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Flexible Coupling Solutions from Tanks to Medical Devices Some couplings are built just for minimizing side thrust, others to lower rotational inertia. There's those that are constructed to handle high torque and those capable of handling high temperatures and harsh environments. Yet there are very few like Servometer's electrodeposited couplings which are manufactured to handle almost any condition you put it to test.
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Using new heating technique, lasers could rapidly make materials hotter than the sun Planetary Resources and 3D Systems reveal first-ever 3D-printed object from meteorite metals Two-stage power management system boosts energy-harvesting efficiency from human motion |
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42 new robots propel growth and job creation at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Learn how this company was able to save 1.5 employees per cell per shift by deploying the flexible Universal Robots. The optimized production meant that Trelleborg was able to take in more orders, increase product quality, and hire 50 additional people.
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Getting ‘real' about emissions testing In an extensive and ongoing research project, Ricardo has demonstrated processes for evaluating the aftertreatment technology options for diesel cars under the forthcoming European Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations -- rules designed to ensure on-road compliance with published type approval data for fuel economy and emissions. Anthony Smith reports from the U.K.
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Cool Tools: Latest in pocket-size thermal vision FLIR Systems showed off two compact thermal camera products at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week: the FLIR Scout TK thermal vision monocular and the FLIR TG130 spot thermal camera. Both consumer products feature FLIR's revolutionary low-cost Lepton microcamera core that has made thermal imaging technology more accessible for applications at home, work, and play.
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Algorithm helps turn smartphones into 3D scanners An algorithm developed by Brown University researchers helps turn smartphones and off-the-shelf digital cameras into structured-light 3D scanners. The advance could help make high-quality 3D scanning cheaper and more readily available.
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Optimize mechanical misalignments, get hidden benefits C-Flex Couplings combine the best qualities of disc, beam, and bellows couplings in a unique and economical new design. Made to couple two rotating shafts together, these couplings can accommodate large misalignments while transmitting high torque loads with zero backlash. Benefits include lower energy usage and less-frequent bearing failure, since less stress is placed upon bearings. Constructed using high-strength hardened stainless steel or glass impregnated polyamide flexures, these couplings require no maintenance and provide years of trouble-free life, even in contaminated environments. Flexible Pivot Bearings and Super Plastic Torsional Damping Couplings also available.
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Wheels: Ford GT Supercar sports Gorilla Glass hybrid technology When tasked with developing lightweight and advanced material vehicle applications, a team at Ford approached Corning, a recognized leader in material science that introduced light and durable Gorilla Glass to the consumer electronic market in 2007. Interested in further exploring potential automotive applications, Ford engaged Corning to help research and develop a unique formulation for exterior vehicle glass.
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Mike Likes: Wavo - The New Spring in Town Wavo Springs are produced from round-section wire to provide higher loads while maintaining the accurate loading found in wave springs. As an alternative to Belleville Springs, the Wavo provides similar loads but with an accurate, predictable spring rate. Available from stock in 1/2" to 6" diameters. Free samples available.
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Engineer's Toolbox: Military's sophisticated simulations help provide improved weapons faster, cheaper Using a combination of artificial intelligence, cameras, and computers loaded with ballistics data, Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey have developed the Simulated Weapon Environment Testbed, a testing environment that can help to answer many critical questions about the performance of existing weapons and new ones planned.
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Small motors power bionic hand prosthesis Most hand prostheses can detect muscular movements in the residual limb and enable the bearer to open and close the hand as well as to grasp objects, but don't provide sensory feedback to the nervous system. The LifeHand 2 prosthetic is equipped with sensors to register tactile sensations and tension in artificial tendons. The sensors interpret the data and generate electric signals to transmit to electrodes in the nerve fibers.
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Connectors: Stack and connect boards Hirose has designed a board-to-board connector with a highly reliable floating contact mechanism and self-alignment structure that simplifies assembly. Providing +/- 0.6 mm floating in the X and Y axis directions, the FX20 Series absorbs mounting misalignment from multiple stacking connectors as well as PCB shrinkage caused by high temps. Ideal for industrial and vehicle applications, this new member of Hirose's FunctionMax family has a highly reliable double-beam contact structure that provides high shock and vibration resistance and requires only 120 positions to carry 60 Amps versus 200 positions from competing technologies.
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Materials: High-temp, high-wear ceramics Goodfellow Ceramic and Glass Division offers a range of engineering ceramics that are ideal for the high-temp, high-wear conditions typically found in aerospace, automotive, military, electronic, and industrial fields. These exceptional ceramics are: very hard and extremely resistant to wear, good thermal and electrical insulators, able to retain mechanical properties at elevated temps, more durable than metals, and highly resistant to extremely aggressive and corrosive environments. Typical applications include: wear components (blades, valves, pumps, etc.), high-voltage insulators, high-tem tubes, electronic substrates, radomes, armor, and crucibles. Ceramics include but are not limited to alumina, boron nitride, and zirconia and are available in a wide range of forms (rod, sheet, foam, powder, crucible, etc.) or as finished components precision-machined to customer drawings.
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Wanted: Unique Energy Chain applications for 5th vector awards To find the most innovative uses of Energy Chain Systems, igus, the motion plastic specialist, invites submissions for the biennial vector award -- a celebration of inventive and creative applications for energy supply solutions. "Even for us, it is sometimes still surprising and exciting to see where and how customers use our Energy Chains," says Harold Nehring, head of Energy Chain Systems at igus GmbH. Submissions will be judged by an outside panel of science and technology experts, and selected applications will receive up to 5,000 euros at the official awards ceremony at the Hannover Messe Trade Fair in April. Deadline for entries is Feb. 26, 2016.
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Valves: New online sizing tool GF Piping Systems has introduced a quick and easy-to-use tool that calculates the correct pressure regulating valve (PRV) size to select from the company's new line of high-purity performance PRVs. To use the tool, the customer simply enters the valve type desired (either pressure retaining or pressure reducing) along with the process parameters, and the program calculates the optimum valve size to select.
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