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Social Networking and Engineering CollaborationConformal Coatings Supercharge Compressor EfficiencyThe Low Down on Leads ScrewsLow-Power Encoders Mean High-Efficiency DesignsIndy 500: Fast Cars for a Slow Economy

May 21, 2009

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Editorial Comment

Leland Teschler's Editorial: Not Enough Juice: Reality and Alternative Energy

Sobering facts about green energy sources

Letters 05/21/09

Changes and carbon footprints, Real cause of the Hyatt disaster, Skip carbon footprints, Check the price

Car Review of the 2009 GM HHR LT

Car review of the 2009 GM HHR LT.

OSHA Directives Provide for Skylight Safety

Many of the falls documented each year happen through skylights that should have been covered or protected by a railing or strong screen.

Finding the Best Design Fast

Mathematical-algorithm software systematically alters variables in FEA models for quicker, optimal results.

Backtalk

Backtalk 05/21/09

Youth in manufacturing, Man versus machine

Features

Indy Car Racing Beefs Up Competition for Sluggish Economy

This year’s Indianapolis 500 will feature changes to tires, clutches, and exhaust systems that the organizers hope will spice up competition while an engine redesign is in the works.

Social Networking in Engineering

Social-networking technologies such as blogs, wikis, and RSS feeds are changing how engineers work.

Conformable Coating Narrows Compressor Air Gaps, Boosts Efficiency

A polymeric coating that conforms to complex contours in rotary compressors narrows the air gap between rotors for better efficiency.

Choosing the Best Lead Screw for a Linear Motion Application

Choosing the best balls screw for a linear motion application must take into account the needed thrust, speed, accuracy, repeatability, backlash, and resolution, along with the type of ball screw and materials used.

Here Come Low-Power Encoders

The need for small size and miniscule power drain has put capacitive position encoders in the limelight.

Scanning the Field

A Device Uses Two LCD Monitors and a Semitransparent Mirror to Generate 3D Images

A device from Planar Systems uses two LCD monitors and a semitransparent mirror to generate 3D images

Flexible, Silicone-Enclosed Cables Include Fiberglass Mounting Plate That Lets Users Attach it With Any Fasteners to Any Surface

Flexible, silicone-enclosed cables include a fiberglass mounting plate that lets users attach it with any fasteners to any surface, from Cicoil.

News

Medical Manufacturing in China: An Awakening Dragon?

China wants to be a major player in the global medical-manufacturing market, a goal that would be accomplished sooner rather than later if the recent China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) is any indication.

Medical Show Emphasizes Innovation

MD&M East touts growth for innovators

Dorner Corp. Willing to Evaluate Customers’ Conveyor Needs

Dorner Corp. willing to evaluate customers’ conveyor needs.

Energy-Efficiency Theme Draws 210,000 to Hannover Fair

Over two-hundred thousand attendees came to the Hannover Fair to see new product developments that can foster sustainability, improve energy efficiency, enhance reliability and performance, and lower the cost of industrial equipment.

Cicoil Cabling Helps Litening Targeting Pod Racks up One-Million Operational Hours

Cicoil cabling helps Litening targeting pod racks up one-million operational hours

Certification Vouches for Ingredients’ Sustainability

The Cradle to Cradle ingredient certification rates product ingredients for sustainability based on toxicity, energy use, waste management, and other criteria.

Looking Back

Looking Back 05/21/09

10 YEARS AGO — MAY 20, 1999 No more arguments over business, personal mileage: Developed by British inventor Richard Menage, the Miledger is a printed-circuit-board computer connected to an odomete

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