Article Archive

Article archive

Blind rivet nut is a quick and simple assembly solution

Annemie Van Ocken outlines the benefits of using blind rivet nuts

New spring materials for 2012

What is new for spring manufacturers next year? Responding to the needs of design engineers and manufacturers for eco-friendly, lighter, easier to manipulate fastener materials will be one of the challenges. Kay Stott reports

Active magnetic bearings prove attractive for demanding application

Active magnetic bearings have been available for decades, yet demand from design engineers for higher performance and reduced energy consumption is giving rise to heightened interest in these systems. Jon Severn reports on some of the latest developments and applications

Is EISA a solution in disguise?

Robin Cowley outlines the main considerations that many machinery OEMs need to review for future exports to North America in the light of the EISA regulations

The importance of bearing preload and axial adjustment

Gary Hughes outlines the benefits of preloading and axial adjustment of bearings

Warning: Harmonics can ruin your power supply

Sanna-Kaisa Ehanto looks at the problems caused by harmonic distortion

Developing the motors of the future at a time of crisis

Mads Vernon Jorgensen reports on how a Danish motion control specialist decided to focus on new development as the economic crisis took firm hold of global economies in 2008

Industrial control systems need a new approach to IT security

Manufacturing organisations want convergence between office and plant networks but the emergence of the Stuxnet virus has caused organisations to take a fresh look at IT security. Alistair Rae considers the implications for designers of industrial control systems and reviews some of the security technologies currently available

Software upgrade brings benefits for designers

Simulations for applications requiring charged particle and beam analysis need accuracy and easy analysis to ensure consistent results

Manufacturing facility includes purpose built climate controlled area

Advanced manufacturing facility to include a purpose built climate controlled area, among other improved resources

Industrial Ethernet switches for industrial equipment

B and B Electronics Manufacturing Co Inc has expanded its family of industrial Ethernet switches with the ELinx ESW100 series

Cutting fluids deliver performance benefits for F1 cars

ExxonMobil engineers work with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to optimise machine shop operations

How to increase the global ranks of women engineers

Need for more role models, practical teaching, and career flexibility, says IEEE

Scientists lay out plans for efficient solar energy harvesting

Solar power could be harvested and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research

Aviation biofuels: a big opportunity for Asian business

Approval for airlines to start flying on biofuels made using Hydrotreated Renewable Jet process

Offshore platforms could be hot spot of fish abundance

Potential for man-made structures - offshore platforms and installations for renewable energy - to be used as reef habitat

Cloaking magnetic fields: the first anti-magnet

Controlling magnetic fields with superconductor–metamaterial hybrids

Graphene overtaking carbon nanotubes

Graphene may displace carbon nanotubes and even Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) in some applications. Cathleen Thiele reports

REpower and Vattenfall to install 122MW wind farm in the Netherlands

With a total output of around 122MW the project is the largest wind farm in the Netherlands to date

The Solar Future: Italy

The photovoltaic market is changing, with a shift from incentives to end user opportunities

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