eBooks

SMBs: A Blueprint for Success, Chapter 3

Jessica Harris — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:29:36 -0500

Chapter 3 details how small and medium businesses can improve profitability with an early-stage focus on cost containment by focusing on four key initiatives:

•   Using virtual prototypes.
•   Increasing design reuse.
•   Reducing production scrap and rework.
•   Improving collaboration.

These are discussed in the context of our complete "Blueprint for Success" and several case studies.

SMBs: A Blueprint for Success, Chapter 2

Jessica Harris — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:44:24 -0500

Download Chapter 2 of SMBs: A Blueprint for Success, an ebook from Machine Design Custom Publishing. "Growing Business Through Superior Product Development" details how small and medium businesses can infuse their processes with speed, agility, customer responsiveness and cost containment.

Other topics in Chapter 2 include:

Force Sensors for Design

Jessica Harris — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:36 -0500

This eBook includes:

SMBs: A Blueprint for Success

Virginia Goulding — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:00:09 -0600

Damping Grease for Design

Nicola Farman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:17:20 -0600

E-book topics include:

Overview of how damping greases work, including a brief history and a look at their growing use in various components in a variety of industries
The important role synthetic lubricants play in perceived product quality
How damping greases can be custom-formulated to handle a range of operating conditions and provide just the right "feel"
What to look for in choosing damping greases, including the grade and temperature range

3D Scanning, To Go

Nicola Farman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:12:22 -0600

You are probably already familiar with 3D scanning-to-printing as a way to build scaled, facsimile models of real-world products. But suppose you are, say, a bottle manufacturer that needs to reverse-engineer large handleware complete with little ribs in the grips. Or a Tier One aftermarket supplier needing to capture a difficult shape in an automobile interior, such as the area between the windshield and instrument panel. Or even a natural history museum needing a replica of a huge dinosaur bone for an educational exhibit.

Synthetic Lubes Protect Electrical Connections, Reduce Warranty Claims

Nicola Farman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:05:53 -0600

Almost every form of today’s consumer products – from cars to computers, appliances to aerospace mechanisms – rely on an ever-increasing number of sensors, switches and electrical connections to function properly and keep the operator informed about equipment condition. Unfortunately, every year many of those products fall victim to faulty connectors that interrupt operation and lead to component failure, thus increasing warranty claims. Applying the right lubricant to the electrical contacts can eliminate or reduce many of these problems.

Configurable components

Nicola Farman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:56:40 -0600

Do you finish machine builds with custom products, but find they're expensive and time consuming to design and procure?

In this illustrated eBook, we explain how to design systems incorporating configurable power transmission components with geometry perfectly tailored to your system — to boost efficiency and minimize your reliance on custom parts. Example exercises include the full design of a linear actuator, and then a detailed course on how to specify one unique, application-specific locating pin.

Speeding mechanical design with Engineering Fluid Dynamics

Nicola Farman — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:35:02 -0600

A recent independent study reports best-in-class companies are twice as likely to use fluid-flow simulation as their counterparts. However, until recently, high costs and difficult-to-use programs kept computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mostly in the hands of research, academia, and large OEMs. Fortunately, a newer approach called engineering fluid dynamics (EFD) now places CFD on the desktop of the everyday engineer.