August 17, 1998 Design News
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Features Standards
drive production-line design
Fieldbus and PC technology deliver agile manufacturing.
By John Lewis
How
to support factories from afar
Remote development, maintenance, and reporting are simplified
using TPC/IP, Ethernet, and Windows 95/NT networking
technologies. By Gorden E. Presher, Jr.
Soft
starters avoid hard knocks controlling ac motors
Providing smooth, steepless acceleration, soft starters
fill gap between full voltage starting and inverters.
By Curtis Litten
Engineering
Productivity Kit: Power Transmission
Power transmission applications, problem solving and
products. By Charles J. Murray
Brushless
servomotor turns electric spindle
Flux reduction via microprocessor control permits economic
operation. By David J. Bak
Engineering
News
Bridge design spans product design
Prizm shines from safety design
Flash devices add capacity
The shock with a brain
Alpha survives merger
Semiconductor roadmap gains speed
This pump runs dry
Drive technology stops sagging
Direct injection fuels a market
Data acquisition system cuts test time
Mergers fuel middle-management comeback
Small aircraft take flight with CAD
Designer's
Corner
Multi-wave motor, machine vision, dual-diameter coupling,
and more
Tech Bulletin
Late developments that shape engineering
Washington Beat
Technical news from the nation's capital
New
Products Bonanza
Editorial
Manufacturing relies on trust. By Paul E. Teague
Hot
Products
Senior Regional Technical Editor Charles
J. Murray reviews noteworthy drive products.
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Product Information
Managing
Design
Design for survival
Guest
Commentary
Servo motor technology meets today's automation challenges
Legal
Forum
New life for old product
Featured Product
Let
your fingers do the computing
Mold-steel
vents gas
Adhesives
address complex DVD needs
Piston
pump offers high speed operation
Inter
bus chip makes bus design easier
Encoder
encompasses hall sensor function
Drives
auxiliary PID loop controls tension
Software
Lab
IronCAD 1.3
Show
Stoppers
Letters to the
Editor
Readers state their views
Breaktime
New pulley no 98-pound weakling
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