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October 03, 2023Volume 19 Issue 37


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Stuck on Coil Springs?
Smalley Wave Springs can replace conventional coil springs while occupying only 50% of the space and providing the same force and deflection. Over 4,000 springs are available from stock in carbon and stainless steel or utilize Smalley's No-Tooling-Cost™ manufacturing process on custom designs, available from .118" to 120". Free samples are available for testing.
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In this issue of Designfax

  • Bye-bye silicon: Intel unveils glass-chip future
  • Air Force fine-tuning first laser weapons for aircraft
  • Antimatter gravity experiment answers big questions
  • New SF90 XX special road cars from Ferrari
  • Non-magnetic motion products with special alloy
  • Engineer's Toolbox: All about lead screws
  • Your guide to robotic palletizing
  • Turnkey solutions for linear drive tasks
  • Cartesian robotic solutions: Robust, flexible, and fast
  • Superior fastening solution for securing rotating components to a shaft
  • Need help with electronics design and manufacturing?
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • How to design a spoon: SOLIDWORKS xShape
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • First-ever Mustang GTD: Street-legal supercar
    • World's most powerful X-ray laser fired up
    • Got a great idea for a space weapon?
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale

News

Department of Defense names 8 new U.S. Microelectronics Commons hub locations

Some alloys don't change size when heated -- scientists now know why

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demonstrates AI-commanded piloted aircraft mission

Weird science: New tool uses ultrasound 'tornado' transducer to break down blood clots



Feature articles

Image - Bye-bye silicon: Intel unveils glass-chip future
Bye-bye silicon: Intel unveils glass-chip future
For the future of electronic chip fabrication, think glass and not silicon. That's what Intel is betting on, as evidenced by the company's Sept. 18 announcement of new glass substrates that will help overcome the limitations of organic materials and bring the industry closer to 1 trillion transistors on a package by 2030.
Read the full article.

Image - Air Force fine-tuning first laser weapons for aircraft
Air Force fine-tuning first laser weapons for aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently completed a successful flight-test campaign for a new beam director concept that can be used with directed energy laser systems integrated onto aircraft.
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Image - Antimatter gravity experiment answers big scientific questions
Antimatter gravity experiment answers big scientific questions
Does antimatter fall up or down? Is it affected by gravity, or does it respond to antigravity? It's been a big mystery, but physicists say they now know the answers.
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Image - New SF90 XX special road cars from Ferrari
New SF90 XX special road cars from Ferrari
Ferrari has amped up the power, aerodynamics, styling, and more of its SF90 Stradale hypercar to produce two limited editions: the SF90 XX Stradale and SF90 XX Spider. These new V8-powered PHEVs represent the latest and most extreme examples of Prancing Horse special models, boasting more than 1,000 hp, three electric motors, and the most efficient aerodynamic performance of any road-going cars in Ferrari's history.
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Image - Non-magnetic motion products made with special alloy for high hardness and precision
Non-magnetic motion products made with special alloy for high hardness and precision
THK offers the special THK-NM1 alloy for almost its entire product range of linear guides, ball screws, ball splines, and cross roller bearings. THK-NM1 is a non-magnetic alloy that has the degree of hardness necessary for bearings. Products made from this alloy offer excellent load rating, high precision, and low-friction motion in environments that require non-magnetic properties. THK-NM1 is also highly corrosion-resistant, being comparable to titanium alloys.
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Image - Engineer's Toolbox: <br>All about lead screws and how to apply them
Engineer's Toolbox:
All about lead screws and how to apply them

Lead screws use the helix angle of the thread to convert rotary motion to linear motion. Learn all about their benefits, performance characteristics, design choices, lifecycles, and more in this in-depth article from Thomson Industries.
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Image - Your guide to robotic palletizing
Your guide to robotic palletizing
Palletizing is labor intensive, repetitive, and unergonomic work, which makes it ideally suited to automation. With global manufacturing in the midst of a very real labor crisis, companies are keenly exploring automated solutions to end their painful palletizing problems. Need help? Get your OnRobot eBook, a simple guide that will take you through the main considerations and requirements of implementing automation in your palletizing processes successfully.
Get the OnRobot palletizing eBook.

Image - Turnkey solutions for linear drive tasks
Turnkey solutions for linear drive tasks
FAULHABER offers a unique, turn-key solution for a broad range of applications with the all-new Linear Actuator L product family. The smaller versions 06L/08L/10L are ideal for medical, lab automation, optics and photonics, or space applications. The larger versions 22L/32L, which use the latest GPT gear technology, are designed for industrial automation and optics and photonics. The linear actuator FAULHABER L family can be combined with a wide range of DC motors, 4-pole and 2-pole brushless motors, or stepper motors and are optimized to leverage the best torque and speed range.
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Image - Cartesian robotic solutions: Robust, flexible, and fast
Cartesian robotic solutions: Robust, flexible, and fast
Tolomatic has been creating flexible and robust cartesian robotic systems for decades, designed to handle high-duty-cycle applications and move loads of significant mass. Whether pre-engineered or customized, learn how a gantry system can work for you. Tolomatic can help you design a custom solution too.
Get the Tolomatic brochure to learn more. (No registration required.)

Image - Superior fastening solution for securing rotating components to a shaft
Superior fastening solution for securing rotating components to a shaft
SDP/SI Shaftloc® fasteners offer distinct advantages over other fastening methods when securing rotating components to a shaft. The key to this compact, efficient design is its asymmetric thread geometry that produces a greater clamping force -- outperforming other fastening methods. Shaftloc is a patented fastening system manufactured by SDP/SI.
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Image - Need help with electronics connection design and manufacturing?
Need help with electronics connection design and manufacturing?
Conta-Clip combines electronics hardware and software development and production under one roof. Their comprehensive services range from simple-but-effective interface converters to complex control systems with touch displays and Ethernet connections. The company develops competitive connection solutions (including account costing) and closely cooperates with customers from needs analysis to prototype development, functional testing, series production, and even certification.
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Most popular last issue

Image - First-ever Mustang GTD: Street-legal and track-ready supercar
First-ever Mustang GTD: Street-legal and track-ready supercar
Hold on to your hat. Ford's limited-edition, ultra-high-performance Mustang GTD is a street-legal supercar meant to thrill. Designed and engineered as a collaboration between Ford and Multimatic and inspired by the Mustang GT3 slated to race in Le Mans next year, the first-ever Mustang GTD sports an 800-hp supercharged 5.2-liter V8 and a price tag as high as its incredible wing.
Read the full article.

Image - World's most powerful X-ray laser fired up for first time
World's most powerful X-ray laser fired up for first time
With up to a million X-ray flashes per second, 8,000 times more than its predecessor, the newly upgraded LCLS X-ray free-electron laser at the DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Lab will transform the ability of scientists to explore atomic-scale, ultrafast phenomena that are key to a broad range of applications, from quantum materials to clean energy technologies and medicine.
Read the full article.

Image - Got a great idea for a space weapon?
Got a great idea for a space weapon?
Do you have a winning idea for a space defense solution and want to get your company working with the U.S. government? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for your input -- and possibly a business contract under the agency's BRIDGES initiative.
Read the full article.

Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
How to design a spoon with subdivision modeling: SOLIDWORKS xShape
Learn how to design a spoon with SOLIDWORKS xShape, which is found in 3D Sculptor on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. xShape is a next-gen subdivision modeling tool that runs entirely in your browser and takes a freeform approach to creating complex shapes and surfaces. You can design 100% in the cloud or seamlessly integrate your xShape models with your SOLIDWORKS designs. Follow along with this 7-minute tutorial to see what it's all about.
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