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January 25, 2022Volume 18 Issue 04


Image - Worldwide Exclusive Range of Ultrafine Wires
Worldwide Exclusive Range of Ultrafine Wires
Goodfellow has introduced a range of ultrafine wires (gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, etc.) with a diameter less than 1ยต and a continuous, chemically inert glass insulation coating that provides high electrical strength, wide temperature range, and radiation and pressure resistance. The full range, which meets the demand for miniaturization across a variety of industries, can be used in a vast array of applications including sensors, medical devices, smart devices, and aerospace and aviation components.
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In this issue of Designfax

  • New Hall thruster rocket for deep space
  • Electro corrosion in e-motors gets a fix
  • First fully 3D-printed, flexible OLED display created
  • Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner: Ultimate four-door luxury
  • Mecanum wheels require powerful mini motors
  • How To: Disc springs in mechanical braking
  • Top Tech Tip: Stepper or servo motor?
  • Recommended: Alternative to traditional drive systems
  • New bonding tech to join different materials
  • Xometry's CAD add-ins make ordering parts a snap
  • LED High Bay light with dimmer and motion sensor
  • Gear units, motors, and VFDs for warehousing
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • How to inspect products with a Caseweigher
    • BMW steering wheel: Motorsport meets SIM racing
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • First Look: All-electric Chevy Silverado pickup
    • NASA's Moon oxygen machine could help us on Earth
    • Lunar rover levitates using Moon's natural charge
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner

News

Quantum computing in silicon hits 99% accuracy

New testing method yields pathway to better, longer-lasting batteries

Toyota earns most R&D patents among automakers in Intellectual Property Owners Association rankings for 8th consecutive year

Simplified human/machine interfaces top list of critical DOD technologies



Feature articles

Image - New Hall thruster rocket design aimed for deep-space exploration
New Hall thruster rocket design aimed for deep-space exploration
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have developed a tiny modified version of a plasma-based propulsion system that both increases the lifetime of the rocket and produces high power.
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Image - Electro corrosion in e-motors gets a fix with new Freudenberg solution
Electro corrosion in e-motors gets a fix with new Freudenberg solution
Did you know that some electric vehicle (EV) motors can incur bearing damage over time caused by a phenomenon called electrically induced corrosion? Well, they can, and Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has a clever and quite simple solution for it.
Read the full article.

Image - First fully 3D-printed, flexible OLED display created
First fully 3D-printed, flexible OLED display created
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities used a customized printer to fully 3D print a flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The discovery could result in low-cost OLED displays in the future that could be widely produced.
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Image - Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner: Ultimate four-door luxury
Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner: Ultimate four-door luxury
If your tastes are running a little more top shelf these days, Bentley's latest Flying Spur Mulliner offers the pinnacle of luxury and refinement -- and a lot of real power under the hood. Available with a V6 Hybrid, V8, or W12 powertrain, you'll be hitting 0 to 60 in your crystal palace on wheels in as little as 3.7 sec, and you'll look and feel fabulous while doing it.
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Image - Mecanum wheels require powerful mini motors for autonomous transporters
Mecanum wheels require powerful mini motors for autonomous transporters
When autonomous mobile robot maker Evocortex needed a powerful, compact solution to drive the specialized omnidirectional Mecanum wheels on their transporters, they turned to the micro-motor experts at FAULHABER for help. The Evocortex wheel modules are equipped with 3257... CR or 3272... CR series DC micro motors, and each is fitted with an IEF3 encoder, a 38/2S gearhead, and a brake -- all in a very limited space.
Read about this interesting and challenging application.

Image - How To: Disc springs in mechanical braking system
How To: Disc springs in mechanical braking system
Braking systems for off-highway equipment are commonly designed to be hydraulically actuated, but without an additional fail-safe system, this design alone has limited reliability. If a hydraulic seal is compromised, or the hydraulic cylinder loses pressure for any reason, the brakes fail. One solid mechanical back-up design uses SPIROL disc springs.
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Image - Top Tech Tip: Stepper or servo motor -- Which should it be?
Top Tech Tip: Stepper or servo motor -- Which should it be?
Bring out the full capacity of your machines through the most efficient mechatronic design. Hurley Gill, Senior Applications/Systems at Kollmorgen, outlines servo and stepper motor baseline capabilities for selection criteria like torque, speed, accuracy, and repeatability. Technical advantages and disadvantages are discussed, helping machine designers select the best motor drive system for their application.
Read "Servo or Stepper: Which Should It Be?"

Image - Recommended: Alternative to traditional drive systems
Recommended: Alternative to traditional drive systems
Nexen Group has introduced a stainless steel version of its patented precision roller pinion system (RPS). The Nexen RPS engages two teeth simultaneously to achieve superior accuracy with zero backlash at any length. The system is also extremely quiet and 99% efficient. Stainless steel makes the system corrosion resistant, with a long life of up to 36 million meters. Nexen's RPS provides a low-maintenance, durable alternative to rack and pinion, ball screw, and belt drive technology. The RPS is used for a wide range of applications including laser cutting, plasma cutting, and gantry applications.
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Image - New bonding tech to join different materials
New bonding tech to join different materials
Polyplastics has introduced an innovative bonding technology that is unlike traditional joining methods such as plastics welding or adhesion. AKI-Lock has few restrictions on the materials that can be used and forms strong, airtight bonds with combinations of different materials that are usually difficult to join. AKI-Lock uses the glass fibers in glass fiber-reinforced resins as a physical anchor for bonding. AKI-Lock can also be used to give one component multiple properties. For example, even when installing an O-ring into a complex shape that is difficult to perform manually, double molding with AKI-Lock can be used to secure the O-ring with molding. Doing so makes it possible to produce a secure seal, even with complex shapes.
Learn more. This could be a promising solution for many products.

Image - Xometry's CAD add-ins make ordering parts a snap
Xometry's CAD add-ins make ordering parts a snap
The Xometry Instant Quoting Engine can be integrated into your SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Inventor, and Autodesk Fusion 360 platforms with a simple add-in. You can use it to order parts from various manufacturing processes including 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal, and urethane casting. While each of the CAD add-ins has unique features depending on the platform, they all have the same powerful quoting capability.
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Image - LED High Bay light with dimmer and microwave motion sensor
LED High Bay light with dimmer and microwave motion sensor
LEDtronics has introduced a new generation of dimmable Linear LED High Bays to their product lineup. The low-profile fixture offers superior light output in a compact, lightweight body that delivers all the longevity, premium performance, reliability, and energy efficiency of LED lighting tech. The 100-W unit offers 5,000-K pure-white illumination with up to 70% energy savings. It's time to upgrade.
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Image - Gear units, motors, and VFDs for intralogistics and warehousing
Gear units, motors, and VFDs for intralogistics and warehousing
NORD's innovative and high-efficiency gear units, motors, and VFDs work in unison to transport items quickly with precise control and lower energy consumption. They are engineered to lower Total Cost of Ownership, reduce the number of system variants, and reduce overall maintenance time and costs. NORD's primary products for intralogistics include: LogiDrive Complete Drive Solution (gearbox, motor, and VFD), Condition Monitoring for Predictive Maintenance, and NORCON APP with NORDAC ACCESS Bluetooth Stick mobile commissioning and service solution for all NORD drives.
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Most popular last issue

Image - First Look: 2024 all-electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup aims for 400 miles per charge and a lot of utility
First Look: 2024 all-electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup aims for 400 miles per charge and a lot of utility
Chevrolet's first all-electric pickup will wear the nameplate of its popular, full-size Silverado light-duty model -- a direct competitor to Ford's new Lightning F-150 EV. The Silverado EV will come in two variants, WT (Work Truck) and RST and eventually offer a slew of options, including up to 664 hp with more than 780 lb-ft of torque, four-wheel drive, and 400+ miles of range on a single charge.
Read the full article.

Image - NASA's Moon oxygen machine could help us here on Earth
NASA's Moon oxygen machine could help us here on Earth
With the nation facing multiple health and industry challenges, oxygen supplies have become more important than ever. NASA-supported research now offers a way to meet those needs with technology developed for use on the Moon.
Read the full article.

Image - Lunar rover that levitates by harnessing the Moon's natural charge is being tested by MIT engineers
Lunar rover that levitates by harnessing the Moon's natural charge is being tested by MIT engineers
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the Moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces. Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the Moon's natural charge.
Read the full article.

Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
How to inspect products with a Caseweigher
Learn all about how to inspect products with a Caseweigher from Hardy Solutions. The Caseweigher is designed for fast, stable, and accurate weight readings in any type of production environment for packages from 1 to 50 lb at speeds up to 60 updates per min. Caseweighers are easy to use, operate, and maintain, and they're designed for flexibility to meet both current and future control needs.
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BMW M4 GT3 steering wheel design: Motorsport meets SIM racing
BMW M Motorsport and sim racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec created a world first with the joint development of the steering wheel for the BMW M4 GT3, which unites real-world and virtual racing in an unprecedented way. "Fusion: Motorsport meets SIM racing" is an in-depth design documentary that describes the pioneering work in the development of the steering wheel, which works perfectly in both real racing cars and simulators. It's fun to see the prototyping.
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