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Table of Contents

Issue date: October 15, 2001

Features
Internet-enabled products get connected
Engineers add remote monitoring, data collection, and energy management to their designs
by Adele Hars, Contributing Writer
Direct drive improves spindle system
Servomotor/nut combination moves tool carriage along non-rotating spindle
by Roy OConnor, European Bureau Chief, Global Design News

Magnetoresistance minimizes encoder size…
...but maximizes encoder performance with three sensor channels, complementary signals, and up to 1,024 pulses
by David Bak, Editor-in-Chief, Global Design News

Mobile phone design calls for plastics change
Attention to design and supplier involvement eases Ericsson
by Joseph Ogando, Senior Editor
Departments

Featured Product
Motor offers high precision speed control


Guest Commentary
Dynamics is the next FEA frontier


Hot Products
Innovative PCs and Workstations


Product News
Electrical/Electronics

Fastening

In Brief - Electrical/Electronics

Power Transmision

Product News


Readers Write
Readers Write


Sneak Preview
Fiber-optic limit defined

Infancy of the self-aiming camera

Laser finds IC failures

Semiconductor material has superior magnetic properties


Standards Update
Conformity assessments ease up for electronics manufacturers

Help for those who must comply with Europe's 'New Approach'

ISO offers guides for managing environment, quality at firms

Safety standards for machinery undergoing major overhauls
Columns

Design for Profitability
Reusing designs reaps benefits


Designer
Long live the slip ring


Designers Corner
Edge-mounted switch


Designers Corner
Modular machines


e-Services and the Design Engineer
Search engines (sometimes) find the stuff


Editorial
Honor role in a bad economy


Product News
Product Spotlight


The Z Files
The case of the maligned Montero, Part II


Engineering News

Engineers doing handsprings over PDAs

Machine-tools integrate more open controls

Oil pump helps utilities keep the lights on

Plastic plans revealed

PLC gets 'spooked'

Squeeze these seals to mix fresh drugs


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