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• When to outsource rapid-prototyping work
  And several tips for picking a vendor. Applications Engineer & Sales Manager The Web site Xpress3D.com lets users select rapid prototypes based on factors such as cost and geographic location. After users register (at no cost), they can upload an .stl file. The site offers all major...
• Guidelines for High Reliability Remote Power System Design
  hours, equal to 1000W per square me-. ter, or roughly the equivalent of the sun at noon on the Fourth of July. All. solar panels are rated at this insolation level, and geographic locations also. use this value to express how much sunlight is available for each month. SOLAR SYSTEM ENGINEERING: The peak...
• Optimizing Biomass Power Generation (.pdf)
  power generation is. planning and flexible automation systems, utility companies,. evolving. The diversity and geographic variability of biomass. industrial sites, and commercial users are poised to successfully. resources present challenges to commercialization. Processes. capitalize...
• Medical Device Link .
  BUSINESS PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Turning geographic strategy into business reality requires a carefully managed process. Medical technology companies can decide to expand their manufacturing operations for a number of reasons to handle sales growth, reach new markets, make a new product...
• Equipment Buying Guide: Mezzanine Basics
  into the all-important planning and development stage are loading requirements, column spacing, flexibility of design, supporting sub-structure (footings or floor slab), and seismic requirements and considerations at the project's geographic location. MEZZANINE APPLICATIONS. "The installation of a mezzanine...
• Accuracy Outsourced
  Services Once a firm decides it needs a calibration service provider, primary considerations include the right mix of services, timeliness, geographic coverage and cost. As bare-minimum requirements, drug makers expect traceability to primary reference standards (NIST), instrument-specific expertise...
• Protected Membrane Roof (PMR): Lowest Cost and Longest Life Roof (.pdf)
  different combinations. Initial. · Benefits of each type of roof system. costs and life cycle costs for each of. these 45 combinations were prepared. The following building types were. for comparison. Each roof system was. evaluated for three different geographic. designed to provide a high-quality...
• Air-Handling With Care
  equipment sizing is a function of design outdoor temperature. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) identifies three outdoor temperatures for a given geographic area: the 0.4%, 1% and 2.5% conditions. For example, the most stringent 0.4% condition...
• 2010 Power Quality Forecast (.pdf)
  called on to do. The failing health of the aging electric. transmission system in North America is a major. concern. The grid -- beyond being used in ways. that were never intended -- is nearing peak. capacity in many geographic areas. Yet there are. no firm plans for a system-wide upgrade. Remedial...
• Smart Computing Article - Fiber-Optic Magic
  , picking just selected parts of their networks or concentrating on certain geographic areas. In addition, millions of miles of fiber backbones are still "dark," meaning the capacity isn't being used. That capacity will provide for future growth, however, and slowly but surely there will be fiber...

Engineering Web Search: Geographic Considerations