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The benefits of hydraulic hybrid technology are being studied in the, Bureau of Sanitation’s refuse truck fleet. The project involves’s proprietary Hydrostatic Regenerative Brake (HRB) system, which captures a vehicle’s braking energy and converts it... more »
Rubber and tire manufacturers are requiring more precision and more detailed information from tire inspection systems as inspection requirements become more stringent every year. One example of new requirements is in sidewall inspection, where safety... more »
The nation’s supply chain is moving closer to a cleaner, fuel-efficient, and cost-effective future with administrator Stephen L. Johnson’s announcement of a project to develop and test a new technology on large equipment used to move goods and products... more »
We’ve all been there – a call comes in on your mobile phone while you’re transitioning from a digital to an analog zone, and you can only hear half of the caller’s words. Think about this frustration and you’ll be able to understand the plight of the... more »
Why Consider a Hot Melt? Under constant pressure to improve processes, manufacturers face the challenge of selecting from an array of sealing technologies. In addition to traditional adhesive tapes and liquid sealants, manufacturers can now choose among... more »
By Duane Smith, Fluke Corporation 1) Replace the original fuse with a cheaper one. If your digital multimeter meets today's safety standards, that fuse is a special safety sand fuse designed to pop before an overload hits your hand. When you change your... more »
They've been used by OEMs and their customers since the dawn of electric-motor-driven compressors. And despite the emergence of alternative technologies -- wobble piston and diaphragm among them -- articulating piston compressors remain a preferred source... more »
Marking and coding product packaging may not be high on your list of priorities until you get a project that uses new packaging materials or has new customer requirements: the customer needs permanent codes; the packaging has changed from a paper... more »
"There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey." -- John Ruskin (1819-1900) The lifetime cost of a sensor or transducer involves more than the... more »
Get IT managers or CIOs together, and the topic will quickly turn to the biggest potential bottlenecks to data center expansion: power and heat. Even though IT managers can now pack more processing power into less real estate than ever, these high-density... more »
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is gaining favor as an alternative interface for data acquisition and measurement applications. USB is already used in computer peripherals such as printers, mice, and digital cameras as a quick and easy way to connect... more »
Many discrete manufacturers ensure complete quality control over their production processes by directly marking parts with machine-readable codes and tracking those parts through their life cycle. This process is known as Direct Part Mark Identification... more »
Laser bar code technology was the first step toward reaching the goal of total supply chain visibility in which a product's identity and location are tracked from production to sortation to arrival at the customer's door. However, while laser-based... more »
With accuracy rates of up to 99.9% and productivity increases of over 25%, voice-directed work has been demonstrated to pay for itself relatively quickly under most circumstances. .. (537 kb). Or right-click on the link to download file.To obtain Adobe... more »
A new "living system" sculpture was recently installed in the University City/Big Bend Metro Station in St. Louis, MO. Entitled Linear Accelerator, and created by artist Brower Hatcher and his, the sculpture consists of two 50 ft x 30 in. tapered tubular... more »
Wouldn't it be nice to use everyday conveniences -- cell phones, PDAs, even MP3 players -- to make your life easier and more manageable on the factory floor? Manufacturers around the world are already using a wide range of these commercial technologies.... more »
Extremely compact multidrives offer an array of benefits to integrators, OEMs, panel builders and end users who are optimizing energy usage through precise control of motors. Since drives are available both in multidrive and single drive configurations,... more »
Introduction Automated data collection and the technologies surrounding it have become commonplace on warehouse floors and in supply chains throughout the country. In fact, we have a feeling that while most companies appreciate the efficiency they've... more »
Sleepless Nights for IT Executives The questions in the minds of today's information technology (IT) executives run in an endlessly agonizing loop: Do I have the right infrastructure in place? Are my servers and databases and applications doing what... more »
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the fastest growing and most beneficial technologies being adopted by businesses today. Adoption of this automatic data-collection (ADC) technology has recently been fueled by the establishment of key standards,... more »