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Polyphenylsulfone Resin Replaces Aluminum in Recyclable Airline Catering Trolley

Design News Staff, August 17, 2009
The airline industry's first recyclable catering trolley with a virtually all-plastic design, introduced by AeroCat B.V., weighs just 35 lb and is claimed to be the lightest in the industry. More
Nucor Refines Steel Recycling Using NI Technologies

Design News Staff, August 17, 2009
To reduce its number of recycling reheats, Nucor deployed a low-cost scale and weighing system using National Instruments' LabVIEW and NI Compact FieldPoint controllers to calculate the amount of steel in each burn. More
Multi-Jackbolt Tensioners Solve Bolting Issues on CERN Collider

Design News Staff, August 17, 2009
Superbolt bolt-type multi-jackbolt tensioners answered the challenge of limited space and high clamping force requirements on the CERN Hadron Super Collider. More
Rapid Casting Process 'Picture Perfect' for Camera Housing

Design News Staff, August 17, 2009
When Siemens realized die casting was proving too slow for its SIMATIC HawkEye 1600T camera, the company found an economical alternative in Graphicast Inc.'s zinc-aluminum casting with graphite molds. More
An Edge on the Future of Driving

Design News Staff, August 14, 2009
E-steering provides automotive consumers with a glimpse of driving in the future, relying on sensors located on a control module to determine how much assistance the driver needs to operate the steering wheel. More
SCC Allows Recycling of Tungsten Heavy Alloys

Design News Staff, August 14, 2009
Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee uses an SCC 15 Screen Classifying Cutter from Munson Machinery to downsize hard materials like tungsten heavy alloys into controlled particle sizes with few fines and no heat buildup. More
Outsourcing vs. In-House Engineered Solutions

Design News Staff, August 14, 2009
Acrison, having established itself as the industry's leading authority in dry bulk solids handling, attributes its leading edge in large part to its use of metal coating technologies. More
Unique Urethane Dampens Shocks and Noise

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, August 13, 2009
Sorobothane is a thermoset, polyether-based polyurethane solid that flows like a liquid under load, while retaining excellent memory. More
Rapid Prototyping Using FARO's Laser ScanArm V3

Design News Staff, August 13, 2009
Synergeering added the FaroArm® Quantum with the V3 Laser ScanArm® to expand its services to include reverse engineering and better its measurement capabilities. More
Stryker Will Build a Metal Molding Plant

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, August 6, 2009
Stryker Corp., a major medical supplier, plans to invest $5 million in a new metal injection molding (MIM) plant in Portage, MI in anticipation of rising demand. More
Virtual Design Takes off at P&G

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, July 30, 2009
P&G Engineer Tom Lange heads the company's move toward virtual simulation, with one noteable success being the first-ever plastic coffee container. More
Magnesium Award Winners Show Auto Potential

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, July 28, 2009
It's clear from the International Magnesium Association (IMA) Awards of Excellence winners that magnesium is putting its stake in the ground as the battle to reduce weight in cars and other transportation products heats up. More
Boeing's Dreamliner Struggles: Surprise or Predictable?

John Loughmiller, Contributing Editor, July 23, 2009
Boeing's delay of the First Flight for the Dreamliner, due to problems with composite wing box structures that provide mounting for the wings, is a PR disaster, but proves that its testing procedures are working as designed. More
On-Demand Assembly Speeds Production

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, July 14, 2009
Additive fabrication methods first developed for rapid prototyping are making inroads into manufacturing, especially for jigs and fixtures. More
Plastic Oil Pans Present Major Integration Opportunity

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, July 13, 2009
The next major under-the-hood application for nylon may be oil pans, cutting weight and improving design integration. More
Complex Designs in Metal

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, July 6, 2009
Metal injection molding (MIM) was a big winner at the 2009 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation. More
A Bicycle Built for a Flea

Karen Field, Editor-in-Chief, June 26, 2009
To demonstrate just how far the capabilities of small wire EDM (electrical discharge machining) have come in the past decade, researchers at Swiss-based GF AgieCharmilles produced a micro-size mountain bike. More
Refillable Water Bottle Wins NPE Award

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, June 25, 2009
Eastman Chemical Co. received the Sustainable Consumer Product Award for the KOR ONE bottle at the International Plastics Design Competition. More
New Fastener Technology Can Boost Productivity

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, June 15, 2009
The PEM Cost Savings Program introduces a free service to assist companies in potentially reducing their total "assembled cost" of products and designs. More
Get Ready for the Carbon Revolution

Doug Smock, Contributing Editor, June 15, 2009
Significant carbon expansions and product development efforts will change how design engineers think about creating stiffness and electrical discharge properties in plastics. More

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