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Much like automobile insurance, investing in safety is based on a "what if." What if something happens and the safety measures in place are inadequate? What if satisfactory measures are in place and nothing happens? Although it is difficult to prove that... more »
Managing safety-related costs has become the number one priority for many owners and contractors, for good reason. According to Construction Industry Institute estimates, the total cost of construction-related injuries exceeds $17 billion annually. Owners... more »
All distribution centers are a composite of hundreds or thousands of component mechanical and electronic structures and devices that must work in concert.In a successfully functioning DC they must continue to work flawlessly well after going live.For... more »
Qiagen, a leading provider of sample and assay technologies and products for the life science and diagnostic market, has replaced its old thermal transfer and laser printing systems with DataLase® Packmark™. The DataLase process was chosen as a... more »
From the new Grand Canyon Skywalk, a U-shaped glass bridge suspended 4,000 ft above the Colorado River, visitors can, for the first time, take in incomparable views of the Canyon's western edge. Making this engineering marvel possible is durable, ultra-clear... more »
Following Hurricane Katrina, many vending machines belonging to Whitener Snacks were underwater in New Orleans for three weeks, putting their CyberLock® electronic lock cylinders to an extreme test.During after-storm cleanup, company representatives were... more »
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the average American uses about 100 gallons of water each day, in turn creating more than 31 billion gallons of wastewater, which is cleaned and recycled by wastewater treatment plants across the country.With 450... more »
It was long after 1977 that the name nanoelectronics actually came into use, but Dr. David K. Ferry was already actively engaged in developing some of the world's smallest transistors in the latter 1970s. The field, called Ultra-Small Devices at that... more »
The demand for more sophisticated and reliable optical devices is presenting design and manufacturing engineers with increasingly more difficult bonding challenges. As the performance-envelope of optical systems keeps advancing, problems relating to thermal... more »
A leading manufacturer of interconnect assemblies and related products, Sentral Assemblies & Components, Inc, located in Lincolnshire, IL, does whatever it takes to produce custom products on time.What they refer to as "passionately serving their customers"... more »
Prior to installation of the Eagle Thread Verifier System, plant operators at Detroit-based American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) used to manually spot-check one part per hour, a time-consuming and costly process. Installation of a six-spindle automated... more »
To address the aggressive goals of the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft and Mechanisms Design Co is designing a Mini-Corer device for analysis of rock specimen composition. A NASA-approved provider of space flight... more »
The day after the Milwaukee Brewers finished their final game of the season at Miller Park in September 2006, a different team went into action. This time the coaches were engineers, and the first-string players were millwrights, ironworkers, operating... more »
Risk of injury was a concern at a major manufacturing company in the midwest, where employees were manually pushing their heavy material carts. After introducing several CartCaddys for assistance in moving all wheeled loads, including materials and parts... more »
A new method for labeling bulk storage areas, the Sky-Marx Floor Label Replacement System™, has been installed in a 3 million sq ft distribution center operated by a leading international retailer. Fewer than 600 ceiling-mounted Sky-Marx strips... more »
A manufacturer of commercial food preparation equipment looked to Bimba to replace an existing commercially available dampening mechanism in their fast food closure.The clamshell top construction, which allows food to be simultaneously processed on both... more »
The strategic push to concentrate on core competencies, lowering costs and freeing resources, is stronger than ever.You're being pushed to find a timely, long-term answer that will maintain quality and increase your profits.Traditional outsourcing could... more »
Working closely with many of the world's largest paper manufacturers and machine builders, Deublin's product engineers have been developing products for the papermaking industry since 1985, beginning with introduction of a new technology for condensate... more »
A maintenance shutdown at any plant is likely to be both carefully orchestrated and highly stressful, involving multiple trades. At the technologically advanced Gallatin Steel Compact Strip Production Facility in Ghent, KY, in operation since 1995, an... more »
It could be any suburban corporate complex or school campus or hospital grounds:30 acres, wooded, with a big pond and lots of open space surrounding two low-rise buildings where people come and go every day. It's scenic and inviting -- not only to humans,... more »