| Library > 2004 > July |
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A light way to make smaller sensors |
09/07/2004 |
| Tom Shelley reports on development work aimed at making more integrated optical sensing systems and bringing some manufacturing back from the Far East
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Bringing home rapid manufacturing |
09/07/2004 |
| Present day factories and product distribution could soon become totally obsolete if rapid methods develop as some are forecasting. Tom Shelley reports
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Camera shake eliminated in motion |
09/07/2004 |
| Tom Shelley reports on an innovation likely to be of equal benefit in security systems and telerobotics and which could ultimately make home videos watchable
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Coupling solves powder containment problem |
09/07/2004 |
| In process manufacturing, the contained transfer of powder products has required the use of rigid containers fitted with high value containment valves assembled from precision-made stainless steel components. |
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Drying machines uses novel air jets |
09/07/2004 |
| Applying pneumatics to a novel container drying machines is helping companies to cut waste and improve throughput. Dean Palmer reports |
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Metal fibres filter, reinforce and quieten |
09/07/2004 |
| There are various occasions when it is useful to be able to turn metals into a fibrous form, whether to act as a high temperature fibre reinforcement, filtration medium or sound absorber.
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Safe coupling uses double springs |
09/07/2004 |
| Tom Shelley reports on a mooring system for boats whose philosophy offers benefits to most kinds of coupling and mechanical connection
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Turbo compressor drives greener engines |
09/07/2004 |
| A turbo compressor works by forcing air into the engine cylinder under pressure, allowing higher power densities and an improvement in engine efficiency. |
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Linear guides offer rigidity and long life |
08/07/2004 |
| IKO Nippon Thompson has launched a range of miniature, stainless steel linear guides that offer high rigidity and whose slide units are fitted with a capillary sleeve lubricating component.
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Phone build time slashed by a third |
08/07/2004 |
| By introducing stereolithography composite resins to its production line, UK company MNL has cut prototype build times of Panasonic's camera phone by 30%. Dean Palmer reports
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Rapid investment in complex designs |
08/07/2004 |
| A UK company is using its rapid prototyping expertise to design masking components for a highly complex coating system for aircraft turbine blades. Dean Palmer reports
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Smart design wins bonding challenge |
08/07/2004 |
| A team of mechanical engineers at Coventry University has won a competition to design the strongest aluminium beam using adhesives. Dean Palmer was one of the judging panel
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Striving for rapid direct manufacture |
08/07/2004 |
| Renault's Formula One team has installed two selective laser sintering machines which it expects will increase in-house production speeds by at least 30%. Dean Palmer investigates
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