| October 17, 2023 | Volume 19 Issue 39 |
| | Feature articles | Insider Look: Porsche EV battery testing
Get an insider look at how Porsche Engineering uses test methods specifically adapted to the requirements of high-voltage technology. These include not only conventional test benches, but also HiL test benches for virtual testing of PI controllers throughout a worldwide network of connected facilities. AI will help save even more development time and costs in the future.
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 | Premium polymer DLP printer is half the price of its predecessor
Desktop Metal has just launched the ETEC Pro XL -- a premium polymer digital light processing (DLP) printer that enters the market at less than half the price as its predecessor. DLP is regarded by many as a superior polymer 3D-printing technology for speed, surface finish, and accuracy. Ideal for automotive and machine parts, aerospace components, housings, connectors, jigs and fixtures, short-run molds, and more.
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 | All-new 2024 Lexus GX: Ultra-sophisticated off-roader
If you like luxury with some off-roading edge, the all-new Lexus GX could be the ride for you. Redesigned from the ground up with new powertrains, an impressive host of premium features, a noticeably rugged and boxy exterior, seating for seven, and an all-new Overtrail grade, GX is made to blaze trails ... with sophistication.
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 | Retaining rings and wave springs solutions
Finding the best possible solution for your design challenge is no easy task. That's why Smalley is here to help you find the right wave spring, retaining ring, or constant section ring for all of your applications. Choose from one of their 12 product types, 400 sizes, and 10,000+ standard parts in carbon and stainless steel, or challenge their team of engineers to tailor a custom part fit to your exact application requirements.
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 | Photo etching ramps up heat exchanger design
Photo-chemical etching is a powerful technique for manufacturing heat exchangers that offers numerous advantages over traditional methods and addresses key challenges -- all while paving the way for innovative designs in various industrial applications from power generation and automotive systems to HVAC systems and aerospace technology.
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 | Replace traditional fasteners: Retaining ring applications
Using a Rotor Clip Retaining Ring to fasten your assembly instead of a traditional fastener not only reduces your costs, but it also saves the environment. Fewer parts and less material means cost savings for you and less waste for the planet. This quality part offers lot traceability. Want to know what you can do with a Rotor Clip Retaining Ring?
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 | Intro to motor constants for fractional horsepower gearmotors
According to motor expert Bodine Electric, "Motor constants are needed to calculate permanent magnet DC (PMDC) or brushless DC (BLDC or EC) motor specifications and ratings, or to match the motor properly to an amplifier." You need the constants to predict the motor's performance with changing variables, such as different input voltages or different loads. This app note explains what the constants are, how they are derived. and how to use them. Very useful.
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 | New EXAIR catalog: Solutions for manufacturing problems
EXAIR's new Catalog 35 is a full-color technical guide offering innovative solutions to common industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating, and static electricity problems. The expanded Catalog 35 features new products, guides, research, certifications, and many other helpful tools to assist customers in getting the most out of their manufacturing processes.
Get your EXAIR Catalog 35. |
 | Comprehensive Design Engineers Fastener Guide
PennEngineering's PEM® Fasteners Design Guide is an extensive, must-have resource to learn the types of fasteners used in various industries, their specifications, and detailed application examples for sectors such as: Automotive Electronics, Electric Vehicle and Battery Charging, Data Communications and Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, and Medical Devices. Learn about studs, blind rivet nuts, self-clinching and surface-mount tech, Micro TackPins and TackScrews, inserts for plastics, and more.
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 | New wheel hub gearbox for AGVs and AMRs
Drive your automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with the GAM GML Wheel Drive Gearbox. GAM's GML Series Wheel Drive Gear Reducer uses planetary gearing for a coaxial system. The motor mounts directly behind the wheel without axle offset for an inline drive from wheel to motor. Features a compact design with short overall length.
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| | Most popular last issue |
 | New Raspberry Pi 5 board full of updates
The much-anticipated new Raspberry Pi 5 4GB and 8GB boards are now available for pre-order from Newark. The new versions of the credit card-size computer deliver a two-to-three times increase in performance over Raspberry Pi 4 and many other improvements.
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| | Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action | Neat. Home-building robot carries, cuts, and lays block
Australian robotics system builder FBR has created the next generation of its Hadrian X construction robot, which the company says is on its way to the United States to help build structures. Hadrian X features a shuttle block delivery system, a 32-m telescopic boom arm, special stabilization tech for precision block laying at a rate of 240 blocks per hour (directly linked to CAD drawings), and the ability to apply a special adhesive used for mortar. Very cool to see in action.
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