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Innovations for Lightweighting: Magna and Ford test carbon-fiber subframes
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymers are the yin and yang of automotive lightweighting. Their strength-to-weight ratio handily outperforms chrome-moly steel,...
Articles Automotive
Innovations for Lightweighting: Audi brings CFRP to 2018 A8
Audi helped pioneer aluminum-intensive bodies-in-white in volume production but for its recently unveiled 2018 A8 the company adopts a broader mixed-materials approach. Besides...
Articles Automotive
Innovations for Lightweighting: Eaton’s “hybrid” materials replace metal
As product portfolios go, Eaton Corp.’s may be the broadest and deepest among Tier 1s supplying the mobility sectors. Materials innovation is core to the seven...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Engineering Chevy's Lighter, Stronger CUV
Chevrolet’s Equinox has become a serious profit-spinner for General Motors.
News Electronics & Computers
Preview: SAE Readies New Connect2Car Conference for Fusion of Auto, Tech Sectors
Calling its upcoming Connect2Car Executive Leadership Forum “the perfect opportunity for automotive and technology executives to discover, collaborate, and...
News Propulsion
Axellent Progress
Traditional beam-type drive axles as used in most pickups and full-size SUVs are simple, robust, relatively inexpensive—and a hefty chunk of cast-iron and steel. Benchmark axles for a typical ½-ton pickup weigh 180 lb...
Product Briefs Connectivity
Mass Flow Meter
The MicroTRICOR TCM-100 Coriolis mass flow meter from AW-Lake Company (Oak Creek, WI) is the smallest TRICOR Coriolis meter designed for the accurate measurement of very low flow rates. It is suitable for dosing, blending and...
Articles Test & Measurement
More Automation for ECU Testing
Testing safety-related Electronic Control Units (ECUs) is as much about software testing as hardware. Increased intelligence within ECUs to control braking, prevent rollovers and ensure that power is applied...
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SAE Collaborates on Clean Cars Project
In early 2016, the Washington State Department of Ecology issued a request for proposals for the Puget Sound Clean Cars Stormwater Partnership, a collaborative research project concerning vehicle...
Product Briefs Test & Measurement
Mobile Combustion Analysis
With Kistler’s (Amherst, NY) KiBox, information about combustion, injection valve actuation and ignition can be reliably captured, processed and viewed in the familiar INCA environment, among others. Specifically...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Laser Marker Series
The MX-Z series of laser markers from Omron (Hoffman Estates, IL) provide high quality, permanent identification with what the company claims is superior flexibility in terms of marking and connectivity with the ability to...
News Aerospace
Ultra-Light Gasoline Engine Pistons
KS Kolbenschmidt (Marinette, WI), a division of Rheinmetall Automotive, has refined its Liteks design for ultra-light, durable gasoline pistons. Compared to today’s in-production pistons, the company...
News Electronics & Computers
Handheld Dual-Laser Infrared Thermometer
OMEGA Engineering’s (Norwalk, CT) new OS758-LS handheld dual-laser infrared thermometer delivers reliable non-contact measurement for instant troubleshooting. The device measures temperatures up to...
Product Briefs Software
Processing Unit with Eight Processor Cores
dSPACE (Wixom, MI) offers an additional Processing Unit for SCALEXIO hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test systems. Equipped with an octa-core Intel Xeon Processor E5, the new Processing Unit is suitable...
News Unmanned Systems
ZF Chassis Boss Sees On-Board Processor "Bottleneck"
ZF’s takeover of TRW in 2015 sent shockwaves through the industry by over night creating a mega global business with the industrial and financial clout and electronics capability to...
News Transportation
New York Auto Show: Lincoln Unveils All-New, Aluminum-Bodied 2018 Navigator
Ford’s Lincoln luxury-vehicle unit revealed the 2018 Navigator fullsize SUV at the 2017 New York auto show by touting its blend of smart basic engineering and...
Road Ready Propulsion
Musclecar Godzilla: Dodge Reveals 840-Hp Challenger SRT Demon
After months of teasing and a high-profile tie-in with the Fast & Furious film franchise, FCA's Dodge division revealed its 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, a drag...
News Software
Chilly Prospects for Low Temperature Combustion
Low-temperature combustion (LTC) remains an area of high interest with extensive research, even though many challenges must still be overcome before LTC sees commercial acceptance. Though...
Technology Report RF & Microwave Electronics
WCX17: Tech Leaders Talk AI, Cyber and Next-Gen HMI
The role of artificial intelligence, the search for cyber security solutions, and the next level of human-machine interface in vehicles were discussed in a Leadership Roundtable of top...
News Propulsion
WCX17: Delphi Aims for 42% Efficiency with Next-Gen GDCI
Delphi projects that engines employing its coming third-generation gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition (GDCI) combustion system will attain a thermal efficiency of 42%, the...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Overcoming the ‘CO2 Penalty’ of Autonomous Vehicles
What type of propulsion system will power the highly automated (SAE Level 4) and fully autonomous (SAE Level 5) vehicles of the future? Such systems will need to be more efficient than...
Technology Report Software
New Autonomous-Driving Module Uses Raw Sensor Data to Enhance Speed
The race to gain a foothold in the emerging autonomous vehicle market continues to attract more players. Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division is joining the game,...
Application Briefs Defense
Commando Helicopter
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Rome, Italy +39 06 32473313www.leonardocompany.com/ Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced recently that the first AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk4 successfully completed its maiden flight at its Yeovil...
Application Briefs Defense
Touchscreen Tablet Mission System
Inzpire Lincolnshire, UK +44 1522 688 231www.inzpire.com GECO, from UK-based Inzpire, is a military grade rugged touchscreen tablet mission system that is currently in frontline operational use with the British...
Application Briefs Defense
M1 Abrams Tank Engine Updates
Honeywell Aerospace Phoenix, AZ 602-365-3099https://aerospace.honeywell.com The Honeywell-powered M1 Abrams tank has been a mainstay of the U.S. military’s heavy armored forces for more than 25 years. Over that...
Application Briefs Defense
Aircraft Automation System
Aurora Flight Sciences Manassas, VA 703-369-3633www.aurora.aero Aurora Flight Sciences is breaking ground in the world of automated flight through its work on the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS)...
Articles Data Acquisition
Pulse Analysis Techniques for Radar and Electronic Warfare
Pulsed signals are widespread in radar and other electronic warfare (EW) applications, and they must be accurately measured for manufacturing, design of countermeasures, and threat...
Articles Aerospace
Flat Cable Technology for Aerospace Applications
There are those who think all cables are created equal. Well, they're not.
Articles Aerospace
Electric Rockets and the Future of Satellite Propulsion
Humans have been using rocket propulsion for almost a millennium, starting with Chinese rockets and “fire arrows” in the 13th century and continuing to the modern era's powerful Space...
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