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Completely Updated New Full Line Catalog: Full of New Fasteners Micro Plastics introduces its new 300-page catalog #40 containing thousands of fastening solutions for engineers and product designers. Find hundreds of new problem-solving products, including Spacers, Washers, Clips, Clamps, Ties, Bushings, Screws, Nuts, Rivets, and Plugs. Micro Plastics specializes in Nylon threaded fasteners, but the company also offers extensive product lines for wire management and circuit board hardware. FREE samples are available upon request.
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First-ever snapshot taken of light as both a particle and a wave Freightliner Inspiration Truck gets its autonomous vehicle license from Nevada DMV After falling into National Corvette Museum sinkhole, restoration of 1-millionth Corvette underway |
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Select the best shaft for your bearing system In order to optimize the friction and wear of your bearing systems, shaft and bearing materials that work well together are crucial. Cohesiveness between the shaft and bearing materials is essential, as a whole range of problems can arise if the wrong shaft material is used with a particular bearing. In this technical guide from igus, review what to consider when it comes to choosing the surface treatment of your bearings' shaft surfaces.
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Ford GT carbon fiber supercar aims to redefine innovation in aerodynamics, EcoBoost, and lightweighting Ford unveiled its all-new 2017 GT supercar at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (Detroit) January 12, and the crowd went wild. The ultra high-performance supercar serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost performance, aerodynamics, and lightweight carbon fiber construction.
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30-ton overhead crane is testament to U.S. manufacturing, WWII sabotage-plot intrigue An 85-year-old overhead crane provided the ultimate testimonial to the quality of American manufacturing recently when it was discovered still in good working condition 10 floors below Grand Central Terminal in the middle of New York City. The 30-ton Whiting double-girder crane was spotted when it was featured in an historic film about how spies sent by Hitler tried to cripple the U.S. rail transport system during WWII.
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Wings: Boeing modernizes B-52 bomber weapons bay launcher Boeing and U.S. Air Force personnel have successfully installed the first prototype of a new B-52 bomber weapons bay launcher that improves the aircraft's "smart" weapons capacity and mission flexibility.
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Battery bounce test often bounces off target Don't throw away those bouncing batteries. Researchers at Princeton University have found that the common test of bouncing a household battery to learn if it is dead or not is not actually an effective way to check a battery's charge.
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Wheels: Supersonic air blower sweeps train rails clean Like an SUV towing a trailer in winter, locomotives can lose their grip on slick rails if they're pulling too much behind them. Since the weather in mountainous areas can change quickly, railroads play it safe and usually only run trains long enough to pull through all weather conditions. But shorter trains can get expensive. That's why GE locomotive engineers developed a software-guided supersonic air blower to keep the rails clear.
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Wings: 3D-printed jet engine is big leap forward for additive manufacturing A group of researchers at Monash University in Australia, along with international collaborators, has 3D printed all of the major metal parts for a small, business-class jet engine. These are final parts, not prototypes. The project, which took a year of scanning and optimizing components from an existing engine, aims to fire the engine up in the future.
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Swelling magnets have potential to help energize the world A new type of magnet that expands its volume when placed in a magnetic field and generates negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting has been discovered by researchers at Temple University and the University of Maryland. The discovery sheds new light on a 175-year-old principle.
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Most Popular Dev Kit: Freescale 9-axis sensor toolbox breakout board Newark element14 has added the Freescale 9-axis Sensor Toolbox Breakout Board to its extensive portfolio of technology products, which includes the largest range of development kits available globally from one single source. The BRKT-STBC-AGM01 9-axis board can be soldered onto a prototype design to determine motion, position, and location as well as angle of rotation for real-world testing.
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Top Mike Likes: Lightweight high-density zipper-fin heat sinks New zipper-fin heat sinks from Advanced Thermal Solutions (ATS) are protecting thousands of components from the dangers of excess heat at a lower cost than other high-fin-density heat-sink types. Zipper fins are machined from thin sheet metal, typically aluminum or copper, and are formed into custom shapes. Zipper-fin sinks can be designed with integral ducts to contain and optimize cooling airflow for LEDs as well as hot components in the telecom, datacom, military, and embedded electronics industries.
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Top Mike Likes: Get 'Digital Manufacturing for Dummies' book gratis Proto Labs has put together a comprehensive guide to the major 3D-printing, CNC machining, and injection-molding technologies that are frequently used in digital manufacturing. The book helps readers to compare processes, explore material options, and see how digital manufacturing can fit into every stage of the product life cycle.
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Engineer's Toolbox: Army combat cooler engineered for helicopter drops, blast survivability Army researchers have answered a call from Soldiers in the field for better, safer insulated bottled-water containers. The result may be a life-saving product to protect Soldiers in vehicles during combat missions when water bottles could become dangerous projectiles during explosions.
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