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July 23, 2013Volume 09 Issue 28


Image - New Line of Phillips Pan Machine Screws
New Line of Phillips Pan Machine Screws
Micro Plastics has added a new line to their inventory of 250 million parts! The Phillips Pan Machine Screws are molded in tough, resilient, and corrosion-resistant Nylon 6/6 material. Thread sizes included are: 4-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-32, 1/4-20 and 1/4-28. Available in 25 standard lengths ranging from 3/32 in. up to 3 in., Micro Plastics also offers an extensive line of machine screws, including head styles such as Binder, Binder Combination, Fillister, Hex, Pan, Round, Socket, Flat, Oval, and Thumb Screws, as well as Studs, Grubs, and Flat Head Wing Screws.

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In this issue of Designfax

  • Instant adhesives: Controlling blooming
  • Army adopts stronger, lighter composites
  • Could tiny airplanes be hurricane hunters?
  • Wheels (and wings): NASA composite fuel tank
  • Mike Likes: Firstcut CNC adds steel, stainless
  • Engineer's Toolbox: Chopper stabilization in motors
  • Readers tell us: Why I love my car
  • NOARK enters North American market
  • iglide semi-finished materials
  • Generation II Simotics servomotors
  • PCB component housings
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • Honda engineer retools painting process
    • Huge titanium parts using Direct Manufacturing
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • Wheels: Ford's new sheet metal 3D forming process
    • 747 turbines power world's fastest ship
    • New world's lightest material
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: NASA tests game-changing composite cryogenic fuel tank

News

NIST: Prototype generators emit 90 percent less carbon monoxide

Navy Research Lab scientists recognized for single-coat, quadrupled-life paint

GM, Honda collaborate on next-gen fuel cell technologies

Researchers build 3D structures out of liquid metal



Image - Rogan's Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding Capabilities
Rogan's Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding Capabilities
In business since 1934, Rogan Corporation is a leader in the injection molding industry, producing thermoplastic and LSR (Liquid Silicone Rubber) components and assemblies. Manufacturing LSR components is a rapidly growing segment of the business. Rogan is one of a few select manufacturers that offer Bondable LSR overmolding. This process involves the injection molding of a bondable-grade silicone directly onto plastic or metal parts, creating a single integrated component. LSR's heat, chemical, shock, and vibration resistance along with its sound-dampening characteristics have made it an ideal fit for integral seals and gaskets, waterproofing complex geometries and electronic interconnects, integral membranes, diaphragms, valves, and switch covers. (Photo showcases .008" thick fins bonded to a plastic tube.)

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Feature articles

Image - Assembly snapshot: <br>Controlling blooming or frosting when using instant adhesives
Assembly snapshot:
Controlling blooming or frosting when using instant adhesives

For bonding applications where aesthetics are critical, Josh Sherwood from Henkel Corporation offers nine ways to reduce and even eliminate the white haze that can form around cyanoacrylate bond lines.
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Image - Army adopts (and repairs) stronger, lighter composite materials
Army adopts (and repairs) stronger, lighter composite materials
In the future, Army aircraft may be made of all composite materials, and the Prototype Integration Facility Advanced Composites Laboratory is ready. The lab's accomplishments include the first approved repair for a primary composite structure on Army aircraft: repairing damaged composite stabilators on the UH-60M Black Hawk and the AH-64E Apache helicopters.
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Image - Could tiny, smart airplanes be the next hurricane hunters?
Could tiny, smart airplanes be the next hurricane hunters?
Researcher Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the carbon-fiber unmanned vehicles in his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under, and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms. His team is developing and building the prototypes now.
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Image - Wheels (and wings): <br>NASA tests game-changing composite cryogenic fuel tank
Wheels (and wings):
NASA tests game-changing composite cryogenic fuel tank

NASA recently completed a major space technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurized, large cryogenic propellant tank made of composite materials. The composite tank will enable the next generation of rockets and spacecraft needed for space exploration.
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Image - Mike Likes: <br>Firstcut CNC machining service adds steel, stainless steel material options
Mike Likes:
Firstcut CNC machining service adds steel, stainless steel material options

Did you think that Proto Labs' Firstcut CNC machining service was just all about plastics? Customers can now upload their 3D CAD model at Firstcut.com and select from several new metal materials for custom, quick-turn CNC machined parts in prototype quantities. Parts can be made in stainless steel (304/304L or 316/216L) or steel (1018 or 4140). These new materials complement an existing selection of soft metals (magnesium, copper, brass, and aluminum) and over 30 types of engineering-grade plastics.
Click here to see the full materials list and learn more.

Image - Engineer's Toolbox: <br>Motor tech -- Why chopper stabilization isn't needed for Hall-effect sensors
Engineer's Toolbox:
Motor tech -- Why chopper stabilization isn't needed for Hall-effect sensors

Magnetic sensor manufacturers can meet high-sensitivity and magnetic-stability requirements for brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications without using chopper stabilization, thanks to new technologies and processes.
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Image - Readers tell us: Why I love my car
Readers tell us: Why I love my car
What engineer doesn't like to talk about cars? Now it's your turn to tell us why you love yours -- and the engineering behind it. Email a paragraph or two and maybe even a pic, and we'll post your story in an upcoming issue of Designfax. This week: Troy from IMCOR does dirt-track racing ...
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Image - Product Spotlight: <br>NOARK enters North American market
Product Spotlight:
NOARK enters North American market

It may be a name you don't know yet, but NOARK Electric provides reliable products and efficient solutions to intelligent power and energy systems worldwide. This global supplier of electrical components and intelligent control systems recently presented an assortment of UL 489-listed circuit breakers, relays, and contactors at the AHR Expo in Dallas, the company's first trade show in North American. The company secured solid leads from numerous distributors, rep agencies, OEMs, and panel builders of electrical systems. NOARK products are backed by the industry's first 5-year warranty.
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Image - Product Spotlight: <br>Self-lubricating iglide semi-finished polymers provide more creative freedom for designers
Product Spotlight:
Self-lubricating iglide semi-finished polymers provide more creative freedom for designers

With 80,000 machine components available from stock, polymer specialist igus offers the right part for almost any application. Now design, maintenance, and mechanical engineers who make special parts themselves can order the company's high-performance plastics as bar stock. igus has increased its range of maintenance-free bar stock materials to include its proprietary polymers iglide A350 and iglide J350, which are perfect for bearings and bushings. Blue iglide A350 is suitable for medium to high loads. The material also conforms to FDA guidelines and can withstand acidic environments, which means it can be used in the food industry. The highly wear-resistant polymer iglide J350 is suitable for rotational applications and is extremely low friction -- especially when partnered with steel shafts. Both materials handle temps up to 356 deg F.
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Image - Product Spotlight: <br>Four-week lead time on Generation II Simotics 1FK7 servomotors
Product Spotlight:
Four-week lead time on Generation II Simotics 1FK7 servomotors

Generation II Simotics 1FK7 servomotors from Siemens feature seven shaft heights, Quick-Connect power connector, and high-accuracy 20- and 24-bit field-replaceable encoders in 10 styles, all combined with a four-week lead time beginning July 1, 2013. The Generation II servomotor offers three inertia versions: standard, high-dynamic for rapid acceleration jobs, and high-inertia for maximum smooth running. Designed for operation without external cooling, these servomotors provide users with 3x overload, 2.5 percent torque ripple, cross-profiling for easier mounting, plain shaft or keyway design, and three IP ratings with or without holding brake.
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Image - Product Spotlight: <br>PCB component housings
Product Spotlight:
PCB component housings

Automation Systems Interconnect Inc. (ASI) is pleased to announce a new line of DIN-rail-mount enclosures for printed circuit boards and electronic components. Available in 12.5-, 17.5-, 22.5-, 35-, 45-, and 67.5-mm-wide housings to accommodate a wide range of application requirements, the housings feature ventilating slots that ensure cooler stable internal temperatures and reduce overheating issues. The cover can easily be cut to accept various connector interfaces and LEDs. Easy-to-add labels for schematics and the aesthetically appealing tech design enhance the final look of any project.
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Most popular last issue

Image - Wheels: <br>Ford develops totally new sheet metal 3D forming process
Wheels:
Ford develops totally new sheet metal 3D forming process

How do you stamp out prototype sheet metal parts without "stamping" them in a single blow -- and without a die to boot? No, it's not a Zen riddle. It's a question that Ford engineers have been working on for a while, and now they think they have the answer.
Read the full article.

Image - Boeing 747 jet engine-based gas turbines power world's fastest ship
Boeing 747 jet engine-based gas turbines power world's fastest ship
Builders at Australia's Incat shipyard say they've completed and tested the world's fastest ship, which is powered by two aircraft engine-based GE gas turbines driving a pair of water jets.
Read the full article.

Image - Chinese scientists produce world's lightest material
Chinese scientists produce world's lightest material
Scientists at Zhejiang University in China have developed a new kind of ultra-light material, called carbon aerogel, that has a density one-sixth of air.
Read the full article.

Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
Employees making a difference:
Honda engineer retools auto-body painting process

Honda engineer Shubho Bhattacharya was inspired to develop technology to reduce the energy needed to operate the auto-body painting system at Honda's manufacturing plant in Marysville, Ohio. Auto-body painting accounts for the most energy use in Honda's production process. With the help of his fellow associates, Bhattacharya conceived Honda's Intelligent Paint Technology, which has cut Honda's North American manufacturing CO2 emissions by about 10,000 metric tons per year and saves a considerable amount of energy daily. This is the first clip in Honda's new environmental short-film series.
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Save time and money on large-scale, high-value parts and prototypes with Sciaky's Direct Manufacturing
Sciaky's Direct Manufacturing (DM) is the only large-scale, fully programmable means of achieving near-net shape parts via additive manufacturing made of titanium, tantalum, inconel, stainless steel, and other high-value metals. Starting with a 3D model from a CAD program, Sciaky's fully articulated, moving electron beam welding gun deposits metal, layer by layer, until the part is complete and ready for finish machining. Deposition rates typically range from 7 to 20 lb/hr, depending upon part geometry and the material selected. Sciaky's DM has a standard build envelope of 19 x 4 x 4 ft, allowing manufacturers to produce very large parts and structures with virtually no waste. This is cool to see in action.
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