Bearing Design Considerations in Medical Technology
Features 6/17/2013 1 comment Pharmaceutical, dental, and medical device applications present many challenges for bearings. These include high speeds, low noise, long service life, and resistance to harsh environments or aggressive chemicals or fluids.
DFAA: Design’s Acronym for Efficiency
Features 5/30/2013 6 comments As manufacturers rush to install the latest productivity-boosting equipment, engineers are being challenged to master the skills of DFAA.
Electronics Work Inside the Body, Then Disappear
Features 12/11/2012 19 comments Researchers have created devices that can dissipate in liquid, allowing for less invasive internal treatment for wounds, as well as other widespread applications for electronic devices.
Converting Machined Parts to Die Castings
Features 8/6/2012 2 comments While there are a number of situations where machined parts are a good option, it is clear that even with fairly low volumes, die casting is something that should be considered, as it is often the better option.
Design News 2011 Salary Survey: Best News in Years
Features 8/10/2011 7 comments The results of our annual salary survey show solid improvements in pay, as well as overall satisfaction with the engineering profession, despite rising stress levels and a still-tight economy.
Design for Recyclability
Features 7/12/2011 10 comments Component reduction through modular design and fastener standardization is paving the way for faster disassembly.
How Advanced Materials Improve Aerospace Engines
Features 5/26/2011 1 comment As aerospace manufacturers look for high-temperature materials that increase performance, improve fuel efficiency and satisfy safety standards, while lowering manufacturing costs, advanced ceramics and high-performance superalloys play an increasingly important role in aerospace engine design.
High-Tech Implants
Features 5/19/2011 1 comment Recovery rates for wounded U.S. soldiers are improving dramatically because of advanced processes for producing custom cranial implants.
Engineers Give Bioplastics Thumbs Up
Features 5/5/2011 1 comment Many problems remain, however, including cost, properties, their claimed environmental benefits, and potential impact on food supplies.
Boeing Eyes Next-Generation Composites
Features 4/7/2011 1 comment Boeing's next-generation aircraft, developed with NASA, will use up to 90 percent composites and be delivered as an integrated assembly, eliminating the need for thousands of fasteners.
Optical Cable Assemblies
Features 4/1/2011 Post a comment Includes four transmit and four receive channels at 10 Gbps per channel for InfiniBand standard SDR, DDR and QDR applications.
FitQuik Connectors
Features 3/24/2011 Post a comment More than 350 fittings are available in standard configurations including barbed ends for tubing, threads, caps and plugs.
Rugged Spring Pins
Features 3/18/2011 Post a comment Rated at 1,000,000 cycles minimum, the series spring pins are for higher-current spring pin requirements.?
High Flex Silicone Cables
Features 3/8/2011 Post a comment "Off-the-shelf" and custom made cables for medical automation, diagnostics and pharmaceutical processing applications.
Cable Feeding Sheaves
Features 3/3/2011 Post a comment Can slide into the end of a conduit and rotate to align with the desired cable direction, allowing cable to be fed-in smoothly from any angle.
For 3D printing to make the jump from rapid prototyping to manufacturing, engineers will need to find easier ways to move products from their CAD screens to their printers.
Gigabit and PoE are two networking technologies moving ahead in tandem as industrial users power remote Ethernet devices such as IP security cameras at 1,000 Mbps over existing CAT5 cable.
New versions of BASF's Ecovio line are both compostable and designed for either injection molding or thermoforming. These combinations are becoming more common for the single-use bioplastics used in food service and food packaging applications, but are still not widely available.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
For industrial control applications, or even a simple assembly line, that machine can go almost 24/7 without a break. But what happens when the task is a little more complex? That’s where the “smart” machine would come in. The smart machine is one that has some simple (or complex in some cases) processing capability to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Such machines are suited for a host of applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, computers and electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and so on. This radio show will show what’s possible with smart machines, and what tradeoffs need to be made to implement such a solution.
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