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This General Motors engineer helps run a pilot program to retrain displaced engineers in advanced propulsion.

Hydraulic fan drives cut fuel costs, increase power, and reduce emissions.

Many conventional rotary and indexing applications are solved with standard ball or roller bearings, especially in the smaller size ranges of up to 200-mm diameter.

Advanced video-imaging sensors and driver-assistance systems may make auto accidents increasingly rare.

HD Systems and Harmonic Drive Technologies, Nabtesco are pleased to announce the merger of the two companies. The newly formed company is named Harmonic Drive LLC.

Leadscrews provide finer pitch and faster motion than comparable ball screws.

The Precision Metalforming Assoc. Educational Foundation (PMAEF), established to support training and education for metalforming skills, announced a $170,000 grant budget for next year.

Roland Bent was in the U.S. recently to announce expansion of manufacturing capacity and a new distribution center at the company's Middletown, Pa., facilities.

Move over, rechargeable batteries. Researchers at silicon-chip maker STMicroelectronics, Geneva, are developing tiny fuel cells for cell phones that can be refilled with fuel as needed.

The Sea-Cure monitoring system from Powers International Inc., Belmont, N.C., uses multiple proprietary sensors and RFID to detect, record, and transmit the time and date of an unauthorized breach into a sealed container.