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Engineering Insight: Springs and Dampening
This graph summarizes the search tendencies displayed by Engineering360 users with respect to the industry they identified with while registering. The graph shows the search contribution each industry makes in the specified areas relative to the search contribution each industry makes across air springs, compression springs, constant force springs, gas springs and shock absorbers, linear dampers and dashpots areas.
Spotlight on Woodex Bearing Company and MECO Seal
Woodex Bearing Company has a long-standing reputation for high quality manufacturing, with over 100 years of manufacturing, split, oil-impregnated wooden bearings for general service, along with over 30 years manufacturing MECO’s innovative shaft seal designs operating over a wide range of process equipment, from mechanical screw conveyor seals, to very large split seals, to case-specific, custom-engineered seals.
Small Investment Solves Snarled Torsion Spring Situation
Capital Spring employs the latest CNC coiling technology and new manufacturing techniques for the production of torsion springs (.008 to .312 in. wire diameter) that are used everywhere.
Watch: The Superelastic Tire as Reinvented by NASA
The tire inspired by the Apollo lunar tires is composed of a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and can withstand excessive deformation without permanent damage.
Drug-delivering Nanoparticles Can Seek Out Cancer Stem Cells
University of Illinois researchers are sending tiny drug-laden nanoparticles on a mission to seek and destroy cancer stem cells.
A Powerful Vacuum Pump Without the Frills
The vacuum pump from Piab of Sweden targets automated industrial procedures involving packaging, sheet metal and wood products.
Knife Gate Valve Fills Market Gap for Mid-Service Mining Applications
The valve offers mining and mineral processing companies a solution to the abrasion and corrosion conditions that plague mid-service applications while significantly increasing reliability and service life.
Watch: iDisc Produces up to 90% Less Brake Dust
The technology is based on a conventional cast-iron brake disc but also has a tungsten-carbide coating made exclusively by Buderus Guss, a subsidiary of German automotive supplier Bosch
Socket Your 293 pin BGA Using Extreme Temperature Socket with Superior Electrical Performance
Ironwood Electronics has introduced a new BGA socket addressing high-performance requirements for Micro Controller Units.
Three Questions You Always Wanted to Ask An Airplane Pilot
What happens when you flush at 35,000 feet up? How does in-flight Wi-Fi work? What happens if a window breaks or a door opens?
VIDEO: Hurricane-proof Livable Yachts to Debut in 2018
A collaboration between Dutch architect Koen Olthuis and Arkup, a Miami-based “livable yacht” company is proposing a solution to rising sea levels -- live on the water, near, but not on, the beach.
Size and Weight Reduction Design Tips — Bearing Choice Can Make a Big Difference
While tapered roller wheel bearings are most likely the first bearings that come to mind for the average consumer, automotive engineers realize that bearings are vital to the proper performance of many other automotive functions.
Engineering a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep deprivation is a large problem for all types of professionals. Leave it to a set of entrepreneurs to design a solution to help you get a good night's sleep. Utilizing Bluetooth and induction charging technology makes the SleepPhones® by AcousticSheep LLC an excellent choice to get a good sleep.
Video: Innovative Pre-Swirl Stator to Improve Ship Fuel Efficiency
The new Wärtsilä EnergoFlow is an energy saving solution that will return ship operators’ investment in less than two years.
High Performance Bearings for the Fluid Power Industry
GGB offers a range of high performance bearing solutions for demanding fluid power applications such as hydraulic pumps and motors.
High EMI Shielding and Environmental Seal from Tech-Etch
Supershield 1,000 series from Tech-Etch is a silicone or fluorosilicone elastomer gasket material that is filled with conductive metal particles to provide high EMI shielding and an environmental seal.
Perfect Acoustics in Greek Theaters: Just a Myth
Ancient Greek theaters — at least three famous ones — do not live up to their claims of perfect acoustics.
Innovative Tool Provides Dual Milling and Clean Out Solution
Well-Centric's Gate Valve Milling Tool provides access to restricted wells by drilling through stuck gate valves or other blockages.
Portable Solution for Multiprocess Welding
The 55-pound, portable multiprocess welder is capable of AC/DC TIG, MIG and stick welding.
Researchers Use A SPIM System with Two Lenses to View High Quality Biospecimens
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Chicago improved the speed, resolution and light efficiency of an optical microscope by switching from a conventional glass coverslip to a reflective, mirrored coverslip and applying new computer algorithms to process the resulting data.