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Surviving Nature’s Worst: Why IP Ratings Matter for Bevel Boxes in Harsh Environment
Some areas in the U.S. can average up to 70 inches (178 cm) of rainfall annually. In these conditions, it's essential that critical components like...
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Advanced Silicones for ADAS in Light Vehicles
Today’s ADAS designers are adding more electronic components and redundant computing systems to printed circuit boards (PCBs). These heat-generating electronic assemblies are installed in...
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‘First of Its Kind’ Composite Material to Help Space Vessels Travel Longer Distances
Dr. Ashwath Pazhani along with an international team of researchers have created a new material for storing the liquid hydrogen used to propel rockets into space by the likes of NASA. The new material is lighter than the current material used. Read on to learn more about it.
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Ensure Aerospace Composite Quality with Force Measurement, Material Testing
Force measurement and material testing is an essential process for product designers and manufacturers to ensure part integrity, and to gain insightful data for creating the highest quality composite components.
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Using CT to Detect Defects in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Because of their power density, lithium-ion batteries as used by electric vehicles (EV) are subject to strict quality monitoring. Industrial computed tomography (CT) increasingly is being...
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USCAR Broadens Its Research Footprint
The project teams working under the USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research) umbrella help carve a knowledge pathway to accelerate technology development. “We typically have...
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ZwickRoell Rallies for EV Battery Testing
A lightweight, higher-capacity lithium-ion or Li-blended battery could fast-track the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) by increasing the driving range, but progress could be easily sidetracked...
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Does EV Material Testing Need to Get Physical?
As the CEO of the ZwickRoell Group, Dr. Jan Stefan Roell oversees a multi-industry, materials-testing business. The family-owned company’s history of invention includes the first hydraulic...
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Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Seek Simplified, Portable, Fast Aviation Eddy Current Testing
In aircraft maintenance and repair, eddy current devices have long been used to nondestructively test (NDT) wheels, struts, propellers, airframes,...
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Tenneco Tech Center Expands NVH Capabilities with New Materials Lab
A material analysis lab and a dual material injection press, the latest additions to Tenneco’s Milan Technical Center, are helping technical specialists develop and...
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