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The Haters Go After Toyota
Want your company to be the target of haters? Here’s a sure way to do it, as proven in 2022.
Articles Energy
Hydraulic Fluids Evolve to Meet Critical Equipment-Design Trends
Driven by a number of factors, hydraulic equipment such as excavators, lifts, presses, bulldozers, cranes, injection molding equipment and more are rapidly evolving to meet...
Articles AR/AI
Going the Last Mile
Pizza is a subject that puts a smile on most faces but for Matteo Del Sorbo, the delight extends far beyond the actual pie.
News Semiconductors & ICs
Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
EV Startup Prepares to Enter Commercial Market with Novel EAxle
Startup commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Harbinger is on a torrid work pace. Design, CAE simulation, supplier sourcing, test vehicle builds and other engineering tasks...
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New Chemistry Aims to Slash Fuel-Cell PGM Costs by 50%
Hydrogen fuel cells are steadily proving to be a competitive zero-emissions solution for powering heavy trucks, railway locomotives and ships, as well as for various stationary-energy...
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2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Enjoys Premium Assembly, Weight-Cutting Measures
As a veteran manufacturing engineer, Jill Fuel was an ideal choice for the project leader for the production launch of Honda’s 2022 Civic Hatchback at Honda's...
News AR/AI
Faurecia Puts the ‘Wow Factor’ in Its Process Technologies
Faurecia is on a roll. The France-based Tier 1 has been expanding into clean mobility (including hydrogen storage systems) and recently acquired lighting systems giant Hella....
Articles Aerospace
Leading the Charge: Fast 40
From multinational battery developers to commercial-vehicle components manufacturers merging new-age motors with established power-transfer technologies, Battery & Electrification Technology's Fast 40 presents...
Articles Communications
Testing EMI Materials for Battlefield Applications
The testing of EMI materials must be rigorous and designed to predict performance over the lifetime of a material.
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Tenured Production CEO Leading VW’s U.S. Electrified Manufacturing Push
Volkswagen of America’s (VOA) sprawling operations just off I-75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee could be considered ground-zero for the German automaker’s rebuilding...
Articles Materials
Pulse Plasma Nitriding for Aerospace Applications
Aerospace manufacturers who depend on nitriding components can benefit from greater uniformity of results, better-protected materials, and increased throughput.
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Making the BEV Commitment
The past 18 months have been a head-shaker for those of us observing the industry. A pandemic spreads, semiconductors vanish, and now a headlong charge by virtually every OEM and major Tier 1 into electric...
News Imaging
Virtual Meets Mixed Reality for Vehicle Development
Automakers developing stand-alone technologies, such as driver-interface systems, will increasingly need to consider moving to a company-wide virtual model to create a digital twin of an...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Shielding Aerospace Systems from Electromagnetic Interference
See how a nanocomposite thermoplastic called HX5 can stop EMI.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inkjet Innovation for the Automotive Paint Shop
Robotics specialist ABB has developed painting robots that use an inkjet-type printer head with over 1,000 individually controllable nozzles, enabling higher accuracy and transfer efficiency...
Technology Report Materials
German OEMs Flex 3D Manufacturing Muscle
A chief impediment for wider adoption of additive manufacturing long has been its potential for application in high-volume and high-throughput production. But continuing process and technique...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
A Novel Materials Approach to EV Battery-Box Design
A battery enclosure that features a single-piece, metal-reinforced composite tray and one-piece composite cover is a step closer to an electric vehicle (EV) production application....
Articles Materials
Increasing Innovation Efficiency with Additive Manufacturing
AM is a revolutionary technology that is changing the way that the aerospace industry is designing and producing parts.
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Tips for Choosing CBN Grinding Wheels
Learn about the most common bond systems for CBN wheels: resin, vitrified, and electroplated matrixes.
Articles Materials
Using Advanced Computational Engineering Software to Meet Aerospace & Defense Industry Challenges
Advanced computational engineering software and additive manufacturing are now delivering solutions that offer innovation and efficiency together.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Magna Charging Ahead on Contract EV Production
Magna isn’t waiting around for the electrified world to come to the company. As one of the few Tier-1 suppliers with full-vehicle manufacturing capabilities, the Ontario, Canada-based...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Manufacturer Reduces Risk and Improves Quality of Military Radar Receivers
Radar receiver sensitivity is critical for electronic warfare (EW) applications.
Application Briefs Defense
Laser Wire Additive Manufacturing System
ADDere printing not only a rocket combustion chamber and nozzle, but seamlessly merged them into one full size rocket thrust chamber assembly.
News Power
All-Composite EV Wheel Heads to Production
Designed for EV and niche applications, the first commercially viable, low cost, lightweight, all-composite wheel moves to the next phase of development with a pilot production run. The...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lightweighting Tour-De-Force: 2021 Ducati Superleggera V4
According to Ducati, the 2021 Superleggera V4 is its most powerful, fastest and most advanced production bike, ever. This is no mean claim from the Bologna-based manufacturer known...
Articles Power
Static Testing of EV Components
The market for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow. To offset the immense weight of their batteries, a heightened focus has been put on lightweighting, which has brought many new materials and...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Ultrasonic Metal Welding Enables Advances in Battery Technology
A number of battery-related innovations have been assisted by a joining technology: ultrasonic metal welding.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scalable Hardware-Software Interface Answers Overlooked AV Testing Need
In 2016, Oregon-based PolySync introduced DriveKit, a set of open-source hardware and software tools that enabled skunkworks engineering teams to electronically assume...
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force