Design News - February 21, 2005

Cover Story

The engineers who design Marotta Controls' precision pneumatic components sit just a few yards away from the company's manufacturing plant. And that proximity paid off when they designed parts of a new ejection mechanism for the U.S. Air Force's Small Diameter Bomb (SBD) system.

Departments

Calamities
The Case of the Breakaway Bucket
Expo
Electronics
Fluid Power
Software/Hardware
Featured Product
Adjustable Speed Control Stresses Ease and Reliability
Gadget Freak
Clive Emitted That Youthful Glow
Motorhead
Energy Costs Should Drive Motor Selection
My View
Engineering Who Done Its
Rant
It Is All About Power
Slant
More for Less in Motion
Weblog
Perusing for Patents

Feature

Dont Stop the Presses

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