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How to Select the Right Valve for Your Application
Many factors are involved in selecting the correct valve for your application. While valve sizing and selection can be a complex process, an engineer can start the valve selection process by understanding their application requirements and finding suitable valve specifications to meet these needs.
Allegro MicroSystems Releases a New Multi-outpost Automotive Power Management IC
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC has produced a new power management integrated circuit (IC), the A4408, that uses a buck or buck-boost pre-regulator to efficiently convert automotive battery voltages into a tightly regulated intermediate voltage complete with control, diagnostics and protections. The output supplies a 5 volt/115 milliamp tracking/protected low-dropout, a 3.3 volt/165 milliamp low-dropout, a 5 volt/325 milliamp low-dropout and an adjustable output synchronous buck regulator.
Avoiding Industrial Downtime by Filtering Lubricating Oils
One way to protect the turbines is by implementing lubricating oils that guard against the wear-and-tear on moving parts within a turbine, as well as assist in other ways, such as heat transfer and protection against corrosion.
Video: Clean water from carbon nanotubes. New standards aim to advance 3D printing in aerospace. Design innovations double truck fuel efficiency.
Video: Clean water from carbon nanotubes. New standards aim to advance 3D printing in aerospace. Design innovations double truck fuel efficiency.
Toyota Plans $1.3bn Upgrade at Kentucky Auto Plant
Toyota plans to make a $1.33 billion investment at its Kentucky manufacturing plant to begin producing vehicles using Toyota New Global Architecture.
Mathematical Model for Energy Storage Material Design
A mathematical model could help researchers design improved materials for storing electricity.
Why Car Factories Now Have High-Quality Electron Microscopes
Powerful electron microscopes are extremely valuable in science laboratories. However, they are used elsewhere as well. For example, SEAT, a Spanish automotive manufacturer, decided to show how this powerful tool is used in the automotive industry.
Jumping Droplets Whisk Away Hotspots in Electronics
Engineers have developed a technology to cool hotspots in high-performance electronics using the same physical phenomenon that cleans the wings of cicadas.
COMPOZITE: A Portable Composite Davit Crane
OZ Lifting Products introduces the COMPOZITE davit crane, a lightweight and easily portable davit crane made of composite materials. This synergistic blend of strong lightweight composite materials and durable steel components is available now.
Ford to Expand China Presence with EV Production
By 2025, fully 70% of all Ford nameplates in China will have electrified powertrain options, including plug-in hybrids and fully battery-powered electric vehicles.
Robot Connectivity Boosts GM Productivity
General Motors Co. has connected about a quarter of its 30,000 factory robots to the Internet and says that it is benefiting from less down time.
UK Launches $125m CAV Competition
The UK investment program is intended to support creating test facilities for connected and autonomous vehicles.
Ford Plans Connected Vehicle R&D Center
The center will focus on R&D across infotainment, in-vehicle modems, gateway modules, driver-assist features, and autonomous vehicles.
‘Glass’ Battery is Fast-Charging and Noncombustible
A safe, low-cost, rechargeable battery with high energy density and long cycle life could substitute for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and consumer electronics.
Reinventing Metal 3D Printing with New Direct Writing
Metal 3D printing has enormous potential to revolutionize modern manufacturing. However, the most popular metal printing processes, which use lasers to fuse together fine metal powder, have their limitations.
Synthetic Tooth Enamel Toughens Structures
A composite material inspired by tooth enamel could be used to fabricate more durable, vibration-resistant structural components for airplanes, automotive electronics, and other applications.
Fewer Malfunctions and Lower Costs Thanks to Smarter Maintenance Model
Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a mathematical model for improving the maintenance schedule for trains, rails, aircraft, self-driving cars, robots and nuclear power plants.
The Poor Condition of U.S. Bridges
The most recent National Bridge Inventory indicates that more than 55,000 bridges in the nation are structurally deficient.
What Do Industrial Engineers Do?
IEs are responsible for optimizing complex systems and eliminating waste from those systems. As a result, they play an important role in streamlining the use of time, materials, machinery and employees to generate the most value for their companies.
China's Tencent Buys Tesla Stake
The investment offers Tesla a financial boost as it prepares to launch its mass-market Model 3 later in 2017. Tencent also could help the U.S. company sell or build cars in China.