Materials & Assembly

Automation & Motion Control, Materials & Assembly

Scientists with the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have confirmed the existence of atom-sized electronic devices on nanotubes, hollow cylinders of pure carbon about 50,000 times more narrow than a human hair in diameter. Nanotube devices have been predicted by theorists but...

Technology Forecast '98

January 05, 1998

Automotive

Here's a look at some of the key technology trends in computer hardware and software, electronics, fluid power, materials, and motion control that are definitely worth taking a serious look at this year. COMPUTERS Dual-processors swing onto desktops Michael Puttre, Associate Editor Wider might be...

CADKEY 97

January 05, 1998

Medical Design & Manufacturing West '98

CADKEY 97 features new ACIS solids modeling capabilities that provide both alternative and partnering approaches to wire-frame designing. Engineers will readily value CADKEY 97's ability to combine wire frame and solids design methods in one package without sacrificing functionality in either...

Medical Design &amp; Manufacturing West '98

January 05, 1998

Medical

Attendees will benefit from an array of opportunities at this year's MD&M West '98 show, held in conjunction with the Pacific Design Engineering show. The expanded four-day, 33-session conference features more than 1,100 exhibitors and offers product solutions to help manufacturers and...

Product News

January 05, 1998

Bearing The Nyliner TM polymer bearing delivers zero clearance with low friction and is a self-lubricating, constant-preload linear/rotary bearing for moderate-load applications including instruments, computer hardware, and medical. Zero clearance is maintained by the pressure exerted by the tips...

Application Digest

January 05, 1998

Installing cables in flexing carriers Gerald Pochurek, Director of Engineering, Olflex Wire & Cable, Fairfield, NJ Whether using metallic or non-metallic cables,a properly installed cable-carrier system can in-crease cable life by 5 to 10 million cycles. To prevent cable twisting and ensure...

Designer's Corner

January 05, 1998

Technology has steel shining like new

Composite-stackup drill With template securely fastened to aircraft component, the self-clamping drill completes precision hole and countersink in one step, without any drill dust, fiber breakage, or operator support. A quiet, ergonomic, drilling and countersinking system simplifies drilling...

December 02, 1997

Steel has been the backbone of machine and structure for almost two centuries. This fact tends to give the material a classic disposition: after all, the steel cap of that art deco exclamation point, the Chrysler Building in New York City, came from the foundries of Germany's Krupp. Designations...

Product News

December 02, 1997