Design News - February 3, 2004

Cover Story

Picking the right plastic for a new product really is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. There are at least 50,000 grades of commercial plastics on the market right now. And even a single materials family can consist of hundreds of subtly different grades from many different vendors.

Departments

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Ask the Search Engineer
BMOC
Core Liberator
Calamities
The Case of the Leaky Loo
Designer's Corner
Armature-mounted electronics govern brushless motor
Inserts lower fastening cost
Featured Product
Real-Time Analyzer Offers Continuous Capture, Frequency Triggering
Fluid Power
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Gadget Freak
Matt Resolved to End the Morning Madness
Innovative Ideas
Instrument Systems: Drivers Needed
Innovation Amidst a Mature Industry
Mail
Readers Sound Off
My View
Why We Need a Mission to Mars
Rant
Don't Be a Timid Manager
Slant
Testers, Try This Program
Weblog
The Wastes of Time

Feature

A Leap Forward in Portable Data Entry

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