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  • Siemens Emphasizes Productivity with Teamcenter 8 Release

    Article Beth Stackpole, June 29, 2009
    Siemens PLM Software unveils Teamcenter 8, touting productivity enhancements on the individual, application and IT level as a way to help companies bolster product development using less resources. More

  • SKF's President Johnstone Positive about Future

    Article Karen Field, June 24, 2009
    Though SKF Group's sales have taken a hit by the recent downturn (down 18.4 percent in 1Q09), President and CEO Tom Johnstone is optimistic about the $8.5B U.S. company's future prospects. More

  • Tesla Turbine Creates Liquid Electricity

    Article Design News Staff, June 1, 2009
    The water pressure forces a shaft in the turbine to rotate. The rotating shaft is connected to a generator. The water flow around the turbine is controlled by valves. More

  • Dassault Kicks Abaqus FEA up a Notch

    Article Beth Stackpole, May 22, 2009
    Dassault has upgraded its SIMULIA Abaqus Unified FEA software with features that exploit new HPC advances along with capabilities in the area of mechatronics for improved simulation of fracture and failure analysis. More

  • The Adventure of the Insidious Buzz

    Blogs Sherlock Ohms, May 19, 2009
    Famous investigations into the most diabolical real-world cases in engineering More
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  • Mechatronics: New Answers Call For New Questions

    News June 9, 2009
    By Bosch RexrothFor mechatronics to be truly successful, the development process must involve not onlymechanical and electronic elements, but process elements as well: the key phases of design, integration, and implementation. More

  • Electric Vehicle Motors

    News June 8, 2009
    A friend of mine finally got delivery of a Tesla Roadster. This prompted discussion of the drive train and the fact that Tesla has had to go from two speed More

  • One-to-One: Big Blue's Unprecedented Mechatronic Opportunity

    Blogs Jim Brown, June 2, 2009
    An ongoing conversation with Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product innovation, product development, and profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). More

  • SHS Looks to Expand Work Ethics, Mechatronics Programs

    News Valorie Eversole, Shelbyville Daily Union, Ill., May 28, 2009
    May 28--With the reported success of the first cooperative Mechatronics class with Pana High School, plans are in motion to expand the program for the 2009-2010 school year."All seven Shelbyville High School students have successfully completed the program and are eligible for summer positions at More

  • Proton ramps fuel cell production with Deutsche Mechatronics deal

    News May 27, 2009
    Five-year agreement is expected to allow Proton Motor to get its products to market faster and more cost effectively. More

  • ADV: Embedded Technology Forum for Machine Designers

    News May 12, 2009
    Learn how graphical system design reduces your design, prototype, and deployment time for industrial machines, medical devices, autonomous vehicles, semiconductor machines, and other custom devices. More

  • Mechatronics Means Motors

    News May 1, 2009
    Simple electric motors turn when you apply power. They have been used this way since their inception. Yet today, a microcontroller may be sitting between the motor and the switch, and motors can be found everywhere from white goods to hybrid vehicles. Electric motors are key to almost all robotic More
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