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NEWS & ARTICLES

High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
The U.S. gained 91,400 high-tech jobs last year, bringing the total to 5.9 million, according to a report by AeA, a high-tech trade association.

PM2008 World Congress
June 8-12 — The 2008 World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PM2008 World Congress) attracts powder metallurgists and industry leaders from more than 40 countries.

Easy Flow Polymer Steers a Winning Course
Steering-angle sensors from Bosch in Germany provide information about the position of the steering wheel for the electronic stability programs that help keep vehicles steerable during skids.

All Quiet on the . . . Motocross track?
Remember when motocross was a loud, dirty sport?

Assault and Batteries
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories must hate batteries: They heat them to extreme temperatures, overcharge them, drive nails into them, and generally do whatever they can to destroy them.

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FEATURES

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Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
Do engineers have a “mindset” that makes them prone to become Islamic terrorists?

At the Top of Their Game
Engineers aspire to change the world with their work. Here are some who did.

Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
As part of our annual salary survey, readers tell us what the ideal career looks like.

Materials: Controversy Brewing Over PVC in Toys
Toy designers find themselves trying to get ahead of public opinion despite an ongoing scientific discussion of PVC toy safety issues.

Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer
Hair-dryer users have reported fire shooting out of the handle or the snout end of their hair dryers.

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NEW PRODUCTS

New Product: Hermetic microelectronic packaging
TO-250 hermetic microelectronic packages can be manufactured in a variety of combinations.

New Product: Electrical wire
Building and hookup wire, for general-purpose applications, comes in 500-ft spools.

New Product: Gap filler
Gap Filler 1500 is a silicone-based, two-component, room or elevated-temperature-cured product.

New Product: Copolyester Hits a Double Trifecta
Tritan copolyester combines the clarity, toughness, and chemical resistance advantages of traditional copolyesters with higher heat resistance, improved design flexibility, and ease of processing.

New Product: Flexible Vinyls Approved by Ford
Three flexible Apex vinyl compounds, 72B-427D-21D (80 Shore A), 1523F (75 Shore A), and 1523E-8 (65 Shore A) meet Ford Motor Co.’s WSK-M4D689 specification.

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BASICS OF DESIGN ENGINEERING: Materials

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHTS

E-NEWSLETTERS

The Machine Design Tech Insider - March 20, 2008
Quieter Ride for Long-Haul Truckers - Here Comes the $2,500 Car - Recycling carbon dioxide into fuel - Armed robots assist soldiers in Iraq

The Machine Design Tech Insider - January 24, 2008
The I-35 Bridge: The truth is out there - Wind tunnel tests future space planes - An uplifting experience - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Are CFLs really a bright idea?

The Machine Design Tech Insider - January, 18, 2008
Detecting reflective targets - Unmanned seaplane takes off and lands on water - Engineering an ad - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Why you can't always believe published research

Materials Monthly - January 2008
Sittin' pretty - Smooth sailing - Biomaterial-based stent makes clinical trial debuts - Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics - Eco-friendly cable insulation - Medical-grade elastomers - Garlock Sealing Technologies celebrates 120th anniversary - Porous metals head West - More TPU knowhow for Bayer MaterialScience - More TPU capacity

Materials Monthly - December 2007
Print electronics come of age - Smart pioneers first full polypropylene body panels - Composite rides the waves

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FEATURED COMPANIES

Accurate Automatic Parts Inc. New Berlin, WI

Aluma Cast, Inc. Appleton, WI

Applied Porous Technologies, Inc. Tariffville, CT

Atlantic Precision Spring, Inc. Bristol, CT

Beswick Engineering Co., Inc. Greenland, NH

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Makingd cars in India
Initial thoughts on my tour of Tata:First, some quick background...My Italian client, Maus, part of the Carraro Group in Italy, builds grinding, finishing...

Looking for the detailed documentation of any car motor
Does anybody have any detailed documentation with the specific dimmensions for whole set up of any car engine? I try to learn SolidEdge and I need to cut...

Flaming Hair Dryers!
The April 24 Machine Design column Berke on Safety asks you to come up with problems one might encounter when using hair dryers in your...

Guide to Measurements
National Instruments Corp. recently alerted me to their How-to Guide for Most Measurements. They cover the most common measurement functions of temperature...

Green Vehicles
I love the articles in the April edition about CAT & Volvo developing the next generation of heavy equipment. With skyrocketing fuel costs and...

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