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Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from February 2008

Make it work.(editorial)(Editorial)
February 1, 2008... I'm not much for the new popular genre of reality shows on television, but there's one show on cable that I watch called "Project Runway." The premise is simple: 15 clothes designers, three judges, one style guru who acts as mentor, and one...

Objections on climate.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: Your editorial in the November 2007 issue regarding concerns about climate change is not supported by the knowledgeable scientific community. Please refer to the article entitled "Environmental Effects of Increased...

Is fusion a factor?(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: I have noticed that few if any articles regarding our future energy needs, especially regarding carbon loading, have addressed the possible role that nuclear fusion power plants may play. For example, is fusion energy expected to...

Politics of carbon.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: This letter is written in response to the October article "Wedge Factor." I have worked in the electric power industry for over 40 years. The whole issue of carbon release is not a technical problem. It is, however, a...

Extra credits.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: I enjoyed reading Frank Wicks's article, "50 Years of Nuclear Power," in the November 2007 Mechanical Engineering. While there is no doubt that Sam Untermyer and Walter Zinn were responsible for the invention of the boiling water...

Storage issues.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: Nice to know that the licensing process for nuclear power plants is being streamlined ("Licensing Renewed," October 2007). The big question about nuclear power is still unanswered: What do you do with the waste? You only...

Advances in prosthesis.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: I give heartfelt thanks for the vast amount of progress during the past 40 years in the body control of mechanisms for the disabled. I am greatly impressed by the degree of control given to the disabled in many, many ways to...

Steamboat corrosion.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2008... To the Editor: For some time, 1 have been intrigued by the stories of boiler explosions in steamboats and other plants in the 19th century. In the U.K. alone, more than 600 lives were lost in boiler explosions between 1860 and 1900. In the...

Water treatment plant aims for big numbers.(news & notes)
February 1, 2008... A subsidiary of EMCOR Group Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide mechanical construction services for a new 24 million gallon per day water treatment plant in Gilbert, Ariz. The value of the contract is $88.5 million. The...

Expansion in India.(news & notes)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A leader in engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications, BorgWarner Thermal Systems of Auburn Hills, Mich., has broken ground for a new facility near Chennai, India. Located in a high-tech business park near...

Over 100 jets in a year.(news & notes)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A manufacturer of very light jets, which delivered its first airplane on Dec. 31, 2006, said that it produced and certified 103 more in 2007. The company said it knows of no other manufacturer of general aviation jet aircraft that built its...

ASME launches open-source project.(news & notes)(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... ASME is launching a Web site to support an open-source project to develop a portable water-purification system. Anyone may sign up to contribute to the project. Instructions for doing so are available on the ASME Web site at http://www....

787 over 800.(news & notes)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A deal with Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Co. has pushed the total orders for Boeing 787-8s to more than 800 planes, the aircraft manufacturer said. The Boeing Co. said the order, which is included in its 2007 totals, is...

Hologram of baby.(news & notes)
February 1, 2008... Researchers in England said that they've found a way to liberate the ultrasound image from the computer screen and have it hang in the air above the viewers' heads. This technology could also be adapted for high sound-frequency tests, such...

SuperPower Inc., the superconductor manufacturer in Schenectady, N.Y., has signed a licensing agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory for exclusive rights to technology that uses the deposition of lanthanum-manganese-oxide in its second-generation super--conductive wire.(Briefly Noted)
February 1, 2008... SuperPower Inc., the superconductor manufacturer in Schenectady, N.Y., has signed a licensing agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory for exclusive rights to technology that uses the deposition of lanthanum-manganese-oxide in its...

Computer Sciences Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., has won a contract to provide facility support services at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.(Briefly Noted)
February 1, 2008... Computer Sciences Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., has won a contract to provide facility support services at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. CSC estimated the value of the contract to be $544 million if all options are exercised. This...

A joint venture agreement was signed by Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company based in Hartford, Conn., and Turkish Airlines Technic Inc., a Turkish Airlines company, to build an aircraft engine overhaul center in Istanbul.(Briefly Noted)
February 1, 2008... A joint venture agreement was signed by Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company based in Hartford, Conn., and Turkish Airlines Technic Inc., a Turkish Airlines company, to build an aircraft engine overhaul center in Istanbul....

DuPont Performance Coatings.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A new DuPont Performance Coatings plant has begun manufacturing operations in the Jiading district of Shanghai. Plans for the new facility, which primarily will serve the Chinese automotive refinish market, were announced in 2006. The new plant...

Cimatron Ltd of Givat Shmuel, Israel, which makes CAD and computer-aided manufacturing software, and Gibbs System Inc. of Moorpark, Calif., developer of GibbsCAM software for programming CNC machine tools.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Cimatron Ltd of Givat Shmuel, Israel, which makes CAD and computer-aided manufacturing software, and Gibbs System Inc. of Moorpark, Calif., developer of GibbsCAM software for programming CNC machine tools, have merged Gibbs into a newly...

Visual Components.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Visual Components of Helsinki, Finland, a maker of 3D robotics and manufacturing simulation technology, has released a new standard component library that includes flexible component models for a variety of plant layout and production...

Best wind farm layout.(computing)(Editorial)
February 1, 2008... WIND POWER IS HOT NOW, but what are its weather-pattern ramifications? Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers, and a campus wind tunnel, a team of researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind...

Back to the train.(computing)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... TO HELP GET EUROPEAN FREIGHT TRAFFIC off already congested roads and cut attendant air pollution, a Czech company has spearheaded development of software that helps haulers manage the movement of goods via rail. The agencies involved say...

Your house here.(computing)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... DESIGN YOUR HOUSE in bold colors, drop it down in your neighborhood, then look for it online using a combination of three-dimensional and mapping technology. Mechanical engineers know Dassault Systemes of Paris as a computer-aided...

Design without borders.(computing)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE DESIGN is already well entrenched within manufacturing and other sectors, according to a recent report from research firm Aberdeen Group of Boston. Many companies who use the method find that it saves money. The...

Change in three dimensions.(computing)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, the greater the need for software that can keep pace. Apic Yamada Corp. of Nagano, Japan, which makes production machinery for the semiconductor industry, recently standardized on one CAD system to help meet...

PLM still growing.(computing)(Product lifecycle management)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE manufacturing sector continues to grow as more customers recognize its business value, according to a recent report from CIMdata, the technology research firm in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 2006, the market grew by 10.7...

The last design.(computing)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... BY FINDING FLAWS EARLY in a potential design, finite element analysis software can help a company's engineers get to the end product faster. That's one reason executives at Empirical Systems Aerospace of Oceano, Calif., said they're...

Technodigit.(Briefly Noted)
February 1, 2008... Technodigit of Lyon, France, has upgraded its 3DReshaper to version five. The software is used for three-dimensional modeling, reverse engineering, and surface reconstruction.

Ideal.com.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Ideal.com of Rockville, Md., has released its ScanCentral line of color scan, copy, and print systems. They're available in three models to suit a range of user needs.

TransMagic Inc.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A maker of CAD interoperability software, TransMagic Inc. of Westminster, Colo., is now shipping TransMagic release 7 SP1, which provides support for Catia version 5, release 17, Parasolid 19, Autodesk Inventor 2008, and NX 5. The software...

Dassault Systemes of Paris and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., are collaborating toward a digital product rights management solution.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Dassault Systemes of Paris and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., are collaborating toward a digital product rights management solution. When completed, it will offer data protection for designers that share 3-D designs with suppliers and...

AutoForm Engineering GmbH.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... AutoForm Engineering GmbH of Zurich, Switzerland, has released AutoForm-OneStep for Catia version 5. The new module is a toolkit for sheet metal product designers. It allows them to make manufacturability assessments within Catia.

think3.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A maker of 3-17 CAD systems, think3 of Cincinnati, has released thinkreshape, a reverse engineering and deviation-control application that allows users to rebuild the mathematics of a physical object.

myVR Software AS.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A company that produces 3-D distribution software, myVR Software AS of Oslo, Norway, is now shipping version two of its myVR Viewer and myVR publisher for interactive streaming of large 30 models across any network.

Infolytica Corp.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Infolytica Corp. of Montreal has upgraded MagNet 2D and MagNet 3D. These are low-frequency electromagnetic field simulation applications. Updated features improve the accuracy of the simulation results, according to the developer.

Geomagic.(Briefly Noted)
February 1, 2008... Geomagic of Research Triangle Park, N.C., is shipping the latest version of its digital reconstruction software, Geomagic Studio 10.

ESI Group of Paris, a supplier of simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing, is now included in the Dassault Systemes' PLM MarketPlace.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... ESI Group of Paris, a supplier of simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing, is now included in the Dassault Systemes' PLM MarketPlace. The online community allows users to find applications provided by the Dassault Systemes...

Find tolerances.(software exchange)
February 1, 2008... Capability: With ToleranceCalc 5.0, users of any popular computer-aided design system can get quick answers to two questions: Will the product perform as expected when dimensional tolerances are stacked up? Will the product be cost effective to...

Realistic design.(software exchange)
February 1, 2008... Capability: The 2-D and 3-D design software IronCAD has been upgraded to version 10. The upgrade includes the Quick Visual Loading feature; with it, users can manipulate camera tools and interact with a model as it loads. Engineers can set...

Organize the office.(software exchange)
February 1, 2008... Capability: The document management program Adept 7 can be used to organize, manage, share, and control engineering and business documents between in-house and out-of-house team members. The application houses engineering data in a central...

Secure documents.(software exchange)
February 1, 2008... Capability: The document control application Liquid Machines is now available for SolidWorks 2008 users. With it, engineers can protect the product definitions that are stored as part of the CAD file. Engineers control access and use of their...

CAD for Mac.(software exchange)
February 1, 2008... Capability: TurboCAD Mac software has been updated to version three. New features include a built-in tape measure for design measurements and an updated ACIS solid modeling engine. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional versions are available....

Jet thermometer.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Jet engines are hard systems to monitor. When the machine is operating, it's a forbidding environment for transducers. But the failure of just one part of the system can spell disaster. To get a better sense of when bearings inside a jet...

Medical metal detector.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Editorial)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Broken bones are often held in place with a number of stainless steel or titanium screws Five to 10 percent of the time, however, these bits of hardware can do more harm than good, either triggering an infection or causing searing pain....

Shirt sensors.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Anyone who has spent a night in a hospital knows the experience of trying to sleep while hooked up to various medical monitors. New sensors developed at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville might change all that, however. The sensors,...

Car-powered bridge monitor.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Editorial)
February 1, 2008... As was demonstrated dramatically last summer with the collapse of a highway bridge in Minneapolis, annual visual inspections are not sufficient to make sure static spans don't start to become, well, dynamic. Continual monitoring using remote...

Palpitating cells.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)
February 1, 2008... When a cancer metastasizes, diseased cells travel through the body and invade healthy organs. In that event, doctors have to make a quick decision to treat the cancer aggressively. But one of the signs of metastasis--a buildup of fluid in the...

Networked railcars.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Croda Inc.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... There is a steady stream of railcars at the Croda Inc. plant in Mill Hall, Pa. The railcars bring in liquids--some of which are flammable--that are processed into specialty chemicals. To ensure that the liquids are being stored safely, the...

The nose knows.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Border agents and security screeners employ sniffing dogs for a reason: Sometimes the clearest and most apparent sign of a hidden stash of drugs or explosives is its odor. But there are places such as factories where dogs aren't suitable, and...

Seniors may get monitored.(technology focus: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL)
February 1, 2008... As baby boomers pass through the end of middle age, an increasing number of Americans will begin to need constant attention to their health. For that reason, Dallas-based Parks Associates, an international market research company, is predicting...

The new point of view: from the user's perspective, elements that once were afterthoughts have become the essentials that can make or break a product.(FEATURE FOCUS: DESIGN FOR HUMAN FACTORS)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The iPod redefined portable music players. Since 2001, Apple Inc. has sold more than 120 million iPods and more than 3 billion songs. Despite vigorous competition and outright knockoffs, as many as eight out of every...

A focus on use: sometimes it seems as if industrial designers and engineers are worlds apart, but when they work together, products will fit the people who use them.(FEATURE FOCUS: DESIGN FOR HUMAN FACTORS)(www. baddesigns.com)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Search the Web enough and you can find any thing, including a site devoted to poorly designed products. Called Bad Designs (www. baddesigns.com), the site is dedicated to outing products that, according to its...

Making waves: South Africa is moving forward with a new reactor design that could revolutionize nuclear power.(pebble bed modular reactor)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] High-level nuclear research is conducted at a number of sites across South Africa, each astonishing in its own way. The state-owned Nuclear Energy Corp. of South Africa, for instance, is headquartered in...

No climbing: real and virtual testing make a safe impact on a light rail design.
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Stadler Rail Group in Bussnang, Switzerland, received an order from the Netherlands for 43 of the latest generation of an articulated light rail car called GTW, the company faced a new challenge: The cars had to...

Cleanup duty: remediation of an old military landfill illustrates trends in environmental engineering.
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Managing environmental impacts is a high priority for Canada's Department of National Defence. And when it learned that an old military landfill was posing a potential risk to a water course near the capital, the DND...

New & elusive: a machine tool manufacturer turns to laser light to capture the intricate geometry of a novel idea.(Drake Manufacturing)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's one thing certain about innovation: Nobody has done it before, so you're in new territory. A case in point is a new idea for a ball nut, created by John Drake of Drake Manufacturing in Warren, Ohio. In an...

Drainers and venters.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SPENCE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.. WALDEN. N.Y. The NLD Series free-floating liquid drainer and NAV Series free-floating air venter are used throughout the HVAC and industrial process markets. These valves are used on...

Integrated circuit.(new products)
February 1, 2008... SERVOFLO CORP., LEXINGTON, MASS. The ZMD31150 is an accurate, fast CMOS integrated circuit for amplification and correction of resistive bridge-type sensors. It digitally compensates offset, sensitivity, temperature drift:, and non-linearity...

Pressure sensors.(new products)
February 1, 2008... PCB PIEZOTRONICS INC., DEPEW, N.Y. The Series 175 dynamic pressure sensors are useful for monitoring dynamic combustion pressure in diesel- and natural gas-powered engines and other reciprocating equipment. Proper monitoring of engines and...

Wave springs.(new products)
February 1, 2008... ROTOR CLIP CO. INC.. SOMERSET, N.J. The company has taken its expertise in processing and coiling wire to produce retaining rings, and applied it to the manufacture of single-turn and multiturn wave springs. A wave spring is coiled flat wire...

Joining fasteners.(new products)
February 1, 2008... PENN ENGINEERING, DANBORO. PA. PEM Keyhole self-clinching, sheet-joining fasteners enable two sheets to be quickly joined flat against each other and then easily detached, by sliding the top sheet sideways and lifting it off the...

Welded filter bags.(new products)
February 1, 2008... EATON FILTRATION LLC. ELIZABETH. N.J. Sentinel filter bags meet the requirements of liquid filtration applications that have a zero tolerance for filtration bypass. These filter bags are manufactured using a unique fabric welding technology,...

Modular spindle drives.(new products)
February 1, 2008... MAXON PRECISION MOTORS. FALL RIVER. MASS. Mechanical engineering often faces the task of converting rotational movements into powerful linear movements. Development costs can now be cut dramatically by using modular spindle drives in Maxon's...

Miniature transducer.(new products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CELESCO TRANSDUCER PRODUCTS INC.. CHATSWORTH. CALIF. The MT2A miniature String Pot, or cable-extension transducer, measures deflections of aircraft structures during testing. They are easy to install and are very...

Portable power.(new products)
February 1, 2008... R&R TECHNOLOGIES INC.. PORTLAND. ORE. The PS-1 power supply is a portable benchtop power supply with built-in rechargeable batteries that lets engineers test low-power circuits without cord or power-main limitations. Many engineers at...

Butterfly valves.(new products)
February 1, 2008... ASSURED AUTOMATION, CLARK, N.J. Resilient seated butterfly valves offer high flow coefficients, ISO top mounting, a one-piece body with self-centering disc, and a selection of direct mount actuators and gear operators. The ST butterfly valves...

Roll forming steel.(new products)
February 1, 2008... SSAB SWEDISH STEEL INC., PITTSBURGH, PA. Docol Roll is an advanced high-strength steel matched specifically to roll forming. It is characterized by high yield strength, good dimensional stability aider roll forming, and suitability for being...

Handheld thermometer.(new products)
February 1, 2008... AMETEK LAND INSTRUMENTS. NEWTOWN, PA. The Cyclops 0550 Meltmaster IR thermometer is a fast, accurate way of measuring the temperature of molten metal without the hazards and ongoing costs associated with dip thermocouples. Designed specifically...

Vibration limit switches.(new products)
February 1, 2008... PEPPERL+FUCHS, TWINSBURG, OHIO. Vibracon LVL-B Series vibration limit switches are not sensitive to material buildup, external vibration, and flow noise, and have no mechanical moving parts. Thus, they provide reliable, maintenance-free level...

Powder coating resins.(new products)
February 1, 2008... GE PLASTICS, PITTSFIELD. MASS. Conductive Noryl GTX resins are environmentally responsible materials that are optimized for powder coating: They contain conductive fillers that eliminate the need to apply an electrostatic primer, which can emit...

Temperature controllers.(new products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AUTOMATIONDIRECT. CUMMING. GA. Solo process and temperature controllers come in 22 models, 11 of which are priced under $100. Available in four standard DIN sizes (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32), each unit is equipped...

Specialty bearings.(new products)
February 1, 2008... MRC BEARING SERVICES, KULPSVILLE, PA. The company's specialty bearing products provide solutions for varied applications and accommodate particular operating conditions and requirements. Adapter (Type SX) deep groove ball bearings with tapered...

Magnetic angle sensor.(new products)
February 1, 2008... ASM SENSORS INC.. ELMHURST, ILL. The company now has a magnetic angle sensor in a compact M12 housing. The PRAS1 sensor provides absolute position measurement over full 360-degree sensing range and is part of the company's Posirot family of...

Process heaters.(new products)(Gaumer Process Heaters)
February 1, 2008... GAUMER CO., HOUSTON. TEXAS. The Hot Oil System is for use in heating revolving rolls, platens, molds, jacketed tanks, and autoclaves. Low watt-density Incoloy 800 sheath heating elements are arranged to provide even heat inside the tube bundle....

Troubleshooting tool.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... FLUKE CORP., EVERETT, WASH. With advanced features for installing and troubleshooting industrial network buses and electrical industrial machinery, the ScopeMeter 125 is designed to be an integrated all-purpose tool for service, maintenance,...

Conductivity meter.(new products)
February 1, 2008... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. A new conductivity meter is economical and easy to use, according to the company. With a splash-proof front, these microprocessed digital meters are rugged portable units that can recognize and compensate...

Electronic valves.(new products)
February 1, 2008... CLIPPARD INSTRUMENT LABORATORY INC,. CINCINNATI. OHIO. Oxygen Clean Series electronic valves are designed for use with oxygen applications and will work with air and inert gas. The valves are available as two-way or three-way, normally closed...

ASME publications.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)(Bibliography)
February 1, 2008... APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS ARTICLES A Review of Fuel Pre-injection in Supersonic, Chemically Reacting Flows. V.A. Vinogradov, Y.M. Shikhman, and C. Segal. Vol. 60, No. 4, July 2007, pp. 139-148. On 36 Forms of the Acoustic Wave Equation...

ASME codes & standards.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
February 1, 2008... ASME International, Codes & Standards, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990 (212) 591-8500 Fax: (212) 591-8501 e-mail: cs@asme.org We invite you to visit our Web site: www.asme.org /codes. If you are looking for...

Miniature infrared transmitters OS101E.(Instrumentation & Control)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMEGA's new OS100E Series miniature infrared transmitters measure a temperature range of -18 to 538[degrees]C (0 to 1000[degrees]F). All models feature a remotely mounted infrared sensor head connected to a...

Paperless recorder--RD 9900 series: has standard ethernet and USB communications interface.(Instrumentation & Control)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMEGA's new paperless recorders are network compatible, high performance and easy to operate. Their 5.6" LCD display allows for high visibility and its large capacity for data memory and recording methods enable a...

New Flow, Level and Environmental Greenbook[R].(Instrumentation & Control)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Volume MMV 7th Edition of the FLOW, LEVEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GREENBOOK[R] has over 1,500 pages of the latest flow, level, and environmental products to meet your every need, including a comprehensive product selection...

Barracuda software.(Fluid Handling)
February 1, 2008... BARRACUDA[TM] ENGINEERING SOFTWARE solves highly-coupled particle flow problems inside industrial systems. Its breakthrough numerical method, computational-particle-fluid-dynamics, CPFD*, makes it both foot and powerful. Barracuda is proven...

Reduce spring height by 50%.(Power Transmission & Motion Control)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All Springs Are Not Equal[R] * Half the height of coil springs with the same force and deflection * 2,000 stock sizes in carbon and stainless steel (3/8" to 16") * No Tooling Costs[TM] on specials (200"...

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