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Sport-ute or sports car? You decide.
BMW engineers took what they learned building performance cars and designed a top-notch sport-ute, the X5. The rear wheels of the X5 use a four-link suspension with an aluminum integral link, upper lateral arms and wheel carriers, self-leveling air springs, and twin-tube gas-pressure shock
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Air Gaging Gets Better With Age
that one is getting the most from. location of the gage within the part. increase as you bring the hose closer to. the tool. When manufacturers make air. To accomplish this, the sensors have. the car's surface--the same thing hap-. tooling, they inspect it for balance, zero. to be matched and work alike
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From the edge of the battlefield to a used car lot near you
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Air Bearing Basics
the components, as opposed to balls or rollers which have point or line contact and are therefore limited due to Hertzian contact stiffness. Why Use Air?. While most people are familiar with oil fluid film bearings - for example the crankshaft journal bearings in car engines - most people have not been
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Ultrasonic Air Temperature Sensing for Automatic Climate Control - Vehicle Test (.pdf)
of the. from the air temperature at breath level. The system is. ultrasonic path. Compared to breath-level temperature,. sometimes even driven away from desirable conditions. there was good agreement for the winter test but, for the. Another problem with the in-car sensor is its response. summer test
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Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning Systems Utilizing Pneumatic Variable Compressors (.pdf)
band can lead to excessive temperature. HVAC module known as the "mix door". variations at the discharge outlets which can be an. annoyance to the passengers in the car. This method of temperature control through the mixing. of cooled air and reheated air provides a system that is. Recently
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Soft Actuators Tackle Hard Jobs
. Instead, the simple and cost-effective design somewhat resembles a flexible rubber bellows. But construction is similar to that of a car tire, giving the devices toughness, pressure resistance, and dimensional stability. Air actuators have no dynamic seals, so they stand up well to dirt and harsh
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Understanding Web Guide Accuracy
A web guide's accuracy is a function of three things: the web, the guide, and the guide installation. Asking. about accuracy based solely on the web guide design is. like asking how quickly a car will stop solely on car and. tire design. Without knowing how fast the car is going. and what type