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Multimatic ‘Legs’ for Ferrari’s New Thoroughbred
The Ferrari Purosangue scurries up the snowbound pitches of Italy’s Monte Bondone, the Alpine peak whose auto-hillclimb exploits date to 1925. Ferrari’s first “SUV” —...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
WCX 2023: Biomimicry Inspires Product Development
Nature has always served as a giant classroom where problem-solving lessons are taught — a “storehouse of inspiration for new and different ideas,” noted Trisha Brown, co-director...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Designing for 200 BMEP and 22,000 Rpm
Fire-bombing destroyed Japan’s 66 largest cities and their industry during World War II. After the war, over 200 makers of light motorbikes sprang into being because such transportation could be...
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New Ampere EV Motor Aims for Power, Torque Benchmarks
Consider an EV traction motor rated at 220 kW and weighing 10 kg (22 lb). Is it too good to be true? “We’ll find out within nine months when we build it,” said Ian Foley,...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Freudenberg Designs New Seal to Cut Contamination, Improve Top-Speed Performance
Maximum efficiency under extreme operating conditions is critical for off-highway machinery. Downtime and malfunctions lead to reductions in profitability....
Articles Test & Measurement
Air Caster Technology
If there is a prime example of the need for friction-free, precise and delicate equipment movement in the aerospace and defense industries, satellite positioning during the testing cycle should be at the top of the...
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Ford Revisits OHV Layout, Big Displacement for New Commercial-Truck V8
In a still-heated market for highly profitable heavy-duty pickups and commercial vehicles, Ford doesn’t intend to be outdone by General Motors’ and...
What We’re Driving Electronics & Computers
2020 Toyota Supra Launch Edition
Toyota sought to channel its 2000 GT and Supra sportscar heritage with the introduction of the 2020 Supra, but in the process the company also forecast the future.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mercedes-AMG Extracts World-Record Power from New Four-Cylinder Engine
Mercedes-Benz engineers delight in setting new technology records—because they can then start a new program to break them. At Mercedes-AMG—the out-and-out...
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SKF Employs Digital Tools to Enhance Bearing Design, Performance
It began with spherical roller bearings more than 100 years ago and now SKF finds itself amid a digital transformation. Over the years the bearing company has expanded...
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German University Installing Advanced Simulator to Study Autonomous-Vehicle Handover
Researchers at Germany’s Kempten University of Applied Sciences plan to embark this year on autonomous vehicle (AV) and advanced driver-assist system...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA Highlights Material and Coating Technology Ready for Commercial Applications
Innovations in materials and coatings have enabled countless NASA missions since the agency’s inception. The research that goes into developing these...
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2019 Chevrolet Blazer: Sharply Styled and Right-Sized for the Voracious SUV Market
Leaving its dirt roots in the past, the all-new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer is a stylish, on-road-focused 2-row SUV that slots between Chevy’s Equinox and...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Top Mass-Cutting Innovations Receive Altair Enlighten Awards
Employing a mixed-material strategy that includes the latest advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and shedding 450 lb (205 kg) compared to its predecessor are major reasons why...
Articles Power
Schaeffler ‘On a Journey’ of Propulsion Transformation
There might be few more incisive examples of the industry’s organic technology transformation than what’s going on with Germany’s Schaeffler. The company’s name...
News Materials
BMW’s Back at Carbon Fiber with Award-Winning Motorcycle Swingarm
BMW rocked the composites world late last year when it announced it was selling its stake in the heralded Moses Lake, WA carbon-fiber production joint venture called SGL...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Plain Bearings for Aerospace Applications
Plain bearings are used across a wide range of aerospace applications to help achieve better fuel efficiency, extend maintenance intervals, and lower carbon emissions. These applications include...
Articles Aerospace
On-Orbit Satellite Refueling Flow Measurement
Over 7000 satellites have been placed in Earth-orbit since the beginning of the space age. 3000 are currently in orbit, of which 1000 are active, making our near space neighborhood a...
News Materials
New Generation Orbital X Motors
Danfoss Power Solutions’ (Ames, IA) new generation Orbital X motors increase flexibility in use, improve application performance and reduce total cost of ownership for OEMs. Two new modular platforms will...
Product Briefs Materials
Wear-Resistant Pumps
Duechting Pumpen’s WRX single-stage centrifugal pumps were developed for the transportation of abrasive materials and are suited for use in dredgers and other applications in the mining and processing of gravel and...
Product Briefs Power
Maintenance-Free Bearings
Aurora Bearing offers maintenance-free PTFE lined alternatives to fractured race and light series spherical bearings used in hydraulic cylinders in both metric and inch dimension series. The bearings are best used...
News Manned Systems
Eaton Names President of Vehicle Group, Asia Pacific
To be based in Shanghai, Krishnakumar “K.K.” Srinivasan was recently appointed by Eaton to the position of President, Vehicle Group, Asia Pacific, reporting to Ken Davis,...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Pump and Motor Series
Formerly part of Haldex, Concentric offers a range of low-noise, high-power density hydraulics products including the compact, durable Ferra pump and motor series designed for high-pressure applications in a space...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Bi-Axial Vibration Energy Harvesting
For air platforms, the installation of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems is complicated by the fact that the majority of SHM devices need to be fitted on internal aircraft structure, underneath...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Encapsulated Ball Bearings for Rotary Micro Machines
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-fabricated silicon rotary elements for micro-motors, micro-generators, and micro-turbomachinery have received growing attention with applications in...
Briefs Materials
Nanodomain Model of Polymer-Derived Ceramics
Areport discusses a model developed to explain the unusual properties of polymer- derived ceramics (PDCs), which are so named because they are made by controlled pyrolysis of cross-linked polymers. PDCs are metastable ceramics that have potential to be further developed into high-temperature materials...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Eccentric Mounting and Adjustment System for Belt-Driven Devices
This design relates to an eccentric mounting and adjustment (EMA) system for belt driving, or for belt-driven devices, that is installed and operated within the restricted confines of an engine compartment, typically a motor vehicle. It satisfies two essential requirements for...
Briefs Materials
Multifunctional Properties of Structural Gel Electrolytes
Due to the demand for more advanced and lightweight systems, multifunctional composite structures that can function as electrochemical energy converters, while bearing mechanical load, are in development. This research involves a materials-based approach in which each component of the...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applying Reconfigurable Computing to Acoustic Sensors
There is growing interest in the U.S. Armed Forces in the development of microsensor systems that are easily deployed and that support reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition...
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