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Caterpillar's 990K Wheel Loader Offers More Power, Increased Payload
Designed as an optimum loading tool for Caterpillar construction and mining trucks, specifically the 773, 775, and 777 ranging from about 60 to 100 ton (54 to 91 t)...
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Envisaging and Delivering More Functional Concept Cars
Concept car creation is invariably a high-cost, labor-intensive, time-critical operation with an end result that can be delicate to the touch, may lack the perceived quality essential...
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SAE International to Partner with Consumer Electronics Association
SAE International and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to build a cooperative partnership in the standardization...
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Honda, Peugeot Stylists Make Digital Renderings a Focal Point of Design
As stylists transition to digital designs with fewer physical prototypes, they are seeking more realistic real-time graphics. Honda and PSA Peugeot Citroën have each...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies Names Acting President
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has appointed Dr. Theodore G. Duclos (SAE Member, 1985) Acting President of its North America organization, effective June 11, 2014. He...
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Dirac Claims 'New Approach' to Sound Optimization
Volvo is making Dirac's "active acoustic treatment of the listening space" technology (called Unison) available in the new XC90 with the Bowers & Wilkins audio system. According to...
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Vehicles Nab Ultra-High Mpg at 35th Annual SAE Supermileage
U.S. consumers were still reeling from the 1970s oil embargo that caused gasoline prices to soar when the top SAE Supermileage team fielded a car that snared 558 mpg at the...
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Compact Switches
C&K Components’ line of compact PCB-mounted switches now includes two new medium-power switch series that feature either momentary or locking actuation configurations. Designed for through-hole PCB soldering, the PVA...
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GMZ Energy Demos Device for Waste-Heat Recapture
GMZ Energy has announced the successful demonstration of a high-temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) unit designed for automotive (civilian and military) waste-heat recapture. In the...
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3-D Manufacturing of Titanium Components Takes Off
With such challenges as base closings, shrinking defense budgets, and sequestration, the worldwide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sector is projected to experience a significant...
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Ford Test-Protocol Error Causes EPA Ratings Revision
An error in a key vehicle fuel-economy test protocol caused Ford to lower its U.S. EPA fuel economy (FE) ratings for six 2013 and 2014 model year Ford and Lincoln vehicles, most of them...
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Personnel Moves at Denso
Among several recent personnel moves by Denso International America Inc. are added responsibilities for Roger Berg and the hiring of Dr. Gary Horvat.
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Simulating to Track Soot Formations in Diesel Engines
It is not easy to see what is going on inside an engine—it is a hot and hostile environment. But if you are an engine designer seeking to optimize engines for fuel efficiency and...
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Automating the Software Build Process for an Aerospace Embedded System
For safety-critical real time embedded applications, quality, error-free, and flawless functioning of embedded software is paramount. This is particularly true when such...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
IAC Opens New Tech Center in Shanghai
A technical center is part of International Automotive Components' recently opened Shanghai facility that also houses its new Asia headquarters offices.
News RF & Microwave Electronics
VW America Names New Exec for Its Silicon Valley Electronics Research Lab
Volkswagen Group of America has announced that Ewald Goessmann is the new Executive Director of its Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) in Belmont, CA. A Volkswagen...
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New China Tech Center Is TRW's Largest Worldwide
At 66,000 m² (710,000 ft²), TRW's new technical center in Anting, China, is the company's largest worldwide.
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Igus Develops 3D-Printable Bearing Material with Low-Friction Properties
igus has developed what it claims is the world’s first tribologically enhanced plastic filament for 3D printers, which are used to print full-size, three-dimensional...
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3-D Tool-Pathing Solution
Through collaborative efforts, Spatial Corp. and Omax Corp. offer an easy-to-use 3-D tool-pathing solution for waterjet machining. The new Intelli-CAM software tool for OMAX JetMachining Centers generates 3-D tool...
Technical Innovation Propulsion
Cummins Has a V8 for Commercial Applications
After some self-described “false starts,” Cummins has officially launched its ISV5.0, a new commercial 5-L V8 diesel engine designed for North America to power pickup and delivery vehicles,...
News Materials
Book Explores Role of AHSS in Vehicle Lightweighting
Automotive Lightweighting Using Advanced High-Strength Steels from SAE International explores the role of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) in addressing the challenge of vehicle...
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Teams Make Unique Statements at 2014 Formula SAE Michigan
The 109 open-wheel racecar originals competing at the 2014 Formula SAE Michigan event were created and built by collegiate students eager to show the results of their product-development decisions.
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Four SAE Student Members Among Finalists for Coveted F1 Engineering Role
Four American students, each with ties to SAE International's Formula SAE series, have made it to the world finals of the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy. The...
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Making the Most of a Clutch Situation at Formula SAE
Rookie Formula SAE Michigan participant Matt Kramer designed a mechanically automated clutch that won Altair Engineering’s first place award for most innovative design at the 2014...
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Oregon State Captures Fourth FSAE Michigan Title in Five Years
Oregon State University’s Global Formula Racing (GFR) team took top honors with a total score of 876.6 at the 2014 Formula SAE Michigan competition, held May 14-17 at Michigan...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Reality Check for Robot Cars
Riding in a self-driving car for the first time is usually a vaguely nerve-jangling experience. Despite the autonomous cars’ typically flawless performance in demos and the resulting rush, most first-time...
News Electronics & Computers
Efficient Power Electronics for Hybrids and EVs
Although the electrification of road transportation has improved overall energy efficiency, the ledger for hybrid and electric vehicles has always had a significant entry in the debit column...
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
USB Output Low Profile Compression Load Cells
The LC411-USBH series high-speed USB load cells from Omega connect directly to your computer and offer up to 1000 readings per second. Free PC software makes data logging and charting of readings...
INSIDER Defense
Computer Program Analyzes Intelligence Data
Every day U.S. military and security units receive vast amounts of data collected by intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors. Human analysts constantly review this data, searching...
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