Design News - November 8, 2004

Cover Story

In a modified version of the football team huddle, engineers from Smart Parts Inc. and Humphrey Products Company convened in a conference room in Loyalhanna, PA, last year to draw up a game plan for dominating the competition in a vastly different sport: tournament paintball. When they broke, they had a strategy for developing a new solenoid valve that they felt would set a new standard ...

Departments

Ask
Ask The Search Engineer
BMOC
Able Scholars
Calamities
The Case of the Gallivanting Gyros
Designer's Corner
Lightweight tire pressure sensor withstands heavy spinloads
Expo
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Software/Hardware
Electronics
Fluid Power
Featured Product
Compact Module Links Older Equipment to Wireless Networks
Gadget Freak
Carl Specialized in Java Apps
Innovative Ideas
Automation Adapts to Change
NI LabVIEW, PACs Deliver Advanced Machine Control, Reliability
Mail
Readers Sound Off
My View
Red Sox, TiVO, and a Remote
Rant
Bells and Whistles
Slant
Bring Suppliers Into the Game Early
Weblog
One-Minute Searches

Feature

AC Drives Stay Vital for the 21st Century

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