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November 02, 2021Volume 17 Issue 41


Image - New Revolutionary Revolox™ Self-Locking Ring for High RPM
New Revolutionary Revolox™ Self-Locking Ring for High RPM
The revolutionary Revolox Self-Locking Retaining Ring from Smalley. Secure and easy locking for your high-speed rotational needs. The "dimple and slot" design prevents ring expansion, safely securing your application at high RPM. This makes it possible to operate at higher speeds, withstand vibration, function under rapid acceleration, and absorb a degree of impact loading. The Revolox self-locking ring enables engineers to cost-effectively design for high RPM requirements and with ease of assembly for high-volume applications.
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In this issue of Designfax

  • Small core aircraft engines going to next level
  • SCHUNK ADHESO gripper: New Product of the Year
  • Stretchy LEDs made with inkjet printer
  • 2023 Kia Sportage: Bigger, better, and more well equipped
  • How collaborative automation can transform your shop
  • Advanced circulators overcome mmWave challenges
  • Turn any pipe into a powerful conveyor
  • Optimal damping: Continental bearing elements for EVs
  • Is this the world's most precise small robot?
  • 3D print full-color models from Adobe Substance 3D Painter
  • Advanced graphenes for composites, thermoplastics
  • Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
    • FANUC automated system for part deburring
  • Most Popular Last Issue
    • All-new 2022 Lexus LX 600: Luxury to the max
    • Tractor hydraulics efficiency improved 25%
    • U.S. Air Force backs supersonic UAV concept
  • New Products
    • Electrical, Mechanical, Motion
    Cover Image: All-new 2023 Kia Sportage

News

Researchers determine optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium-metal batteries

Computational discovery of complex alloys could speed up development of green aviation

Universal Robots posts record Q3 revenue -- up 46% compared to 2020

Stanford researchers build $400 self-navigating smart cane equipped with LIDAR and GPS



Image - High-Power Brushless DC Motor Designed for Handheld Devices
High-Power Brushless DC Motor Designed for Handheld Devices
Discover the FAULHABER 1660 BHx series: a high-power, slot-less brushless DC motor based on 2-pole technology that delivers optimized performance. 16mm in diameter and 60mm in length, the 1660 BHx motor is ideal for handheld tools and devices requiring impressive power, while also featuring low vibration for reduced user fatigue. Offered in two motor design options: one is optimized for high-speed (BHS version) applications, and the other is designed for high-torque (BHT version) performance.
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Feature articles

Image - Small core aircraft engines going to next level thanks to NASA and partners
Small core aircraft engines going to next level thanks to NASA and partners
NASA's Sustainable Flight National Partnership is working to develop highly efficient engines for future single-aisle commercial aircraft under its Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project. The HyTEC team includes partners GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney and will focus on the many technical challenges associated with reducing engine core size while increasing power.
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Image - SCHUNK ADHESO gripper wins New Product of the Year Award at 2021 ASSEMBLY Show
SCHUNK ADHESO gripper wins New Product of the Year Award at 2021 ASSEMBLY Show
The ADHESO gripper from SCHUNK uses no external power supply to activate its grabbing force. It is not a traditional vacuum system and does not use magnets. It just "sticks" by pressing to the piece. What makes this gripper -- which has no "fingers" that users can see -- look like it's performing magic?
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Image - Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs made with an inkjet printer
Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs made with an inkjet printer
First, there were light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. Then, organic LEDs, or OLEDs. Now, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new material that has the best of both technologies and a novel way to fabricate it -- using an inkjet printer.
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Image - 2023 Kia Sportage: Bigger, better, and more well equipped -- with features found on much more expensive SUVs
2023 Kia Sportage: Bigger, better, and more well equipped -- with features found on much more expensive SUVs
Kia scored a major hit with its mid-size Telluride, winning praise and awards left and right the world over. Now its fifth-gen Sportage is looking to shake up the crowded compact SUV market. A little larger this time around and filled with high-tech options, the 2023 Sportage is practical yet boundary pushing for its segment. It will be available in special X-Pro off-road sport models too.
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Image - How collaborative automation can transform your metal & machine shop
How collaborative automation can transform your metal & machine shop
Is your machine shop facing labor shortages for essential jobs such as machine tending, welding, surface finishing, and packaging? In this ebook, OnRobot provides answers to the most common questions about collaborative automation, from which applications to automate, how to fit your robot on the shop floor, how to achieve high-mix, low-volume production success and how collaborative automation can help with employee safety.
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Image - Advanced circulators overcome mmWave design challenges
Advanced circulators overcome mmWave design challenges
As communications providers race to deliver on the potential of 5G, research and design projects are already looking toward 6G and beyond. However, a major hurdle awaits the impending move up the millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum: a lack of acceptable mmWave components that can offer a wide bandwidth. Micro Harmonics has an answer.
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Image - Turn any pipe into a powerful conveyor
Turn any pipe into a powerful conveyor
EXAIR's new 3 NPT Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vac is a powerful in-line conveyor that transports high volumes of material through ordinary pipe. Designed for rugged, industrial applications, it is made of a hardened alloy to prevent premature wear when transporting abrasive or heavy materials like garnet, glass, sand, shot blast, tumbling media, or metal fittings. These units feature large throat diameters that make it possible to convey more material over long vertical and horizontal lengths. The conveying rate is typically twice that of ordinary air-powered conveyors.
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Image - Optimal damping: Continental develops special bearings and other elements for EVs
Optimal damping: Continental develops special bearings and other elements for EVs
Continental has developed special elastomer compounds for electric vehicles. They absorb the vibrations in the high-frequency range and are also lightweight. The company is also adapting other bearing elements such as battery mounts for buses or air press bearings in truck driver cabs to the requirements of e-mobility.
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Image - Is this the world's most precise small  six-axis robot?
Is this the world's most precise small six-axis robot?
Mecademic, a Canadian robotics manufacturer, says it builds the world's smallest, most precise, and easy-to-use industrial robotic arm -- the Meca500. This six-axis robot can handle payloads up to 500 g with an unmatched accuracy of 0.005 mm. It excels in the precise and repetitive manipulation of small parts and tools in a variety of industries. It's a plug-and-work automation component that integrates with any PC or PLC, doesn't require a proprietary language to learn, and is affordable and easy to use. Plus, it features a unique integrated controller in its base.
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Image - 3D print full-color models directly from Adobe Substance 3D Painter
3D print full-color models directly from Adobe Substance 3D Painter
3D-printing powerhouse Stratasys has teamed with Adobe to give artists and engineers using Adobe Substance 3D Painter a workflow that allows them to easily turn digital 3D renderings into 3D-printed models using Stratasys PolyJet 3D-printing tech -- all without the need to employ additional software or outside processes. When combined with 3D printing, Substance software can be used to create product prototypes and package designs that can then be translated to 3D-printed objects on Stratasys PolyJet printers.
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Image - Advanced graphenes for composites and thermoplastic applications
Advanced graphenes for composites and thermoplastic applications
NeoGraf Solutions has extended its range of next-gen graphite materials with the launch of Graf-X graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and graphene precursors (GP). Both high-performance additive materials deliver enhanced strength, performance, and reliability in a broad range of thermoset and thermoplastic applications. The new graphene materials can increase the toughness of plastics by up to 2.5 times without a significant weight increase. They can also double thermal conductivity and push the electrical conductivity of plastics into the anti-static and static-dissipative ranges.
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Most popular last issue

Image - All-new 2022 Lexus LX 600: Luxury to the max
All-new 2022 Lexus LX 600: Luxury to the max
Be a VIP or just look like one in the all-new 2022 Lexus LX 600. Totally redesigned from the ground up, this flagship ultra-luxury, full-size SUV blends athletic performance, functionality, and solid design for a sophisticated work-play vehicle that impresses both on- and off-road.
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Image - Researchers improve tractor hydraulics efficiency by 25%
Researchers improve tractor hydraulics efficiency by 25%
Purdue University researchers have undertaken a $3.2 million DOE project to optimize the hydraulic systems that connect tractors and implements, which can show an efficiency rate as low as 20%. With the help of Bosch Rexroth, the team has, so far, designed hydraulic control systems that translated into significant efficiency increases.
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Image - U.S. Air Force backs supersonic UAV concept
U.S. Air Force backs supersonic UAV concept
The United States Air Force has awarded transport company Exosonic a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to fund the development of a low-boom supersonic uncrewed aerial vehicle demonstrator to aid in USAF pilot training.
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Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action
FANUC automated system for part deburring
Reko Automation, a FANUC Authorized Integrator, has designed and built an automated system for part deburring and tool management. Watch it in action as it loads parts, scans them, and then gets to work. The FANUC robot performs automatic tool changes during the deburring process, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy through force feedback control. This also allows the robot to follow complex geometric cutting paths. After the cutting and deburring process is complete, an AGV unloads the finished part. Slick.
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