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January 24, 2008
Focus of the Issue :

Special Issue on Motion Control, Trends in Servohydraulics, Clean-room Automation, New developments in panel-mount controllers
Articles:
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Are CFLs really a bright idea?
Letters - 01/22/2008
Student team glides to victory on plastic bearings
Berke on safety: The I-35 Bridge: The truth is out there
Scanning for ideas: Three stages boost microturbine efficiency
Scanning for ideas: Lights gauge rod position
Scanning for ideas: Spring preloads double-nut ball screw
Linear actuators get a servo look
Guidelines for motion-system design
An uplifting experience
Getting your move on
Pressing need for hydraulic servos
Discrete automation growing worldwide
Hand tools get an extended reach thanks to motion cables
Plain bearings shake a leg
Smallest belt ever
Record-high energy costs boosting drives market
Industrial- Ethernet growth to outpace networking protocols
CIMdata 2008 PLM Vendor forum
Standard linear motors move along two axes
Backtalk - 01/24/2008
Wind tunnel tests future space planes
New Product: Brushless ac servomotors
New Product: Embedded PLC
New Product: Motion-control chips
New Product: Linear rail system
New Product: Multiphase stepper controller
New Product: Servomotor plus flywheel
New Product: Slotless dc motor
New Product: Two-phase motor/driver
New Product: 1-GHz oscilloscopes
New Product: 12-bit magnetic rotary encoder
New Product: Advance thermal encoder
New Product: Automation-software suite
New Product: Bearingless angle encoders
New Product: Blind rivet nuts and tools for installing threads
New Product: Catalog on automation systems
New Product: Corrosion-resistant universal joints
New Product: Cover seal for linear actuators
New Product: Custom manifolds
New Product: Cylinder sealing options
New Product: Dc/dc converters for trains
New Product: Easy flowing polyphthalamides
New Product: Adjustable linear drives
New Product: Fast power switch
New Product: Fast power switch
New Product: Feed and idler rollers
New Product: Flanged linear ball bushings.
New Product: Feed and idler rollers
New Product: Flanged linear ball bushings.
New Product: Graphical-user interface
New Product: High-temperature IR thermometer
New Product: Hydraulic proportional-valve controllers
New Product: IR camera software
New Product: Large-bore hydraulic cylinders
New Product: Load/force sensor with USB output
New Product: Pallet conveyor system
New Product: Quick-change conveyor
New Product: Patch transducers
New Product: Quick-turnaround ball screws
New Product: Quick-change conveyor
New Product: Reticulated foams
New Product: Self-clinching studs
New Product: Sensorless drive
New Product: Servoclass brochure
New Product: Steel pressure sensors
New Product: Ultrasonic sensor
New Product: Variable-speed control
New Product: Variable-speed blowers
New Product: Wire-EDM
65 msec airbag deployment no sweat for glass-reinforced polyamide
Polymer springs into action
Tough rack's got panache
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