| August 13, 2013 | Volume 09 Issue 30 |
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 | New Full Line Catalog -- Full of New Fasteners
Micro Plastics introduces its new catalog #39. With 290 pages of nylon fastener items, 12 new product lines, and over 500 new items added. Contents include: standard and metric machine screws, cap screws, nuts, washers, spacers, insulators, grommets, bushings, rivets, hole plugs, clamps, printed circuit board accessories, suspended ceiling hooks, and wire routing kits. FREE samples are available upon request.
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| | Feature articles |
 | 12 key factors in bellows design
What do you need to know to design your own custom bellows? The specialists at Servometer 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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 | Mike Likes:
A whole new approach to composites optimization
Version 6.4.5 of HyperSizer composite structural analysis and optimization software from Collier Research Corp. not only runs up to 200 to 400 percent faster across the board, it's now based on a reconfigured core technology with built-in "intelligence" that produces more accurate answers with less user input. As the first-ever software commercialized out of NASA, HyperSizer provides stress analysis and sizing optimization, reducing the weight of aircraft, space vehicles, wind turbine blades, and other structures, whether designed with composite or metallic materials.
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 | MISUMI announces deep discounts for volume automation component orders
MISUMI USA has deepened its volume discount pricing program that reduces prices on larger volume orders of fixed and configurable components used in production machinery, automated work cells, and testing equipment. The company says that the price reductions are the result of achieving manufacturing cost savings across its global operations. The new price reduction program spans over 50 different product groups, including machined components, linear motion products, gears, pulleys, bearings, and other hardware and materials. Price reduction percentages vary depending on the quantity ordered. Examples: Precision linear shafts average 16 percent lower, up to 46 percent for higher quantities; gears average 16 percent lower, up to 37 percent for higher quantities.
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 | Product Spotlight:
Linear actuators convert rotary motion into precise linear motion
Zero-Max is now offering Roh'lix linear actuators made from stainless steel for use in operations where cleanliness is a priority. Used to convert rotary motion to linear travel, Roh'lix linear actuators carry loads at speeds up to 70 in./sec, depending on size. Ideal for positioning operations in all types of machinery, Roh'lix linear actuators turn rotational motion into linear motion much like a ball screw, except the Roh'lix has the added feature of overload protection.
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CAM: Autodesk extends HSMWorks technology to Inventor users
Autodesk Inventor HSM Express is a free CAM solution for Autodesk Inventor users. Powered by HSMWorks technology, Inventor HSM Express has all the capabilities of HSMXpress -- the free CAM solution for SolidWorks -- and is seamlessly integrated inside the design environment of Autodesk Inventor. The integration allows Inventor users to take advantage of workflow and tools they expect when programming CNC toolpaths for machining projects involving 3D printing, mills, lathes, routers, waterjet cutters, and more. You can become a beta user.
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ADT ships TURBOdesign Suite 5.2.1
This version of the first commercially available 3D inverse design software system for turbomachinery products -- an evolution in blade design -- introduces a new elliptically smoothed mesh generation routine in TURBOdesign CFD for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. There is also a new ability to predict stage performance, including volute performance, that previously was only available for pumps. Turbomachinery design engineers and manufacturers across most industries can now benefit from even greater functionality and develop products in far less time.
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| | Most popular last issue |
 | Picking the pattern for a stealth antenna
A frequency selective surface that acts as an RF filter and helps reduce the radar cross-section of antennas consists of a pattern of geometrical objects. There are literally thousands of possibilities, and testing each one physically would take enormous amounts of time. With simulation, though, we can find promising candidates in just minutes.
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| | Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action | Five favorite no-cost engineering tools
Jeremy Regnerus, product marketing specialist for SolidWorks, takes a look at his five favorite free tools (not all SolidWorks!) for engineers. Each tool provides valuable time-saving capabilities. Watch and learn how each tool works and where to find it.
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IIHS: Overlap crash test results for small SUVs
The 2014 Subaru Forester is the first vehicle to ace every aspect of the challenging small overlap front crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Forester, the only one of 13 small SUVs to earn an overall rating of good in the test, and the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, which earns acceptable, are the latest vehicles to qualify for the Institute's recently inaugurated top honor, TOP SAFETY PICK+. Each of the other 11 SUVs earns either a poor or marginal rating.
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