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May 12, 2009

Volume 5, Issue 18

FASTEN YOUR EYES ON THE NEW CATALOG!
Micro Plastics announces its NEW Catalog # 38. With 270 pages of nylon fastener items, 19 new product lines, and 359 new items including standard and metric machine screws, cap screws, nuts, washers, spacers, insulators, grommets, bushings, rivets, hole plugs, clamps, printed circuit board accessories, suspended ceiling hooks, and wire routing kits, there is definitely a fastener for every application. Visit MicroPlastics online.


In this issue of Designfax:
  • Can Parker Revolutionize High-Power Cooling?
  • Greenstreaming Can Be Lucrative
  • High-Tech Speed Bump Detects Army Damage
  • Wheels: High-Speed Data Bus For Infotainment
  • 5-Star Product: Mini Hall-Effect Sensors
  • Engineer's Toolbox: Versatile Proximity Switches
  • NEW Videos +: MicroMo — Your Ideas In Motion
    Build And Test A GE 747 Engine
  • Most Popular Last Week: Eaton TVS Supercharger
  • Products: Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical, Motion
  • Special Products: Software, Machine Vision
  • Cover: Parker Hannifin two-phase cooling system

Feature Articles

News

Engineers can use multi-capability Thermal Characterization Lab for free

Green-machining using minimum quantity lubrication is huge cost-cutter for Ford transmission plant

Will it float? ThinGap announces exhaust-based Turbo Generator concept for automobiles

"Supersize me" the rapid manufacturing way: 5-ft-long single-piece SLA parts now available

Can Parker revolutionize cooling for high-power devices?
You can ditch the standard liquid cold plate. Parker Hannifin is changing the whole game in liquid cooling technology with a new two-phase system that exploits the heat of vaporization, allowing platforms to have twice the power density in half the space.
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Greenstreaming can be lucrative
There are few areas where recycling has a more dramatic effect than in the plastics industry. The vast majority of plastics can be recycled; the only question is, "How easily?" While the greenstream approach has a positive impact on the environment, it also can create new revenue streams for manufacturers and distributors like Acrilex, Inc.
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More features, more machines means better designs with MotorSolve
MotorSolve v2 is the right solution for all types of electric machines. The modern and intuitive interface makes it effortless to design any number of brushless dc, induction and switched reluctance machines for extensive analysis. A sophisticated validation mechanism verifies each change to the global design and guides the user through the creation process. Request a live demonstration with one of our technical representatives today! For more information visit Infolytica online.

High-tech speed bump detects damage to Army vehicles
Purdue University researchers have developed a technology that detects damage to critical suspension components in military vehicles simply by driving over a speed bump-like "diagnostic cleat" containing sensors.
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Wheels: High-speed data bus aims to hook your ride up
The clever cable development specialists over at Molex have come up with the HSAutoLink Interconnect System. Targeted at OEMs, the sturdy new family of HSAutoLink connectors and cables hopes to bring USB, Ethernet, FireWire, and other technologies into vehicle information and entertainment systems.
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Pressure Sensors for Hydraulic Applications
Kavlico has a suite of pressure sensors designed specifically for harsh environment hydraulic applications. These rugged devices have stainless steel housings and can be configured with a broad selection of process and electrical connectors to fit the specification criteria for each application. Operating on 5 Vdc, the sensors provide a 0.5 to 4.5 linear amplified output proportional to pressure. Pressure ranges are available up to 6,000 PSI. Click here for Data Sheets.

5-Star Product: Mini Hall-effect sensors may save some dough
Honeywell is betting that its SS361RT and SS461R Bipolar Latch, Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensors will help reduce some manufacturing costs.
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Engineer's Toolbox: Versatile line of proximity switches
We always like when there's a little something for everyone. Gems Sensors & Controls seems to think that way, too. The company's new line of magnetically actuated proximity switches includes options for the most basic to the most complex customer applications.
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Most popular last week:
Wheels: Eaton TVS supercharger is award winner with a twist

Sometimes it’s how you handle the little twists and turns in life that separates the winners from the losers. Such can be said for Eaton Corp., who managed to twist an extra lobe into their updated supercharger design and turn it into a 2009 Automotive News PACE Award winner.
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Videos+: MicroMo Motion, Build And Test A GE 747 Engine

NEW! MicroMo puts your best ideas in motion
MicroMo Electronics, Inc., a member of the FAULHABER Group and a leader in miniature motion system technology, has created innovative solutions for clients in a variety of industries for over 40 years.
See how MicroMo can help you with the design and assembly of high-precision drive system technologies.
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NEW! Build and test a GE 747 engine in under 2 minutes
For those of you who are really into immediate gratification, GE has spliced together the build and test video for its GEnx-2B engine — its fastest-selling engine ever — for the Boeing 747-8 intercontinental and freighter aircraft. If you've ever wondered what goes into the build of the world's only jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of carbon fiber composites, you certainly can get a taste of it here.
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