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Plastics The Bioplastics Genie is out of the Bottle
Bolted Joints That Won't Let Go
Making Sense of Direct Modeling
How to Keep Bearings Cool
Laser Staking for Tight Fits

Wind power you can bank on
Brushless Motors Lengthen Life of Medical Gear
Fluidpower Reference Guide Better sealing with FEA-modeled polymers
A flare for leak-free fittings
Special: Sensors Let there be backlight: Secrets of sharp outlines
Reliable readings from tactile sensors

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

Machine Design magazine May 7, 2009

Green Power Solar-Thermal Engineering
Finer points of stepmotor actuators
The positive side ofnegative stiffness
Better positioning with leadscrews
Getting a grip on sensor resolution
Machine Design’s Lit Express

Annual Engineering Salary boards worth the survey
Are engineering job boards worth the effort?
Cool bearings work better
Info on the go from digital instruments
How big can they get? Predicting O-ring swell

Eighty years of Engineering Design

Electric Dreams and Green Machines Concept Cars
Budget-Priced Open Networks for Sensors
How Well do Hydraulic Filters Filter?
The Basics of Blind Rivets

Special Issue on Future Technologies
Biofuels Gear Up for Production
It's Real: Power from Wave Energy
GD&T  Tolerancing in the Age of Solid Models
Machine Design's Lit Express

Breakthrough for Energy-Efficient A/C PTFE Handles Flex-Cable ConundrumsMotion-Control Reference Guide How to Find Load InertiaA Clutch Play for Bottling Lines Electrohydraulics Help Test Fasteners and Adhesives

Poor Man’s NASCAR Racing Technology Comes to the Backyard
Inside Pratt & Whitney's New Turbofan
Mechanical Couplings a Zerobacklash Boon for Inspection Systems
Materials Reference Guide Foam Fitnesse for Injection-Molded Parts
Planet-Friendly Role for TPE
Out of the Research Labs — How to Mix High-Temp Plastics