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IHS to Deliver ASME Electronic Stress Tables for Boiler Code
IHS will deliver an interactive online version of the material stress tables, a crucial design and safety component of the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code.
Group Formed to Help Drive China’s Manufacturing Sector
The move is part of China’s “Made in China 2025” campaign to increase its manufacturing abilities, and match competing countries like Germany and Japan.
Cageless Ball Bearings Could Reduce Friction, Company Claims
Autonomous decentralized bearing puts a small indentation, or groove, into the outer bearing race.
UK Faces Engineer Crunch, Royal Academy Says
Call for more female engineers as National Women in Engineering Day is marked on June 23.
Embraer North America Taps Canon Product Design
Embraer North America says it will work with Canon's MREAL System for Mixed Reality to manage next-generation aircraft production activities.
Baidu to Launch Driverless Car Later in 2015, Reports Say
China-based Baidu to compete with web rival Google by offering a different vision of driverless car technology.
FAA Says Tamper-Proof Aircraft Cockpit Not Feasible
U.S. agency says it does not want to introduce design requirements that could expose an airplane to system risks that can lead to cascading failure and fires.
Smaller and Lighter Airbag Debuts in Ford Mustang
New airbag restraint system is part of a safety system that Ford says includes a more robust package of sensors, safety belt anchor pretensioners and improved exterior lighting.
The V8 Engine: Can It Survive Automotive Engineering Innovation?
Media reports have sounded the death knell for the V8 engine, and it can be easy to interpret recent automaker initiatives as the beginning of the end. How can this beloved motor survive to thrill a future generation of power-loving drivers?
British 3D Printer Targets 2017 Release
Components could be built at the rate of one second or less per part.
Chinese Market for Distributed Control Systems Sees Growth Opportunities, IHS Says
Local DCS suppliers are growing faster than the market average as technological gaps close.
How to Select an Automation Systems Integrator
As with any vendor selection, it’s not simply a matter of asking questions, it’s knowing which questions to ask.
EPA Rolls Back Air Emission Exemptions for Industry
A U.S Environmental Protection Agency regulation would roll back exemptions that 36 states have offered—some for years—to industrial facilities, allowing them to exceed without penalties or fines emission limits during startup, shutdown and malfunction periods.
GM Plans $1.2 billion Investment at Indiana Truck Plant
General Motors (GM) plans to invest $1.2 billion in new technology for a plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., which produces full-sized pick-up trucks.
Standard Supports Additive Manufacturing Lab Studies
A proposed new ASTM International standard—WK49230, Guide for Conducting Round Robin Studies for Additive Manufacturing—will focus on how to plan and conduct an interlaboratory study involving additive manufacturing processes or materials.
Underwater Robots Able to “Think” for Themselves
A project developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is giving underwater robots more “cognitive” capabilities.
Engineering Software for Vehicle Design Applications
A fundamental and never-ending challenge in automobile development is to achieve sufficient resilience to withstand the rigors of on-road use without incurring a weight penalty that might degrade both performance and fuel consumption.
IHS Partners with ECIA to Deliver Authorized Distributor Inventory, Price and Availability on Datasheets360.com
IHS Engineering360 Media Solutions has partnered with the Electronic Components Industry Association to help authorized distributors provide current price and availability information to their target audience on Datasheets360.com.
Devising Effective Control Strategies: A Case Study
Creating a stable process often depends on selecting the best process variables to help regulate a critical element of a larger system, as with this lime kiln.
New Apple Watch Has Lowest Ratio of Hardware Costs to Retail Price, IHS Teardown Reveals
The new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple phone, on the order of 24% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price.