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Welcome to Industry Applications. Here are examples of technology in action as applied within broad industries such as automotive, aerospace, packaging equipment, consumer products, recreation, construction, manufacturing, and electronics.

Sustainable Engineering addresses technology applied to saving energy, alternative materials, and nontraditional energy sources.

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Retaining Rings and Spring Clips from Rotor Clip
Ken Korane of Machine Design magazine talks with Jeff Finkernagel of Rotor Clip about retaining rings and spring clips for designs where retention costs are a consideration.

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A Software-Defined Future for embedded controls

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Bad stretching can defeat good design

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Clean mail in an hour: Mail-Klenz from APO Health, Oceanside, N.Y., sterilizes an entire envelope and its contents in less than an hour using dry or steam heat
Shot peening shapes thin ceramics

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Mechanics of Materials IWM and Production Systems and Design Technology IPK in Germany have developed
Robotic platforms make retrieval system hum

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Many high-throughput retail-distribution centers face a growing logistics challenge: how to prepare small quantities of diverse parts to ship and arrive on schedule with near-zero errors

How to Engineer a Nightmare

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David Hackl has been involved with the somewhat gory, somewhat scary Saw movies II through V. He gave us some insights into the mechanics of scaring moviegoers out of their wits.
On Your Mark Get Set, MOW!

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It might not be NASCAR or the NHRA, and definitely not Formula 1, but lawn-mower racing is the most affordable motorsport out there. Check out the videos.
Chinese-Built 60 mpg Wildfire Puts a New Face on Motorcycles

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Chinese-built 60 mpg Wildfire puts a new face on motorcycles
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Inventor’s Corner: Air-powered retractor pulls out nails almost instantly.

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This device will allow the reasonable and quick deconstruction of entire buildings.