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At the cutting edge |
16/01/2007 |
| A surface hardening technique could eventually lead to a plastic-bladed scalpel. Lou Reade reports |
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Designing for the future |
16/01/2007 |
| This year will see Eureka organising a series of events to help designers understand key new technologies |
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High-flow PBT aimed at cars |
16/01/2007 |
| GE Plastics has developed a family of high-flow polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) materials.
Its Valox super sigh flow resins, available as glass- and mineral-filled grades, should help moulders – particularly in the automotive industry – make thinner parts with greater detail using lower injection pressures.
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Hydraulic pumps boost output |
16/01/2007 |
| Enerpac’s ZA4-series of high-pressure hydraulic air-driven pumps is designed for in-plant, industrial applications and medium to large construction projects |
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Innovation in a nutshell |
16/01/2007 |
| Innovation is the art of doing things that haven’t been done before, reports Graham Pitcher |
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Making and breaking bonds |
16/01/2007 |
| A magnetic additive speeds up adhesive curing and component debonding. Julie Bieles reports |
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Power chips "can kill all engines" |
16/01/2007 |
| Tom Shelley reports on the imminent commercialisation of a solid-state technology set to revolutionise the direct conversion of heat to electricity |
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Remote viewing works in real time |
16/01/2007 |
| A new technology allows high resolution graphic and video images to be highly compressed, streamed across any kind of IP network and decompressed in real time |
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Rise of the robots |
16/01/2007 |
| Tom Shelley says that general-purpose robots could deliver advantages in product manufacture – especially when a design has not been fully crystallised |
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RPD makes itself heard |
16/01/2007 |
| A ‘home production line’ might be ready as early as next year – and could even make copies of itself. David Boothroyd reports |
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Sensing success |
16/01/2007 |
| Tom Shelley looks at some of the highlights of this year’s Mtec and Machine Building shows |
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Tiny linear motor helps diabetics |
16/01/2007 |
| A small linear motor developed for an innovative medical device accelerates at 1000g to 4m/s in just under 1mm with 3N peak force – then retracts slowly |
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