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Hot new industrial designs
The 2003 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), cosponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and Business Week magazine, honored 121 winners with 38 Golds, 38 Silvers, and 45 Bronzes. Major design trends for entries included getting back to basics and everyday problem
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Optocouplers in Industrial Communications - white paper
Industrial communication includes data monitoring and processing, diagnostic and sensing as well as visualization. To maintain data integrity against group loop current or common mode noise, optocouplers are used to eliminate both problems. Various technologies and communication buses allow
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Polymer Coatings
, and polymers surpass chrome and cadmium in acid rain resistance. Acrylics and alkyds are widely used for farm equipment and industrial products requiring good corrosion protection at a moderate cost. Alkyd resins, particularly, play a major role in maintenance painting because of their good weathering
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Industrial-Strength CNC Chassis Design (.pdf)
This paper focuses on varying methods of chassis design and fabrication for CNC machines. Further, it defines how the chassis engineering is the most integral aspect of producing maching centers that are deemed Industrial Strength by virtue of their ability to maintain accuracy throughout 24/7/365
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Biobased Industrial Products--Not a New Idea for ARS
and used it to make over 1 million tons of synthetic rubber annually for many years. But it was also just another milestone in a long line of agricultural research accomplishments for ARS. "Biobased industrial product research" these are some of today's hottest topics. But ARS isn't some Johnny-come
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Liquid-Crystal Polymers
, including aromatic or halogenated hydrocarbons, strong acids, bases, ketones, and other aggressive industrial substances. Hydrolytic stability in boiling water is excellent. Environments that deteriorate the polymers are high-temperature steam, concentrated sulfuric acid, and boiling caustic
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Rexnord Corporation (Horsham, PA), Manufactures Industrial Power Transmission Products
Rexnord Corporation (Horsham, PA), manufactures industrial power transmission products. The firm used a Cincinnati Flamatic flame hardening system to harden worm gears for speed reducers. When production of the Flamatic units was discontinued and spare parts became increasingly difficult to locate
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K 2004: Oktoberfest of polymers
and industrial applications such as ducts, hoses, seals, and CV-joint boots. K2004, the world's largest trade fair for plastics and rubber technologies is set for October 20 to 27 in Dsseldorf, Germany. Nearly 2,900 exhibitors from 53 countries will showcase raw materials, engineered parts, and reinforced