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Mazda Motorsports Keeps the MX-5 Cool with a New Differential Plate
Mazda Motorsports, the company’s North American-based racing program, serves as a support network for thousands of professional and amateur racers at road courses around...

Technical Innovation Power
Electronic Torque Limiting Boosts Machine Productivity
Electrification isn’t just a matter of switching out the diesel engine for an electric motor. It requires a thorough review of connected systems – particularly the hydraulic...

News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Engineering Polymers for a Faster-Paced Industry
Engineered polymers are the primary focus of Kara Grasso and her team at DuPont Specialty Products – especially as they apply to introducing the materials to the new wave of start-up OEMs...

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Labor Cost, OEM Complexities Pressure Suppliers
Fast-food restaurants are paying hourly wages similar to starting rates at automotive assembly plants, and the accelerating shift to electric vehicles (EVs) promises a wholesale restructuring...

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‘Thinking Ahead’ Maximizes Additive Manufacturing Potential
When it comes to designing automotive parts to be produced by additive manufacturing (AM), one must get comfortable asking tough questions, having difficult conversations and...

Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Garrett Two-Stage Turbos Ramp up Off-Highway
Garrett Motion is providing its advanced turbocharging technologies for a recent launch of harvesters, combines, excavators and other agricultural equipment by a global manufacturer. Garrett did...

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Marking Aircraft Components
Although marking adds no intrinsic value to a component, it is central to the smooth operation of the industry.

Technology Report Connectivity
WePredict Ready to Rock Component-Quality Analytics
Somewhere near the zip code of Big Data is the emerging neighborhood of Big Analytics, where computer scientists, research analysts, mathematicians and statisticians intake the...

News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Self-Propelled Modular Transporter
Enerpac’s (Menomonee Falls, WI) SPMT600 Series Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) is a three-axle per trailer modular system featuring a minimized height, slim design and remote wireless control operation capabilities, making it highly suitable for operating in confined spaces. Flexibility of use and...
Briefs Defense
Undersea Communications Between Submarines and Unmanned Undersea Vehicles in a Command and Control Denied Environment
Nuclear powered submarines can stay submerged for days at a time and only have to come to periscope depth (PD) for...

Articles Aerospace
Implementing Secure Command and Control in Unmanned Systems
Unmanned vehicles are at the forefront of an evolution, especially with the proliferation of the Internet of Things. After decades of serving mission-critical applications in...

Technology Update Aerospace
Redesign of composite parts for structural integrity
In the case of composite materials, material properties are vastly dependent on the manufacturing process. While shifting the manufacturing process of a composite part from preimpregnated to...

Articles Aerospace
Automated Testing of Advanced, High-Performance, Point-to-Multipoint Radio Systems
In 2008, 4RF Communications started development of a new range of radio products to augment their existing point-to-point, long-range wireless link product. Used...

Application Briefs Defense
Geomagnetic Motion Tracking Products
Any compass incorporated into a host system requires calibration so that the compass properly compensates for ferrous and magnetic components. If this is not done correctly, heading readings can be very...

Articles Data Acquisition
Optimizing High Reliability Power Distribution System Designs
As the performance requirements of avionics, military, and space electronic systems increase, so do the demands on the power supplies for these systems. Successful system designs...

Articles Electronics & Computers
Embedded Video Requirements Drive New Mezzanine Card Format
Sophisticated graphics have hit the embedded systems world and are increasingly demanded by military, aerospace, industrial, and medical applications. The problem, of course, is that...

Articles Electronics & Computers
Choosing a Capacitor for Use as a Switch-Mode Power Supply Filter
Input filter caps need to be able to supply a quick burst of energy and to suppress noise generated in the switch circuit. Important considerations for the input filter cap are...

Articles Electronics & Computers
From Reference Board to Rugged Military SBC
Intel processor reference designs are developed by Intel to assist engineers in the design of Intel processor-based products. The less a design deviates from the reference design, the easier the...

Briefs Medical
Tactical Medical Coordination System
The term "tactical medical coordination system" (TacMedCS) denotes any of several prototype electronic systems for tracking patients in a scenario that may involve multiple instances of treatment by...

Briefs Information Technology
Multiscale Virtual Design and Testing of Materials
Progress has been made in research on several fronts in an effort to develop computational simulation capabilities for use in virtual design and testing of advanced structural materials. It is...

Briefs Materials
Predicting the Composition of Metallic Glasses
AFRL scientists made significant progress in developing bulk metallic glasses to improve the durability and performance of aerospace components. They also successfully created working scientific...

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