Design News - July 16, 2001

Cover Story

Projected to surpass 50 billion U.S. dollars by 2008, the global market for industrial sensors continues to grow -- from consumer electronic appliances to the factory floor.

Departments

Break Time
The case of the murderous momentum
Design For Profitability
Designing for recyclability wins more than respect
Designer's Corner
Machine support
Cost-saving tensioner
E-services And The Design Engineer
bom.com helps manage BOMs
Editorial
Plan for the worst, hope for the best
Featured Product
Slim stepper motor conserves real estate
Microprocessor gives turbine meter flexibility
Guest Commentary
Pneumatics move beyond 'bang-bang'
Hot Products
Hot Products
Product News
Solid modeling CAD
Product News
Product News
Product News
Product News
Product News
Product News
Product News
Fine tune your engineering knowledge
Readers Write
Readers Write

Feature

Optics on-board

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Design News Partner Zones

Light Matters: The Unsung Heroes of Modern Health Care
First, let's define "no-compromise." In an ideal configuration, this lamp would use a high-brightness LED (HBLED) that is built into a small, integrated package and is able to produce a large quantity of focused light, operate with a high level of reliability and generate no audible noise. Is this difficult? Yes, but it is possible.
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Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.