Scanned and delivered: Replica gun sales boosted 25%
Soft Air USA, Inc. has reduced the time required to get its licensed replica airsoft guns to market by four to six weeks by using NVision’s laser scanning service bureau to reverse engineer the real guns.
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TPO sheet gives thermoformed trailer caps cost/performance benefits
Magic Vac, a custom thermoformer in Salt Lake City, UT, has a few major customers who build enclosed cargo trailers that require leading-edge roof caps. In the past few years, owner-manager Larry Wilkins has introduced his customers to the cost, performance, and appearance benefits of making those trailer caps from thermoformed plastic rather than fiberglass or ABS.
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Wheels: Diesel comes clean
Diesel, once the poor relation to gasoline, is fast becoming the major powertrain force in world markets. But until recently, the US has seemed like an impossible nut for diesel to crack. At Ricardo, the diesel engineering teams have now become the largest single business sector — and for the engineers involved, life has never been busier.
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5-Star Product: Pump torque limiter
A new, optional torque limiter for Parker Hannifin's 45- to 140-cc/rev model P1/PD series pumps will benefit customers who need automatic torque limiting for their mobile and industrial applications. This allows the use of smaller prime movers, resulting in more efficient use of fuel or electricity.
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Engineer's Toolbox: Online positive displacement pump course
Looking to increase your know-how about optimizing pumping systems for their best performance or lowest life-cycle cost? Hydraulic Institute has launched a five-module (approximately 10-hour) online learning program titled “Positive Displacement Pumps: Fundamentals, Design and Applications.”
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