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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 »
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 »
Using heavily filled composite stereolithography resins from DSM Somos, Italian rapid prototyping service bureau Provel is opening up new frontiers in wind tunnel test applications with the development of a scaled prototype of the new M-346 fighter trainer... more »
The Wheelabrator® WS 4/210 Spinner Hanger has become an integral component of the paint stripping process for automobile manufacturers. Toyota's Camry plant in Georgetown, KY approached Wheelabrator to duplicate a process that Toyota was using at a factory... more »
Many facilities have rooftop exhaust fans that require service, sometimes at the most inconvenient time. Before service work can be initiated, the NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace requires the establishment of an electrically safe... more »
Contract fabricating shop Stock Manufacturing, in Harrison, OH, found itself running out of laser cutting capacity.But instead of adding a third machine, the owners elected to add more hours of productivity to their two Cincinnati Inc lasers, becoming... more »
Located in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains, K & E Plastics has been fabricating custom plastic products for a wide range of industries since 1965. In addition to machining, K & E provides a variety of services including deburring, grinding,... more »
Strong, reliable climbing gear is an absolute must when hanging off the edge of a mountain. That's the reason of Boulder, CO uses orbital riveting to assemble its new Trango Cinch, an auto-locking device for recreational climbing, including belaying... more »
The air we breathe may be free, but the compressed air that drives processes and production tools is not. Although air compressor costs may appear minor compared to pricey production equipment, inefficient or unreliable air systems may be stealing you... more »
A major manufacturer of accumulation conveyor systems replaced its mechanically actuated pneumatic valve control system with Humphrey's photoelectric sensor-actuated valve control. Although the conveyor systems now incorporate more end-user benefits,... more »
A new molecular "fishing" technique developed by researchers at Duke University and Duke's Pratt School of Engineering lays the groundwork for future advances in handheld sensing devices.Handheld devices used for medical testing or environmental and... more »
Datalogging and recording is a very common measurement application. In its most basic form, datalogging is the measurement and recording of physical or electrical parameters over a period of time. The data can be temperature, strain, displacement, flow,... more »
Purdue University recently honored W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc, at a reception in the Birck Nanotechnology Center, for a donation of clean room garments to be used in the semiconductor research space of the center's Scifres Nanofabrication Laboratory,... more »
When deciding whether to use hydraulic or electromechanical actuators in a particular application, the sole deciding factor is: which best meets the technical and economic demands of the application. Here, a system for a fully electric powered forklift... more »
What do you get when you cross an inline skate with a mountain bike?The TrailSkate -- a rugged all-terrain skate that can tackle grass, gravel, and other surfaces that would stop ordinary inline skates dead in their tracks.With knobby tires, a flexible... more »
As vital performance benefits continue to energize the manufacture of plastic composite products, stiff competition and lean profits are making contract-molding shops rethink their production techniques. One such production area -- often taken for granted... more »
Are all Neoprene seals created equal? No. As with all seals, Neoprene is available in a variety of compounds, durometer hardnesses, and coatings. These traits make the selection of the proper material important and different for each task at hand.FasTest... more »
Results from a continuing study by New York's Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) indicate that applying anticorrosion, low-friction coatings can restore pump efficiency to the manufacturer's new-pump specifications.In addition to Monroe County, the... more »
Ensuring the physical and cyber security of people, facilities, and information is a key goal for Delaware's Dept of Technology and Information (DTI). DynaPel's CloseView® Video Tracking and Detection System, as an enhancement to DTI's building security... more »
Custom building mantraps for installation at Pfizer's Groton, CT facility was part of the routine service provided by Donali Systems Integration of Guilford, CT -- until one day owner Don Ludington saw an ad in a security publication for Dortronics door... more »