Engineering and Technical Services Reference Materials

Description: Field Redesigns Tool, Yields $47,000 in Savings ...

Description: Replacement of an Expensive and Unnecessary Patch Leads to a 63% Reduction in Fastener Costs and a $10,000 Saving ...

Description: One of the most common things maintenance folks say is that operations does not support maintenance and reliability. ...

Description: Electro Standards Laboratories is working to solve the problems associated with powering remote sensor buoys. ...

Description: Holders of the Guinness speed record in street luge (157 km/h), luge enthusiasts from Québec City decided to take up a new challenge: pass the symbolical mark of 100 mph, with no engine! Among these ...

Description: When undertaking a capital improvement project, it's imperative to utilize technologies that are adaptable and reliable to not only meet current project needs but to also to facilitate your future ...

Description: Olympic sport keeps pushing athletes to find new and nuanced ways to condition their bodies. The same is true with their equipment. Engineers continually look for new refinements that propel the ...

Description: A manufacturer of military robots approached Safco to custom design an array of AC/DC and DC/DC dual chargers to simultaneously charge both their robots and control units ...

Description: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) can be a very powerful tool for eliminating defects and increasing efficiency and profits. After witnessing hundreds of RCA efforts in every different type of organization ...

Description: A manufacturer of heated clothing was experiencing field failures with their heating controller. Safco was asked to assist in troubleshooting the reason for the failures and to recommend and design a ...

Description: Electricity is a large part of our lives, providing comfort and convenience, and is essential to many workplace operations. Because of this, a safe source of electricity is often taken for granted and ...

Description: A manufacturer of military robots approached Safco to custom design an array of AC/DC and DC/DC dual chargers to simultaneously charge both their robots and control units. ...

Description: A manufacturer of rugged hand held surveying computers approached Safco regarding their need for a high current vehicle charging cable assembly that could meet and pass world wide agency safety ...

Description: A manufacturer of wireless data communication equipment was recently acquired with the acquiring company consolidating manufacturing facilities. Space limitations necessitated outsourcing a number of ...

Description: Get Through the Certification Process in the Least Amount of Time and for Minimal Cost ...

Description: Over the past few years there have been considerable breakthroughs in the market for thermal imagers. Prices have dropped considerably and image quality has improved significantly. Infrared cameras ...

Description: While vibration analysis and infrared thermography have been widely used for years as part of predictive maintenance programs, Electric Motor Testing (EMT) is a relative newcomer to condition ...

Description: Many application developers have concerns about incorporating functional safety. Project managers and members of the validation team are confronted with a new and unknown field of safety ...

Description: Maintaining contact resistance within specified parameters is a critical performance factor for the success of any press-fit application. Therefore all press-fit zone designs must be tested to meet ...

Description: Using thermal imaging to determine both the cause and severity of a hot spot isn't always easy. Just because you see a problem doesn't necessarily mean you have located the heat source. In most all ...

Description: Nano-sized particles are desirable in many industries, from active pharmaceuticals and pigments to technical ceramics and electronics, and are used to improve reactivity, provide increased surface ...

Description: École Centrale de Nantes is a topnotch science and technology school. Over the years, it has acquired a solid reputation and has become a grande École for general engineering, as demonstrated by its ...

Description: Press brake forming-The fundamental advantage of a press brake as a forming tool is its flexibility. By using standard vee-dies, cost savings can be realized through economical set-ups and run times ...

Description: Besides offering a complete line of tools for graphic arts and the technical support for these products, the company Techno-Gestass is a player in the car tuning market niche. As it happens, ...

Description: What made the ubiquitous iPod such a success? It wasn't the first MP3 player on the market; it had less storage capacity, fewer features, and cost more than many of its competitors. On paper, when ...

Description: Station compensators are power electronic devices used to control the flow of reactive energy through the power grid. They react quickly to balance current fluctuations, regulating voltage and ...

Description: Thyristors serve as electric switches used to control capacitive load. Since they can emit a great deal of heat, cooling is essential to their operation and to the stability of the network they serve. ...

Description: In Quebec, electricity must be carried thousands of kilometers from hydroelectric stations in the north to consumers in the south. Substations dot the transmission grid to ensure power transfer and ...

Description: Over its 30-year history, Australia-based Invetech has helped bring thousands of products from the idea stage to market, turning the ideas of researchers and inventors into salable products. ...

Description: It was hardly a clash of the Titans, more like a battle between a bunch of battered, rabid kitchen appliances. But the Robot Sumo competition held today at the Mount Waverly offices of engineering R&D ...

Description: Legacy communication systems present a series of disadvantages to the field deployed operator: Co-Location of Troops, Vehicle and Equipment Assets; Coaxial Copper Cable Distance Limitations; ...

Description: Over the past 4 years, statistical analysis of risk in Medical Devices has moved from being centered on the design/development processes, to encompassing the full life-cycle of a medical device, from ...

Description: Product variation and defects undercut customer loyalty as well as company profits. Six Sigma is a rigorous, disciplined, data-driven methodology that was developed to enhance product quality and ...

Description: Green Chemical Engineering is much more than a method for addressing environmental problems. It offers a framework for achieving innovation. Time and again, companies looking to the future through the ...

Description: CCTHERM is an integrated software module for design and rating of heat transfer equipment ...

Description: Petroleum is a complex mixture containing thousands of different organic hydrocarbon molecules ...

Description: Mobile Source Air Toxics are U.S. EPA classified hazardous air pollutants; i.e., benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, naphthalene resulting from non-point sources ...

Description: In this modern age of powerful computers, it often makes no sense to put pencil to paper like in the old days. Now, new software can perform repetitive chemical engineering calculations in a fraction ...

Description: This paper provides a brief overview of how synthetic fuels are produced from biomass. The paper gives a introductory description of the gasification process, the Fischer-Tropsch unit and the ...

Description: Military communications is no different than the rest of the world's communications; they want it smaller, lighter, covering more bands and carrying more voice and data than the last generation of ...

Description: The principles of Lean Manufacturing can be applied throughout the labels of supply chain. Howard Letendre, director, finishing technology at FLEXcon, explains his company's implementation and the ...