| Library > 2005 > September |
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Advanced prosthetics go for gold |
16/09/2005 |
| Tom Shelley reports on how technical advances in artificial limbs are likely to prove to be winners in the Paralympics with subsequent benefits to be reaped by all |
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Enhance your skills for free |
16/09/2005 |
| Tom Shelley explains why all engineers should be taking a day out of their routine to improve their skills in early October |
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Gas dosing system sets new standards |
16/09/2005 |
| Injecting gaseous ammonia into the exhaust, rather than an atomised liquid urea solution, looks set to transform the controllability of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems leading to more efficient diesel engines for future passenger cars and trucks. Dean Palmer reports |
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The key is re-using your knowledge |
16/09/2005 |
| Lean thinking is as applicable to improving engineering design efficiency and innovation as it is to transforming production operations. Dr Tom Shelley looks at processes and systems that work |
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Thyristor controller reduces harmonics |
16/09/2005 |
| Dean Palmer reports on a unique power control technology for voltage, current or power regulation that reduces harmonics and provides a smoother proce |
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A beginner's guide to spring selection |
15/09/2005 |
| Springs are fundamental mechanical components which form the basis of many mechanical systems. A spring can be defined as an elastic member which exerts a resisting force when its shape is changed. Most springs are assumed linear and obey Hooke's Law. |
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Better performance, less material |
15/09/2005 |
| Advanced simulation tools have been used to develop new materials that optimise the performance capabilities of plastic/metal composites, or hybrids, offering improved flowability. |
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Listen to the voice of the customer |
15/09/2005 |
| Sponsor of this year's Product Design and Development Awards, Scientific Generics talks to Dean Palmer about the essential ingredients for a successful new product development project |
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Test your investment-readiness |
15/09/2005 |
| A great idea on its own is never enough - taking an idea from concept to commercial reality requires serious money. Dean Palmer seeks advice from an inventor and a venture capitalist |
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Seeing is understanding |
15/09/2005 |
| Tom Shelley reports on a Human Machine Interface with particularly good graphics |
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