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These Steel Fasteners are Now Lead-free
Lead-free material is now used by PennEngineering (Danboro, PA) to manufacture its entire cataloged product line of steel fasteners.
Hybrid Bus Drives on Diesel and Liquid Nitrogen
Initial trials have been completed for CE Power, a hybrid bus propelled by both diesel fuel and liquid nitrogen.
Boil Off Gas Compressor for LNG-fueled Vessels
The system offers both financial and environmental benefits for users, including energy efficiency gains and fuel cost reductions.
Simple Valve Solution for Pools and Spas
The 3-way ball valve offers space and cost savings when adding spas or water features to in-ground pools.
Rolls-Royce Runs World’s Most Powerful Aerospace Gearbox
The gearbox for the new UltraFan engine design will ultimately run at up to 100,000 horsepower – the equivalent of more than 100 Formula 1 cars.
Ribbon Blenders for Specialty Applications
The equipment is suitable for mixing powders, granules, and other dry solids, as well as wet applications including suspensions, slurries, and pastes.
Calibrate your Durometer In-house
Rex Gauge Co.'s RDC-1 durometer calibrator was designed to help durometer users obtain in-house calibration ability. The calibrator comes complete with weights for calibrating springloads of gauges in the A, B, C, D, DO and O durometer scales.
Nanoalloys May Be Key to the Mass Production of Fuel Cell Cars
A new production technique may make it possible to significantly reduce the need for platinum in fuel cells
Frictionless Positioning, Better Motion Fidelity
Floating on air, inherently frictionless, maintenance & wear-free, air bearings are ideal for vibrationless nanopositioning.
Seal Selection for Valve Design and Retrofitting
Valve seals must be selected to provide enhanced durability and life in the end-use application while meeting increasingly stringent performance criteria in regards to leakage and low emissions.
New Pipe Clamping Solutions
Two new products are available for clamping pipe or tube in the hydraulic, pneumatic and HVAC/R industries.
Tool Re-faces Flanges with Phonographic Finish
The manually operated hand tool re-faces damaged flanges and restores them to like-new condition with a phonographic finish.
Lock Shaft Collars with Self-Locating Feature
A new self-locating feature for Stafford Manufacturing shaft collars permits fast and fully repeatable axial or radial positioning.
Gates Introduces New Poly Chain® ADV™ Synchronous Power Transmission Belt
Gates Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of power transmission belts , has introduced its next generation synchronous power transmission belt, the Poly Chain® ADV™. Due to the use of cutting-edge carbon fiber technology and a proprietary jacket material, the Poly Chain ADV is a narrower and more durable synchronous power transmission belt drive.
The Role of Couplings in Power Plants
Have you ever thought about the components that are required to keep power plant equipment running in order to supply electricity to your house? One such component is a highly engineered mechanical power transmission component called a coupling.
How the Antikythera Mechanism Works
Engineered in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago, the Antikythera mechanism was an analog computer comprised of intricate gearing that calculated lunar and solar eclipses, phases of the Moon, and the paths of planets and the sun across the zodiac.
Smart Homes Need Smart Batteries
As our homes get smarter, the systems powering our homes also need to become smarter. To work toward that goal, researchers from the Institute of Automation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the School of Automation and Electrical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing are proposing a solution to optimize power consumption in batteries.
What are Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors?
How do ultrasonic flaw detectors work and why do we test for flaws in materials? Ultrasonic testing is akin to the sonar methods developed in World War II and the Cold War to detect enemy submarines in the ocean. A submarine below the surface could be a considered a void or flaw. Pings from sonobuoys with radio beacons and later underwater transducers were used to detect and target enemy submarines. Ultrasonic flaw detectors detect hidden voids, inclusions or cracks beneath the surface of a material, which make them a powerful tool in assuring the integrity of critical parts, products and structures.
Video: World's Largest Aircraft Flies Again
The Airlander 10 posted its first successful test fight since a heavy landing incident last year.
New Mixing Valves with Automatic Scald Protection
AFRISO has rolled out a new line of automatic temperature monitoring thermal mixing valves designed to control hot water in a number of applications.