Product Design & Development articles from December 2005

Product Design & Development archives from December 2005

How to reduce SOX chaos through automation.(Focus On Management)
December 1, 2005... For the majority of corporations, compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has rapidly become an expensive and complex proposition. Surveys reported at the 2004 SEC Conference on Sarbanes-Oxley 404 showed that the...

Deadline nears for student contest.(Extreme Redesign)
December 1, 2005... The deadline for Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Challenge, a design contest for high school and college CAD students worldwide, is fast approaching. The contest, held by The Dimension 3D Printing Group, a business unit of Stratasys Inc. in...

Celebrating 60 years of global design innovation: Product Design & Development kicks off its year-long anniversary celebration.(Special Report)
December 1, 2005... The world in 1946 was entering the post-war era. It was in the throws of a burgeoning new world order and at the brink of technological breakthroughs that only a few years earlier seemed unimaginable. While Europe was being rebuilt after World...

Sparkling designs: the following pages present this year's finalist. It's time for you to tell us which designs have what it takes to win the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards.(Product Design and Development's 11th Annual Engineering Awards)
December 1, 2005... Engineers are always searching for that one special jewel that design that sets their final product apart from the rest. Whether they're designing a product for end users or components that will end up in other designs, their ultimate goal is a...

Detent-action rotary switches.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Series 24 switches are designed to be tough, durable, and suitable for a wide variety of industrial applications. The switches have a continuous rating of 30 A at 600 V. They feature enclosed decks and self-cleaning, silver-plated,...

Industrial ethernet cables.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... DataTuff Category 5e and Category 6 industrial Ethernet cables have been expanded. Two new Category 5e cables include DataTuff Cat 5e and Cat 6 twisted pair copper cables and TrayOptic fiber-optic cables. The new bonded-pair DataTuff cables...

Lightweight plastics.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Designed to help automakers improve fuel efficiency, a line of high-performance materials that can be used to reduce vehicle weight by replacing traditional metal, glass, and wiring systems. The plastics, which offer high performance and...

High-density IDC technology.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... The low inductance MLCC family of IDC technology has been expanded to include a new case size and an increased number of terminals per device. The new termination technology reduces the ESL to approximately 25 pH for the 0306 case size with a...

Enhanced power supplies.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... GSM11 Series power supplies are designed to provide significant performance and material advantages over the 6SM7 Series. With a 2 x 2.28 in. footprint, the new power supplies are drop-in replacements for the GSM7 at no additional cost. Their...

High-strength tape.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... GS Series tape is designed for use in assembly, packaging, and other manufacturing industries. The free-film tape is specially formulated to provide instant, aggressive tack-and-peel adhesion as well as high shear strength. The bond formed by...

Fluorescent luminaires.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Bio-Seal is a seam-welded fluorescent troffer with an IP 66 certification for heavy hosedown and dust-tight applications. It can be used where stringent ambient lighting is required. It offers a series of energy-efficient troffers that meet the...

Flogging tape.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Scapa P1010A is a black flocking tape designed for automotive applications, including anti-rattle, NVH, and friction reduction. The product meets the majority of the requirements of Ford ESB-M6617-A, General Motors 6420M, and DaimlerChrysler...

Linear motion steppers.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Designed for easy selection and setup, the EZ Limo Series of motorized sliders consists of a closed-loop stepping motor driving a table and slider though a ball screw. The built-in feedback system prevents missed steps and maintains stability....

Undercarriage coating.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... SC-2 is a new alloy coating for bulldozer undercarriages. It offers a combination of hardness, toughness, wear-resistance, and corrosion-resistance. It is durable enough that an undercarriage featuring SC-2 coated bushings doesn't need bushing...

Captive linear actuators.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Z26000 captive linear actuators are available in resolutions ranging from 0.0127 to 0.1016 mm per step and with up to 4.5 kg (44 N, 158 oz) of force. Operating voltage is 5 V at 340 mA or 12 V at 140 mA, bipolar or unipolar. Power consumption...

Brushless speed control.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... The AXU Series brushless DC speed control system can maintain constant torque from 100 to 2,000 rpm, with speed regulation of 1 percent with voltage, 1 percent with temperature, and -2 percent with load. The package consists of a brushless dc...

Automotive circuit breakers.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... A line of SAE Type II and Type III circuit breakers is designed to provide a cost-effective solution that protects wiring, equipment, and subsystems. The units are engineered for use in heavy-duty trucking, construction and agriculture...

Modeling software.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Version 3.2 of Comsol Multiphysics is available. The modeling package, formerly known as FemLAB, has new features designed to boost productivity throughout the entire modeling and simulation process. The software reads geometry files created...

Bus analyzer oscilloscope.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... The Vehicle Bus Analyzer (VBA)is a conventional oscilloscope that "speaks the engineer's language" by decoding CAN serial data into Symbolic (application layer) text. The unit gives engineers both the full range of CAN protocol stack...

Signal controllers.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... The PIC24 is a 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) and the dsPIC33 is a 16-bit digital signal controller (DSC). The two families offer 49 new 16-bit devices for embedded system designers requiring increased performance, memory, and peripherals....

Linear stepper motor.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... The LinearStep motor's linear shaft movement allows the user to design a simple system at less cost than conventional rotary stepper motors. Features include ball bearing support, high thread efficiency, and a large driving force. Typical...

Liquid flow sensors.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... These 101 and 102 Series units provide precise liquid flow measurement. The flow sensors can be constructed from plastic or brass, and provide a 0-5 VDC analog output proportional to flow rate. Flow rates can be measured as low as 13 mL/min....

Linear position transducer.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Providing continuous feedback on hydraulically and pneumatically actuated valves for oil and gas refining, storage transportation, and handling, the Micropulse TA12 non-contact linear position transducer features an explosion-proof housing and...

Incremental encoders.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... DGS60 incremental encoders are rugged IP 67-rated units available with resolution up to 10,000 pulses. They are designed for precise, reliable operation in tough environmental conditions. Their design accommodates adaptation suit specific...

Potting compound.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... An electronic-grade epoxy, designated 20-3063, is a potting and encapsulating compound that is suitable for electronic assembly manufacturing operations. The compound is low in viscosity, allowing fast flow in and around electronic components....

Roller bearings.(New Products)
December 1, 2005... Explorer bearings are engineered to exceed performance normally expected with bearings designed to ISO tolerance specifications. Depending on bearing type, dramatic improvements in service life, load-carrying capacity, friction, noise and...