January 14, 2010

Battlefield Technology and the Army’s Carbine Competition
Innovative Implants Keep Blood Flowing
How to Size up Hydraulic Hose
Social Networks Play a Role in Prototyping
Designing Flex Circuits

January 14, 2010

Editorial Comment

Leland Teschler's Editorial: Facebook Follies and Privacy Problems

The column I wrote last month devoted to online privacy sparked a fair bit of comment.

Letters 01/14/2010

Who can call themselves an engineer? Is it an individual choice or is it up to the state in which you live?

Sensor Sense

Sensor Sense: RFID Safety Sensors

RFID safety sensors offer machine safety with built-in integrity checks.

News

Rebuilding Old Crankshaft Grinders

Remanufacturing 50-year-old machines such as centered grinders requires creative thinking to apply current technology to decades-old designs.

New Reference for Renewable Polymers

Polymers from Renewable Resources is a peer-review journal publishing research on renewable polymers.

Pacific Design & Manufacturing 2010 Rolls into Anaheim

Pacific Design & Manufacturing 2010 rolls into Anaheim.

Engineering Key to Surviving the Downturn

New products help machine builders lower costs and improve equipment performance.

Conference Focuses on Fluid-Power Efficiency

International conference will cover energy efficiency and recovery in mobile and industrial hydraulics and pneumatics.

Berke on Safety

Farmer Killed Operating Baler Without Guards

A 10-year-old boy was watching cartoons after school when he realized his father had not returned from working in the fields at his usual time.

Vantage Point

Patents: An Integral Component of Corporate Strategy

Patents can return the investment on R&D, whether or not they become commercial products.

Careers

Why Weren’t There Classes Like This When We Were in School?

Why weren’t there classes like this when we were in school?

Backtalk

Backtalk 01/14/2010

Ahoy mateys! For all you sea lovers out there, meet WHY, aka Wally Hermes Yachts.

Features

A 21st Century Rifle

Rifle design could get a shot in the arm thanks to the Army’s plans for a carbine competition.

Implants Keep the Blood Flowing

The Impella 2.5 heart plant and other implants keep the blood flowing.

Standard and Special Hydraulic Hose

A wide range of standard and proprietary hoses have evolved to meet most every industrial and mobile-equipment need.

Rapid Prototyping "On the Cheap"

Distributed manufacturing networks of small shops connected together by online sites are facilitating the growth of rapid mass customization.

Basics of Flex Circuit Design

Light, compact, robust, and resilient, flex circuits replace traditional wire harnesses and circuit boards. But they have their own unique needs to maintain reliability.

Scanning the Field

Packless Solenoid Valve from PneuMagnetic Lets Solenoids go from Electric to Less Expensive and Safer Pneumatic Operation

Packless solenoid valve from PneuMagnetis lets solenoids go from electric to less expensive and safer pneumatic operation.

The Omegascope, a Wireless IR Thermometer from Omega Engineering, Takes the Temperature of Items to Hot to Touch or Too Hard To

The Omegascope, a wireless IR thermometer from Omega Engineering, takes the temperature of items to hot to touch or too hard to get to.

Looking Back

Looking Back 01/14/2010

Devil of a connector: By combining several valve and internal hose connections into one product, Colder Products Co., St. Paul, Minn., was able to help simplify the water/soap distribution system in Cleveland-based Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.’s Dirt Devil Easy Steamer deep cleaner.

January 14, 2010

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