| March 08, 2022 | Volume 18 Issue 10 |
 | New flame-retardant resin for 3D printing
3D-printing tech company Carbon has introduced an all-new photopolymer resin called EPX 86FR that the company says offers an unmatched combination of flame retardance, functional toughness, high strength, and long-term stability for end-use parts, functional prototypes, and tools in the automotive and industrial sectors.
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 | Engineer's Toolbox: 12 key factors in bellows design
What do you need to know to design your own custom bellows? The experts at Servometer (a division of MW Industries) have prepared this handy resource for you. Typical bellows applications include: volume compensators, actuators, electrical spring contacts, pressure switches and transducers, flexible shaft couplings, and more.
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 | Drilling steel just got faster and more efficient
Sandvik Coromant has launched an upgraded CoroDrill 860 assortment to offer customers improved productivity in drilling steel. The advanced -PM geometry offers high-performance drilling in ISO P steels while significantly improving tool life. The drill features a new grade, with an improved multi-layer physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating. The results are enhanced wear resistance, better tool life, and an overall increase in productivity -- and thereby reduced cost per component. The drill is suited to applications in the automotive, general engineering, die and mold, and power-generation industries.
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 | Space Applications: Smallest rad-tolerant network storage
Aitech Systems has released the most compact network storage device available for use in near-earth-orbit and low-earth-orbit space applications. With a raw storage capacity of almost 1 TB, the new S999 Aitech is a 2.5-in. solid state drive (SSD) for high-performance spacecraft data processing or distributed computing systems in satellites and human-rated platforms.
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 | Bearing protection standard on Food Safe motors
AEGIS Shaft Grounding Rings, which mitigate the effects of bearing currents caused by variable frequency drives, have been made standard equipment on the Baldor-Reliance Food Safe line of motors. The addition of the internal shaft grounding ring provides increased motor reliability and stops early bearing failure from EDM. The Baldor Food Safe line consists of 25 models with horsepower ratings from 1/2 to 30 hp. They are ideal for food processing, high-pressure washdown, sanitary washdown, and outdoor or caustic environment applications. AEGIS Shaft Grounding Rings are also a retrofit option.
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 | Stanley Black & Decker first customer for Desktop Metal P-50 mass-production metal 3D printer
Desktop Metal has shipped its first Production System P-50 printer to Stanley Black & Decker for mass production of end-use metal parts. The P-50 is the product of nearly $100 million in investment and a four-year development program and is touted as "the world's fastest way to 3D print metal parts at scale." It is designed to achieve speeds up to 100 times those of legacy powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technologies and enable production quantities of up to millions of parts per year.
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 | Porsche Macan T: Touring taken up a notch
How do you make Porsche's bestselling model for 2021 even better? You crank up the sporty styling and agility, and you give it a heritage badge that was reserved exclusively for the 718 and 911 models: T for "Touring." Porsche Cars North America will add the Macan T to its 2023 model year range. This is the first four-door sports car -- and first SUV -- that will bear the special designation for the brand.
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| | Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action | KUKA cobot: How to build a collaborative robotic cell
LBR iiwa is KUKA's robot for collaborative applications where people and robots share spaces. See how easy it is to use hands-on training to teach this lightweight little 7-axis robo worker, which features redundant torque sensors in each joint, to carry out assigned tasks safely and effectively.
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