April 1, 2009
Features
Progress continues on China’s Great Wheel
In Beijing, construction continues on the Great Wheel of China, a giant Ferris wheel that will soon hold the record as the world’s highest observation wheel, with views reaching the famous Great Wall...
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Cost-cutting online calculator Now available online: a new tool to help manufacturers understand uses of machine vision and industrial identification....
Season for recession
As you may have heard, the U.S. is currently in recession. The S&P 500 has lost about half its value, property values have fallen for two years solid,...
In response
Coupling Q&A I recently happened across Howard Schwerdlin's article, Torque by Magnetic Pull, on your web site. I am working on a vacuum pump project...
Construction to begin on Oak Ridge facility
Major building and construction projects have been put on pause by the global recession, but some promising news appears on the horizon: Oak Ridge National...
Agricultural equipment demand: $112 billion in 2012
World demand for agricultural equipment is forecast to rise 3.8% per year through 2012 to $112 billion, according to World Agricultural Equipment, a recent...
Segway inventor Dean Kamen to speak at fall PTDA meeting
Inventor, entrepreneur, and advocate for science and technology Dean Kamen will be the opening keynote speaker for the co-located PTDA 2009 Industry Summit and FPDA 2009 Network Symposium. ...
Coca-Cola donates funds for packaging center
A project proposed by The Coca-Cola Company and Michigan State University (MSU) aims to improve the global sustainability of product packaging. Coca-Cola...
Biz bits
Pacific Bearing apologizes, settles with Rollon Rollon Corp., Sparta, N.J., announces that it has settled with Pacific Bearing Co., Roscoe, Ill., in a...
Shaft locker
Now there is a way to lock components onto shafts and spindles where installation perpendicular to the shaft is not possible: Similar to threaded versions,...
Gearing up for washdown
Some of the harshest environmental settings are those involving water. If your designs will be subjected to dripping, spraying, or all-out submersion,...
Help motors survive wet environments
When electric motors are installed in wet or damp areas, their lives are inevitably shorter than if they lived in a dry climate. However, using a little...
Investigating IP codes
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Publication 60529 Classification of Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures provides a system for...
Go green by choosing a clutch motor
Is your company going green? Green has become the latest catchword to include actions such as recycling containers, reducing pollution output, and using...
New Products
Transducer-quality strain gages Custom and OEM strain, linear, double-shear, bridge, Karma, and diaphragm gages made to order in batches from $200 or...
Rolling right along
As technology changes and advances, some components and equipment inevitably fall by the wayside, often replaced by shiny new designs that are better,...
