Designfax — September 11, 2007

Largest manufacturer of Threaded Nylon Fasteners in the world
Micro Plastics, Inc. offers over 20,000 items and stocks an inventory of 250 million parts. Machine Screws, Nuts, Washers, Spacers, Panel Fasteners, Hole Plugs, P.C.B. Hardware, Wire Handling Hardware and more.
For more information, visit Micro Plastics online.

News

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ANSYS Solutions selected for design of experimental nuclear fusion facility

In this issue:

Easy-Flow Plastic Delights Designers
LEDs And Sensors Help Wal-Mart Save Energy
Anritsu Cuts RF Shield Cost With Die Cast Parts
MIT Architects Design Building With Digital Water Walls
Wheels: Michelin Creates Self-Regenerating Tires
GearedUp: Chemical Conglomerate Buys GE Plastics
Products: Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical, Motion
Special: Software Products

Feature Articles

Easy-flow plastic delights designers
The "Myto" cantilever chair, the brainchild of much-celebrated designer Konstantin Grcic, is made completely of the new injection-moldable plastic Ultradur High Speed from BASF. The new instant classic will be exhibited at the world's largest plastics show, "K," in Düsseldorf in October. "The chair's delicate design combined with its high strength was only possible with this material," says Grcic. "It gives me completely new freedom for the design." The really special thing about Ultradur High Speed is that it flows twice as far as standard plastic grades when heated, making the production of components made of the material more cost effective and energy efficient.
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High Precision with Every Step
Ø12mm Miniature Stepper Motor
MicroMo Electronics, Inc. announces the ADM1220S. The miniature stepper motor has external motor-diameter of 12 mm and a length of 17.2 mm. The ADM1220S has a holding torque of 4.1 mNm. The ADM1220S offers 20 full steps per revolution in full step mode and is capable of 160 microsteps per revolution. Visit MicroMo.

LEDs and occupancy sensors help Wal-Mart achieve dramatic energy savings
In an effort to meet their goal of eliminating 30% of the energy used by stores, Wal-Mart engineers have been working diligently to identify areas for potential energy savings. LED lighting coupled with occupancy sensing controls for refrigerated food cases has proven to be so successful in terms of energy savings, improved performance, and reduced maintenance that the company plans to incorporate the design in all new stores — and retrofit cases in over 450 existing stores by the end of 2007.
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Anritsu cuts RF shield cost with die cast parts
A global innovator of test and measurement devices for telecommunications, optical, and wireless systems has replaced traditionally machined RF shields with precision die cast parts in its handheld cable and antenna analyzers. The move is designed to reduce the unit cost of about a dozen different shields across the Site Master series of analyzers, an investment that the company estimates to gain payback on within six months.
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Electric Replacement for Hydraulics!
Exlar's electric linear actuators deliver the force of hydraulics and the speed of pneumatics. The patented roller screw technology offers peak forces in excess of 40,000 lbf., speeds to 60 in/sec, and stroke lengths to 96 inches, all with the ease and reliability of servo control. Visit Exlar online for more information.

MIT architects design building with "digital water" walls
Imagine a building that features liquid curtains for walls — curtains that not only can be programmed to display images or messages but can also sense an approaching object and automatically part to let it through. MIT architects and engineers have designed such a building, and it will be unveiled at next year's international exhibition in Spain. The water walls consist of a row of closely spaced solenoid valves along a pipe suspended in the air. The valves can be opened and closed, at high frequency via computer control, to produce a curtain of falling water with gaps at specified locations.
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Wheels: Michelin creates self-regenerating tires
Ever thought about a tire with a tread that regenerates itself as it wears? It's not science fiction or a scene from the "Transformers" movie; it's reality at Michelin. Recently at the Great American Truck Show (GATS) in Dallas, TX, Michelin unveiled the latest innovation from its Michelin Durable Technologies research — the new XDA5 drive tire for Class 8 rigs.
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Geared up
Share your opinions and ideas on designs and pressing industry topics
This week: And plastic is made from what, class?
Last week, in a major shift of the industrial chemical market, the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced the completion of its $11.6 billion purchase of GE Plastics from General Electric. The new unit, SABIC Innovative Plastics, will remain at the Pittsfield, MA, headquarters. GE Plastics has been a fixture of the General Electric portfolio since 1930.
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