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March 22, 2022Volume 18 Issue 12

Image - Best of both worlds: HIWIN offers in-stock availability of a huge assortment of motion control components		Best of both worlds: HIWIN offers in-stock availability of a huge assortment of motion control components
HIWIN's Chicago warehouse stocks many models of rolled ballscrews and supports, ballsplines, linear guideways, crossed roller bearings and ballscrew stages. We can cut and machine on-site, to our standard specifications or yours. Quick shipping to suit applications in your machine tool, medical, lab, packaging, metal fab, semicon and advanced high-precision automation equipment.
Learn about everything HIWIN offers!

In this issue of Designfax

  • U.S. Air Force live tests Palletized Weapon System
  • In-wheel motor unit upgraded to carry 500 lb
  • New insulation-free electromagnet design
  • Mercedes aims for 620 miles on a charge: VISION EQXX
  • Perfect coupling solution for almost every situation
  • Engineer's Toolbox: Landing-gear drop testing
  • Low-GWP refrigerant market heats up
  • NEMA 24 stepper motor -- best-in-class power density
  • SMART SYSTEM belt-driven linear actuators
  • All about slip rings -- how they work and their uses
  • LEGO 'Back to the Future' Time Machine set
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • Control panel solutions: Wire duct and wire wrap
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • IDTechEx: EV fires less common, more problematic
    • VW Bus is back: All-electric ID. Buzz
    • 60 Years Ago: First American to orbit Earth
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX

News

DARPA looks to provide GPS-quality timing accuracy without GPS

Manufacturing technology orders have strongest January on record

Another success! NASA's Webb telescope reaches mirror alignment milestone

Medical Advances: Bioengineers eradicate advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days


Image - Your Source for Metric Gears		Your Source for Metric Gears
KHK USA Inc offers the largest selection of stock metric gears in North America -- with over 30,000 configurations. KHK USA can supply your Metric Spur Gears, Helical Gears, Internal Ring Gears, Gear Racks, Bevel Gears, Worms and Wormwheels from stock in most cases. Free 3D CAD models and 24/7 quoting available.
See what KHK USA has in stock for you today!
Feature articles

Image - U.S. Air Force live tests Palletized Weapon System -- cruise missile fired from airborne parachuting platform		U.S. Air Force live tests Palletized Weapon System -- cruise missile fired from airborne parachuting platform
The U.S. Air Force has released details about its Rapid Dragon Program live-fire test last December, where a cruise missile armed with a live warhead was dropped from a cargo aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico and fired midair from a parachuting platform using the Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System.
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Image - In-wheel motor unit upgraded to carry 500 lb		In-wheel motor unit upgraded to carry 500 lb
If you are a developer of mobile robots and the like, it may be worth your while to check out ElectroCraft. The motor and motion solutions provider has expanded its award-winning MobilePower wheel drive family with the MPW86, which features a high-torque-density brushless DC motor with a heavy-duty integrated planetary gearbox mounted inside the hub of a lightweight aluminum wheel with custom tread. The MPW Wheel Drive combines optimum performance with high efficiency, quiet operation, and long life -- and now it can handle heavier loads.
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Image - New insulation-free electromagnet design could enable next-gen fusion and medical devices		New insulation-free electromagnet design could enable next-gen fusion and medical devices
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have designed a new type of magnet that could aid devices ranging from doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks to medical machines that create detailed pictures of the human body.
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Image - Mercedes aims for 620 miles on a charge with VISION EQXX all-electric sedan		Mercedes aims for 620 miles on a charge with VISION EQXX all-electric sedan
What does the future of all-electric luxury driving look like over at Mercedes-Benz? It's smaller, smarter, streamlined, and a long-distance runner -- and it's called the VISION EQXX. This real-world concept uses the latest technologies in batteries, materials, electronics, and Formula 1 to provide up to 620 miles (1,000 km) on a single charge. It uses a little solar power too.
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Image - Perfect coupling solution for almost every situation		Perfect coupling solution for almost every situation
Couplings from JW Winco transmit rotary motions and torques from shaft to shaft. They also even out tolerances and mechanical deflection that would otherwise result in damage to drive or measurement configurations. Winco's portfolio includes the perfect coupling solution for practically every situation, including for torque and power transmission as well as position and motion control. Learn features, standards, installation, and use as well as speeds, temperatures, torsional stiffness, and moment of inertia.
Learn more about coupling options.
Get the JW Winco couplings technical leaflet (PDF). Very informative.

Image - Engineer's Toolbox: Landing-gear drop testing		Engineer's Toolbox: Landing-gear drop testing
Landing-gear manufacturers use load cells to measure shock forces and fatigue ratings during quality-assurance examinations. FUTEK's LCA Family of miniature column load cells offers a robust design in a small package for these high-capacity measurements. See how it's done.
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Image - Low-GWP refrigerant market heats up		Low-GWP refrigerant market heats up
According to Parker Hannifin's Climate Control Team, low-global-warming-potential (low-GWP) refrigerants may be good news for the environment, but they pose their own challenges: "They may increase energy consumption, introduce added safety risks, and require significant equipment modifications." (Image credit: Carlos Lindner on Unsplash)
Read this informative Parker blog.

Image - NEMA 24 stepper motor with best-in-class power density		NEMA 24 stepper motor with best-in-class power density
Permanent magnets between the stator teeth make Nanotec's SCB6018 with 60-mm flange a smooth-running -- yet powerful -- stepper. FluxFocus technology guides the entire magnetic flux into the stator teeth. This prevents flux leakage and provides more torque across all speeds. This motor generates a holding torque up to 3.6 Nm. Combined with a closed-loop controller, the SCB6018 is ideal for use in valves and textile or other applications that require rapid acceleration over a short distance.
Learn more.

Image - SMART SYSTEM belt-driven linear actuators		SMART SYSTEM belt-driven linear actuators
Rollon has updated its SMART SYSTEM lineup of belt-driven linear actuators with a rugged new design that supports heavy loads and ensures low-maintenance operation in automated manufacturing, packaging machines, and food and beverage equipment. The actuators have a self-sustaining anodized aluminum frame and a steel-reinforced driving belt, and they are engineered to provide stiffness for greater load capacity. Symmetrical heads on both ends of the actuators allow users to assemble the gearbox in one of four different positions. The SMART SYSTEM also simplifies creating multi-axis systems.
Learn more.

Image - All about slip rings -- how they work and their uses		All about slip rings -- how they work and their uses
Rotary Systems has put together a really nice basic primer on slip rings -- electrical collectors that carry a current from a stationary wire into a rotating device. Common uses are for power, proximity switches, strain gauges, video, and Ethernet signal transmission. This introduction also covers how to specify, assembly types, and interface requirements. Rotary Systems also manufactures rotary unions for fluid applications.
Read the overview.

Image - LEGO 'Back to the Future' Time Machine three-in-one set: Great Scott!		LEGO 'Back to the Future' Time Machine three-in-one set: Great Scott!
Inspired by the DeLorean car seen in the time-traveling adventure film franchise, the new LEGO "Back to the Future" Time Machine set allows builders to create the car from either the first, second, or third movie. This 1,872-piece set comes complete with a light-up flux capacitor, a box of plutonium, Marty's hoverboard, and LEGO mini-figure versions of Doc Brown and Marty McFly. Available April 1 (no foolin').
Learn more.
Most popular last issue

Image - IDTechEx: Electric vehicle fires now less common but more problematic		IDTechEx: Electric vehicle fires now less common but more problematic
The market research experts over at IDTechEx looked into the differences between car fires that happen in electric vehicles (EVs) vs. internal combustion engine (ICE) ones. The results may surprise you.
Read the full article.

Image - VW Bus is back: All-electric ID. Buzz will also come in cargo version		VW Bus is back: All-electric ID. Buzz will also come in cargo version
Volkswagen has reinvented its iconic Bus design, and the new all-electric vehicle is called the ID. Buzz. It will be launched in Europe this year and come to America in 2024. ID. Buzz will be available in both passenger and cargo models. Feel groovy while living your best van life.
Read the full article.

Image - 60 Years Ago: John Glenn first American to orbit Earth		60 Years Ago: John Glenn first American to orbit Earth
By 1962, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. Both nations had developed spacecraft to send humans into space and selected a group of pilots to fly those spacecraft.
Read the full article.
Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
Control panel solutions: Wire duct and wire wrap
AutomationDirect sells everything you need to build quality control panels, including a large assortment of wiring duct, flexible duct, wire wrap, wire sleeve, and associated tools and accessories. Check out all that this one-stop shop has to offer. High stocking rates and fast shipping too.
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