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September 13, 2007
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September 13, 2007
Focus of the Issue :
Fuel-efficient flyers: Aviation takes a fresh look at turboprops - Just roll 'em up: Plastic solar cells go commercial - Stronger, lighter: Die-casting with magnesium - Water-based hydraulics
Articles:
Fewer trips for the fuel truck
On a roll with plastic solar cells
Magnesium parts with muscle
Metallic looks that last
Water works
FEA Is Not The Only Way To Solve Thermal Problems
Bonds Across the Water
Fighting friction
Bright-Acid Zinc-Plating Process
Software takes the heat off electronics
Simulations are doomed to succeed
Fuel cell on a chip
Flare-fitting seal withstands higher pressures
Many employees don't trust their boss
Visual cues speak volumes
Next-generation CAD configurators
Optical data transmission
Lithium battery signals end-of-life
Best new product designs of 2007
Suzuki Reno
2008 Ford Escape XLT 4WD
Multicore engineering software gears up
Call for Papers
On a quadcycle built for four
Harley parts go RP
NMW highlight: So you want to be an engineering manager?
Army unveils its latest all-composite truck cab
All-terrain mobile home
Infrared spectrometer tests bowling pins
How to clean up nanoparticles
A Big Bird for Protus
Natural-gas extraction driving compressors and vacuum-pumps
$41.3 Billion-Worth of Metal Cans?
Fiber-to-wire converter
Low-voltage motor driver
Multiaxis motion-control card sports modular design
An inertial sensor for robots
Speedier CT scans
Design-it-yourself Custom Parts
FEA for Electromagnetics
Software Measures and Quantifies Design Complexity
PRO/E Models and DATA get Protection
Software Makes Better Use of Large 3D Point Clouds
Manage Projects Through the Web
IP65/67 Connector
High-pin Count Sockets
Flat Silicone Cable
High-Temperature Edge Connectors
Circular Connectors
Industrial Wireless Network
M8 Splitters
LCD monitors
Focused-light photoelectric
Surface-mount chip inductor
Air knife blows dry and cool
Optical encoder
Cable sockets and plugs
Tripless AC drives
Belt-measuring tool
Slim rocker handle
Brushless-DC motor
Belt-curve conveyor system
Flange-reaction torque sensor
High-back-pressure pump
Thumbscrews
Ball-screw combination wiper
Displacement transmitters
Adjustable-length lineshafting
12-Channel flexible output power supply
Temperature monitor
Bright blue LEDs
Superbright LED headlamps
Inductive rotary encoder
USB load sensors
Linux board support packages
Steel frame reins in hurricane destruction
From desert beetles to adhesive tests
Smart Traffic Sign Stops Collisions
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