Design News - June 17, 2002

Cover Story

Even a glimpse at John Deere's tractors and combines will quickly drive away any doubt about the growing use of plastics in agricultural equipment. Over the past decade, the company has converted a wide variety of styling and functional components from sheet metal to plastics-reducing secondary operations, complexity, weight, and cost in the process.

Departments

Designer's Corner
Caster and leveler
Concentric bearing lock
High roller
Editorial
And the winner is (insert your name here)
Guest Commmentary
'Close the gap' between Silicon Valley and automakers
Hot Products
Innovative Motion Control Devices
Product News
Power Transmission and Motion Control
Electrical/Electronics
Fluid Power
Latest and Greatest Offerings in the Engineering Marketplace
Computer Productivity Tools
Readers Write
Letters to the Editor
The Z Files
The case of the chicken brake

Engineering News

CAE pioneers steer course to the future

Feature

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