September 27, 2007

The KDT 180-DC XY positioning stage from the Steinmeyer FMD Group, Burlington, Mass. (feinmess. de), travels 60 mm each direction with 5-?m accuracy and 1-?m repeatability.

Extended range and higher accuracy aren’t the only good points about solid-state temperature sensors.

Q. What’s the difference between stopping dynamically and holding a load with power-off brakes? How do I correctly size a power-off brake?

Stability control and other active safety systems that deal with brakes, steering, and suspensions are based on inputs from angular-rate sensors.

Robust sensors now handle the heat, pressure, and vibration found in deep-well oil drilling and other harsh environments.

I’m sorry to report that the U.S. educational system responsible for training new generations of scientists and engineers has failed.

Billionaire software mogul Bill Gates took flak recently over comments he made while collecting an honorary degree from Harvard.

Closed-loop controllers help stop the overheating that kills shape-memory-alloy actuators.

A combination of engineering and geometric modeling called “functional design” helps generate digital prototypes early in the design cycle, letting them be continually validated for form, fit, and function.

Forced-ranking systems that require managers to evaluate the performance of an employee against other employees can hurt productivity, says a researcher at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Recently, a national appliance company found itself in hot water because the specific language of the warranty it provided on a consumer product had unintentional coverage for the consumer.

A SpacePilot 3D navigation device along with our CAD software has let us slash 40% off the design and manufacture of respiratory products, including one we call the World’s Smallest oxygen regulator.

Student-built submarines vie for bragging rights in this year’s international robotics competition.

“What-if” analyses run on a single FEA model give a better idea of how a product will really work.

Engineers are cramming more and more electronics into factory-floor control cabinets, and heat trapped in those enclosures can turn them into potential saunas.

After proving two-mode full hybrid technology in transit buses, GM has put a scaled– down version in its Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs.