• Pressure transmitter
• Diaphragm pump
• Pneumatic grippers
• Plastics, Metals And Other Materials
• Sheet wax
• Solders
• Resin
• Cast nylon
• Gasketing material
• Metal single crystals
• Sealant
• Alloy
• Sleeving
• Noise barrier composites
• Engine cleaner
• Film
• Elastomers
• Polyimide foam insulation
• Rubber
• Nylon
• Power Transmission And Motion Control
• Servo motion controller
• Motion control system
• Arm effector
• Remote actuation products
• Electric cylinder
• Idler-rollers
• Gripper
• Cylinders
• Motors
• Bearings
• Motors
• Test, Measurement And Control
• Crash recorder
• Monitor/data logger
• Temperature control units
• Spark plug adaptor
• Vibrator bowl system
• Pipe/diameter caliper
• Level sensor
• Temperature detector
• Calibrator
• Sensing system
• Flowmeter
• Linear position transducer
• Mass flow element

• Technology Bulletin
• Late Developments That Shape Engineering
• New-generation motor powers electric-car race winner
• Are night-lighting measurements misleading?
• Programmable 'vehicle' emulates driver-to-component layout
• Truck technology simplifies transmission shifting

• Washington Beat
• Technical News From The Capital
• Agency to fund use of cadavers for improving auto crash tests
• NHTSA proposes reducing glare from daytime running lights
• U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium declared 'overly ambitious'
• Big benefit seen for car makers from research in die making
• Requirement for head protection revised to allow new devices