Designfax articles from March 2001

Designfax archives from March 2001

Elastomer Springs Save the Game.
March 1, 2001... Since translucent roofs on enclosed baseball stadiums produce too much glare, and opaque roofs require the installation of odious Astroturf, the architects of Enron Field, Houston, TX, specified a retractable roof. However, since other...

Design, drafting and technical services.
March 1, 2001... Design, drafting and technical services, Booth 7378. Starting as a leading supplier of design, drafting and technical services, this company has developed into a global integrated technical engineering and design firm. The combined expertise of...

Bearing Assembly Serves a Simpler Dish.
March 1, 2001... Integrated unit improves mobile receiver Sure, you may have a satellite TV system that drops 155+ channels of entertainment into your living room, so why not have the same for extended trips with the family? Abetted by the reduced size of...

Special hot extruded steel shapes.
March 1, 2001... Special hot extruded steel shapes, Booth 8672. This specialty manufacturer of special hot extruded steel shapes produces intricate sections -- both solid and hollow -- according to customers' drawings. They work with all types of malleable...

Thixomolding.
March 1, 2001... Thixomolding, Booth 9566. This company provides a process offering design engineers new flexibility in engineered component design for power tools. The power tool gear shown here illustrates the tight dimensional tolerances the process is...

Brush plating.
March 1, 2001... Brush plating, Booth 8365. This company provides brush plating services -- an out of tank process used to apply high quality electroplated deposits and anodized coatings onto localized areas of parts. The flexible process reportedly improves...

Castings, forgings.
March 1, 2001... Castings, forgings, Booth 9531. company supplies castings, forgings, stamped parts, gauges and parts made from stainless steel. All parts are made to a customer's design and specifications. The different types of castings can be made from...

PDM and CPC technology.
March 1, 2001... PDM and CPC technology, Booth 8762. This technical solutions provider has broad expertise in Product Data Management and Collaborative Product Commerce technologies. They help manufacturing organizations reshape product development and change...

Custom arm solutions.
March 1, 2001... Custom arm solutions, Booth 9016. This company will display its complete line of fully adjustable articulated- and gooseneck-style arm configurations. Arm sizes, ranging from 16- to 32-in., can be customized for specific applications, and have...

Vibration isolation table.
March 1, 2001... Vibration isolation table, Booth 9336. Isolating unwanted noise and vibration from nearby environments, this table is used in precision inspection stations and highly sensitive laboratory equipment applications. The Q500A, reportedly the...

Running torque tester.
March 1, 2001... Running torque tester, Booth 7661. This company manufactures ball bearings and related products for applications where precision is the critical element. Industries served include the computer, medical, aerospace, dental and robotics markets....

Industrial labeling system.
March 1, 2001... Industrial labeling system, Booth 6566. This electronic labeling system manufacturer will introduce the PT-9200DX laminated label printer. It is designed to address difficult labeling applications where conventional paper labels cannot be used....

Reflex flatness measuring system.
March 1, 2001... Reflex flatness measuring system, Booth 7549. The CARTRILAMP system quickly shows flatness accuracy to millionths of an inch. It speeds inspection, increases efficiency and simplifies quality control. Its large 10-in. dia. optical flat allows...

Design and manufacturing partner.
March 1, 2001... Design and manufacturing partner, Booth 9238. This Total Engineering and Manufacturing (TEAM) operation of ITT Industries Aerospace/Communications Division partners with organizations to provide solutions for commercial, space and military...

Precision die-cut parts manufacturer.
March 1, 2001... Precision die-cut parts manufacturer, Booth 7474. This company produces precision die-cut parts including gaskets, EMI/RFI shielding and other components made from most types of non-metallic materials. It supplies components to OEMs in the...

Product development group.
March 1, 2001... Product development group, Booth 7830. This company provides design-to-creation product development services. Their range of capabilities include rapid prototyping, RTV molding, CAD/CAM machining, fabrication, vacu-pressure molding, rapid...

Powder metallurgy.
March 1, 2001... Powder metallurgy, Booth 6575. This company develops materials, materials processing and parts manufacturing technologies for engineered electromagnetic, mechanical and electronics applications. Its solutions are geared toward soft magnetic...

Product design house.
March 1, 2001... Product design house, Booth 9360. This company specializes in cast, molded, and manufactured product design and analysis. They provide casting design, tooling design, process simulation, and product material analysis services. Services include:...

Printers, cutters.
March 1, 2001... Printers, cutters, Booth 9357. This company provides printers that are complete, compact modules designed to simplify integration into a kiosk or self-serve terminal. The company's cutters are designed for use in a variety of OEM applications...

Auto-ranging digital multimeter/thermometer.
March 1, 2001... Auto-ranging digital multimeter/thermometer, Booth 6347. This company will display HHM290 -- a digital multimeter/thermometer for non-contact temperature measurement from 0 to 1000[degrees]F. The unit has built-in infrared sensor and laser...

Contract manufacturer.
March 1, 2001... Contract manufacturer, Booth 7733. This company provides contract manufacturing for metal components, as well as for complete electromechanical assemblies. In-house facilities include: an permanent mold aluminum foundry; an assembly shop, which...

NASA-developed technologies.
March 1, 2001... NASA-developed technologies, Booth 9311. Technology experts from six NASA field centers will be on hand to speak with NDES attendees about opportunities for partnership or licensing of NASA-developed technologies. Demonstration modules will be...

Engineering services.
March 1, 2001... Engineering services, Booth 9547. This company provides a team of engineering professionals with extensive technical experience and understanding of emerging technologies in engineering processes. They offer a broad spectrum of design services,...

Special-shaped tubing.
March 1, 2001... Special-shaped tubing, Booth 8815. This company offers an extensive line of carbon and alloy steel special-shaped tubing, customized to each application. The tubes are cold drawn into precise, symmetrical near-net shapes, including rounds,...

Design and development partner.
March 1, 2001... Design and development partner, Booth 632. This company helps OEMs with design and development needs, from concept to production. Products and services available include precision, semi-precision and rolled thread ballscrews; precision and...

Precision investment cast parts.
March 1, 2001... Precision investment cast parts, Booth 7833. This company manufactures both ferrous and non-ferrous investment cast parts for the aerospace, communication, medical and commercial/industrial market sectors. They will display their thin walled...

eProcurement service.
March 1, 2001... eProcurement service, Booth 7311. This company will feature its customizable eProcurement technology for dedicated corporate marketplace implementations. It will also hold demonstrations of its MfgQuote Network that connects buyers and...

MCAD.
March 1, 2001... MCAD, Booth 7511. Containing deeply-embedded knowledge-based engineering (KBE) languages, Unigraphics V17 captures and recycles expert knowledge within product designs through Knowledge Driven Automation (KDA), eliminating data translation to...

Web-native CAD.
March 1, 2001... Web-native CAD, Booth 7411. As a comprehensive collaborative innovation platform (CIP), myB2O.com is a web-native framework of applications and services for collaborative product development and procurement. Designed to bridge gaps and remove...

Metal finishing and manufacturing e-commerce.
March 1, 2001... Metal finishing and manufacturing e-commerce, Booth 8973. This company will unveil its new modules, expanding its service of matching companies in need of surface finishing services with companies that supply those services. More than 400...

Web-enabling automation.
March 1, 2001... Web-enabling automation, Booth 5353. Composed of three elements -- a screenbuilder, data and web servers, and development kits -- HiBeam suite is a totally embedded software that enables visualization, diagnosis and graphical debugging of...

CAM.
March 1, 2001... CAM, Booth 9255. The company's 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-axis PC-based CAM software, SURFCAM 2000.1 adds more user-friendly features. Improved wire EDM production methods simplify programming with automatic tab (glue stop) positioning for core...

CAD/CAM comparisons.
March 1, 2001... CAD/CAM comparisons, Booth 7412. This software allows automatic graphical comparisons between a CAD master model and the built part or object, enabling 3D photography applications in manufacturing, engineering, design and new media. Inspections...

CAD/CAM.
March 1, 2001... CAD/CAM, Booth 7726. Mastercam Version 8 sports a set of new software tools for high speed machining., including smooth tool motion and ramp contouring to avoid sharp angles, variable Z-level cuts for more consistent material removal,...

Tactile force sensor.
March 1, 2001... Tactile force sensor, Booth 7317. Pressurex sensor film assesses compression magnitude and distribution between any two mating or impacting surfaces, When placed between interfacial surfaces, the thin sheet of film instantly and permanently...

Technical data storage & retrieval.
March 1, 2001... Technical data storage & retrieval, Booth 8338. For storage, retrieval, replication, exchange and collaboration of technical content (e.g. engineering drawings), docQuest 4.0's web-based solution collects, manages and delivers content without...

Decision support system.
March 1, 2001... Decision support system, Booth 8563. Working over corporate Intranets to improve inter-departmental and intra-departmental communication, 3G.web.decisions decision-makers can interactively scroll through different design alternatives and...

3-D MCAD design.
March 1, 2001... 3-D MCAD design, Booth 7901. The thinkdesign 6.0 software's speech-enabled graphical user interface option is an alternative to command-line driven U/Is and dialog boxes. Global shape modeling provides parametric control over model geometry as...

Non-contact 3-D scanner.
March 1, 2001... Non-contact 3-D scanner, Booth 8036. The Vivid 300 is an economical, portable non-contact surface and color texture 3-D digitizer designed for workplace and remote location uses. Capable of fully automomous operation, this peripheral scanner...

CAD.
March 1, 2001... CAD, Booth 7405. The Dimensional Constraint Manager (DCM) provides the dimension-driven, constraint-based sketching and assembly capabilities seen in advanced CAD programs. The 3-D DCM enables the assembly of complex mechanisms by solving...

Nonlinear simulation analysis.
March 1, 2001... Nonlinear simulation analysis, Booth 7500. Bringing users closer to real world conditions, the ANSYS 5.7 system simulates single as well as complex multi-physical phenomena. Its Probabilistic Design System takes into account the relationships...

CAD web-publishing.
March 1, 2001... CAD web-publishing, Boot 17418. SpinFire allows users to publish CAD models on the web as easily as publishing a photograph. One can rotate, pan, zoom, measure and cross-section designs right inside the web browser. Critical design features can...

Versatile CAD.
March 1, 2001... Versatile CAD, Booth 7916. For engineers and designers who must import and work with customer or vendor CAD files from a variety of sources, CADKEY 19 includes an array of data translators. The software has an open hybrid modeling environment,...

3-D color printer.
March 1, 2001... 3-D color printer, Booth 9431. This commercial rapid prototyping device creates physical parts in 24-bit color from a range of data sources, including VRML and many native CAD formats. The Z402C printer contains the components of the monochrome...

Intuitive CAD.
March 1, 2001... Intuitive CAD, Booth 6900. This company's easy-to-use, affordable SolidWorks software provides fast performance. Its intuitive design capabilities and integrated add-on solutions save time and are easy to master. Configuration management...

Rapid prototyping.
March 1, 2001... Rapid prototyping, Booth 7739. This high-speed rapid prototyping device uses extruded ABS material. The Maxum's WaterWorks soluble-support feature reduces post-processing time by dissolving model supports. Parts up to 300 x 500 x 600mm] can be...

Online product searching.
March 1, 2001... Online product searching, Booth 5928. Equipped with bulletin boards, expert forums, product catalogs, career center, bookstore, advanced searches and numerous other features, vertacross.com offers fast, convenient access to the latest industry...

Miniature lights.
March 1, 2001... Miniature lights, Booth 8963. This company produces miniature and sub-miniature lamps and lighting accessories. Their stock includes 3mm dia. X 100mm long fluorescent lamps, surface-mount auto-insertable incandescent lamps, narrow-spectrum UV...

Fuse holders.
March 1, 2001... Fuse holders, Booth 2622. This company will be exhibiting a full line of terminal blocks and fuse holders, including one-piece, sectional, and DIN terminal blocks. Also, they will be featuring fuse holders for all classes of fuses, including...

Circuit breaker mounting.
March 1, 2001... Circuit breaker mounting, Booth 8546. The 19-in. BGT2 sub-rack system facilitates the installation of CBEs and control products by providing flexible pre-wiring options. The sub-rack can accommodate 30 devices across the rack. These devices are...

Keyboards.
March 1, 2001... Keyboards, Booth 8274. This company custom manufactures low-profile user-interface keyboards for the OEM market, including tactile and non-tactile membrane and metal dome printed circuit keyboards, display and interface electronics, and...

Angled NEMA plugs.
March 1, 2001... Angled NEMA plugs, Booth 7632. This company offers angled, fully-molded, 3-pin NEMA grounded plugs. They are configured in eight different angles and feature solid-brass, nickel-plated pins, crimped connections, double insulation,...

Cable management.
March 1, 2001... Cable management, Booth 4004. The Rox Gland M63 combines the convenience of the traditional gland technique with the system's adaptable MultiDiameter technology. It is able to route preterminated cable through the gland without removing its...

Flat-cable-and-conductor system.
March 1, 2001... Flat-cable-and-conductor system, Booth 9434. By not using adhesive to bond the conductors to the insulation, this system allows cable termination to be done with only an arbor press or pliers in a field-service environment. Thinner than ribbon...

Relay connectors.
March 1, 2001... Relay connectors, Booth 7545. This line of relay connectors satisfies most switching and wiring applications. Sockets are available for the standard ISO, micro and 70A power plug-in relays. For harnessing jobs, the connectors come with or...

Quick-latch connectors.
March 1, 2001... Quick-latch connectors, Booth 1972. The D01 and D02 series connectors provide shock-free plastic housings with a push-button style plug-to-receptacle latch. This latching system eliminates field problems and equipment downtime associated with...

Proximity sensor.
March 1, 2001... Proximity sensor, Booth 338. The FP30000 ferrous proximity sensor is a reed switch device which senses steel or iron objects without the need for an external magnet. The sensor can be configured as either normally open or closed, and can handle...

PLC plug adapter.
March 1, 2001... PLC plug adapter, Booth 4500. Eliminating the need for daisy chaining relays together, the PLC-VS module providcs two power connections. The connection is made to the PLC via a predefined 14-way ribbon cable with pluggable connectors on both...

Remote-operated circuit breaker.
March 1, 2001... Remote-operated circuit breaker, Booth 9162. These circuit breakers consist of a custom-designed remote-operated motor, which is housed within the circuit breaker molding, coupled to a C-series hydraulic-magnetic circuit breaker. The package...

Tiny circuit protector.
March 1, 2001... Tiny circuit protector, Booth 4942. Class J time-delay performance is now possible from a circuit protection device requiring less footprint space than a Midget or Class CC fuse block. The CUBEFuse's rectangular construction optimizes and frees...

Capacitance sensor.
March 1, 2001... Capacitance sensor, Booths 7172-7173. The Model 760 Vactron series capacitance manometer features long-term zero stability and linearity with a choice of standard accuracy of [+ or -]0.25% or optional [+ or -]0.15% of reading. The signal output...

Terminal block.
March 1, 2001... Terminal block, Booth 5131. Designed to allow circuit testing without disconnecting wires, the Knife Edge Disconnect series of terminal blocks features built-in test points with a lever disconnect switch and a reduced wiring time by as much as...

Programmable signal conditioner.
March 1, 2001... Programmable signal conditioner, Booth 4007. The CA-series universal programmable analog signal conditioner mounts on DIN rails and eliminates the need to stock a variety of signal converters. Programmers can select from 19 input signal ranges...

Software-controlled pushbutton switches.
March 1, 2001... Software-controlled pushbutton switches, Booth 9152. The IS series of switches can be programmed to display an infinite variety of text, still images or moving images. When grouped together, the switches are capable of displaying sequential...

Switches, panels & knobs.
March 1, 2001... Switches, panels & knobs, Booth 6573. This company carries custom switches with integrated assembly options, as well as multi-technology membrane switch panels, security panels and keyboards. Models include toggles, pushbuttons, rockers,...

Disconnect switches.
March 1, 2001... Disconnect switches, Booth 9868. Featuring reversible terminals through a sliding terminal bar system, these Reverso switches provide front, DIN rail or rear mounting. Standard switches with reversible terminals are available in three switch...

Connector & cable specialties.
March 1, 2001... Connector & cable specialties, Booth 8864. This company specializes in custom design, assembly and molding of cable connectors, medical electrodes, leadwires and mating systems. They have made overmolded printed circuit board components,...

Terminal block.
March 1, 2001... Terminal block, Booth 7273. The low cost 5.00mm Type 609 Pluggable Springclamp terminal block is a drop-in replacement for the industry screwtype pluggable two-piece terminal blocks. It ships wire-ready and provides easy termination for a...

Transmitters.
March 1, 2001... Transmitters, Booth 9315. This company will be introducing their CANbus transmitter, a smart sensor that communicates over a bus network. With a sampling rate of 5 ms, the sensor features pressure ranges from 5 to 15,000 psi, with 0.25%...

Miniature bellows contacts.
March 1, 2001... Miniature bellows contacts, Booth 6559. For applications where contact with a delicate component or material is required, these flexible miniature bellows contacts have low insertion forces, low insertion losses and extremely low DC resistance....

Slip rings.
March 1, 2001... Slip rings, Booth 8807. These 1/2- to 1-in. bore slip rings are compact but rugged. Their small OD makes them ideal for applications with limited physical space. Like the company's other slip rings, these can be engineered and built to custom...

Press-fit connectors.
March 1, 2001... Press-fit connectors, Booth 8352. Designed for use in embedded system applications and real-time processing equipment in industrial machinery and factory automation, the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus connectors feature "flat-rock" press-fit...

All ceramics, all the time.
March 1, 2001... All ceramics, all the time, Booth 9232. The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) hosts the Ceramics Pavilion, comprised of 30 exhibitors involved in automotive, electronics, aerospace, biomedical, steel and general manufacturing industries. The...

Rubber products.
March 1, 2001... Rubber products, Booth 9020. This company provides injection, molded, extruded, die cut, lathe cut and mandrel forming in all elastomers including its exclusive Timprene. Bonding rubber to metal and pressure-sensitive adhesives are their...

Low modulus foam.
March 1, 2001... Low modulus foam, Booth 6521. This company will showcase its 10 pcf ISOLOSS LS microcellular urethane foam. It is soft and easy to compress yet, like all densities of ISOLOSS LS foam, it effectively resists taking a permanent compression set....

Flat panel computer.
March 1, 2001... Flat panel computer, Booth 4345. The Display-Pac-l8 computer features an 18.1 in., 1280x1024 (SXGA) 256k-color TFT LCD screen, a Pentium III computing engine with PC/104 expansion and a resistive touchscreen, all housed in a rugged cast...

LED.
March 1, 2001... LEDs, Booth 8272. This company designs and develops LED technology to replace incandescent lamps. In addition, they manufacture a wide range of front panel and board-level LED indicators. Their experienced applications engineers will be...

Custom sensors & heaters.
March 1, 2001... Custom sensors & heaters, Booth 6777. From simple inexpensive RTD capsules to complex assemblies of RTDs, heaters and passive resistance elements, this company offers bridge completion networks for strain gage applications that include modulus...

LED measurement sensor.
March 1, 2001... LED measurement sensor, Booth 5157. The L-GAGE Q50 light-gauging analog output sensor combines laser-like performance with LED safety and economy. The output has programmable sensing window limits and a twin-Lens emitter that enables it to...

Vision sensor.
March 1, 2001... Vision sensor, Booth 4511. The dual camera capability of this sensor allows users to perform two simultancous camera inspections/measurements, offering the capability of more expensive PC-based vision solutions at a significantly lower cost and...

Advanced ceramics.
March 1, 2001... Advanced ceramics, Booth 9226. AmA10x alumina ceramic exhibits superior wear and corrosion-resistant properties. Used in a wide range of industrial applications, the ceramic components provide efficient, cost-effective solutions to many...

Rubber compounding, molding and grinding.
March 1, 2001... Rubber compounding, molding and grinding, Booth 9237. This company's booth will exhibit their experience in solving complex design challenges -- from precision medical components to intricately designed pump diaphragms, impellers, or roller...

PVD coatings.
March 1, 2001... PVD coatings, Booth 8766. PVD coatings, such as Titanium Nitride, are used to solve wear, friction and galling problems in the design of metal components. The thin film coatings were originally used in machine tool applications; now they are...

Thermoplastics.
March 1, 2001... Thermoplastics, Booth 9266. Intense activity surrounding aesthetics, ergonomics and enhanced marketability of soft grips has spurred this company to invest in another 80-ton Dual Shot molding press, which will augment its existing medium-...