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Dematic Brings Distribution Center Up to Speed

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 »

Laser Coder Replaces Printers in Packaging Line

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 »

Tourists Get Bird's-Eye View of Grand Canyon

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 »

CyberLocks Defy Mother Nature

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 »

Drives Boost Efficiency of Pump Motors

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 »

Research: Improving AFM Data Reliability in Nanoelectronics Research, Utilizing Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolation

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 »

One-on-One Engineering Support Solves Optical Bonding Quandary

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 »

Workbenches Are Praised For Form and Function

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 »

Gear & Axle Maker Installs Thread Verifier

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 »

Bearings Play Role in Mars Exploration

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 »

Hydraulics Provide Muscle for Stadium Repair

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 »

Cart Reduces Risk of Strains and Pains

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 »

Labels Move from Floor to Ceiling

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 »

Bimba Serves Up Fast Food Solutions

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 »

Concentrate on Your Core Competencies

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 »

Steam Joints, Stationary Siphons Aid Papermaking Industry

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 »

Hydraulics Help Steel Production Facility Move Ladle

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 »

Concord Grapes Solve Pesky Bird Problem

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 »

Motor/Drive Combo Helps Keep Rain Forest Lush

Behind the scenes, a lot of mechanical engineering goes into creating and maintaining a tropical rainforest near Lake Erie, just 40 miles from the Canadian border. The RainForest at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo contains two acres of plants and wildlife similar... more »

Army Enlists Mover Trikes for Flight Line Duty

Although most commonly used in factories, warehouses, and other large facilities as an efficient means of moving personnel, today Worksman Mover Trikes are being used by an Army base in Afghanistan for flight line duties.Requiring no fuel and emitting... more »

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