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MICRO: Products In Action
can approach $500,000 in the course of a single year. Leakage problems can be exacerbated if too much PFPE fluid escapes, causing the tool to be shut down and requiring it to be thoroughly cleaned, brought to the proper working temperature, and requalified for production. Consequently, tool downtime...
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Diversity in Part Production
, some of these products would be hard or even impossible to produce. "Hudson Tool and Die (Ormond Beach, FL) was founded in 1940 by a Czech tool and die maker immigrant," said Vice President Peter DiLella. "He started working on tools and dies for deep drawing in Newark, NJ, which is Hudson County where...
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The Best Heat Transfer Fluids for Liquid Cooling
for heat transfer, the power electronics, laser, and semiconductor industries might be more likely to choose dielectric fluids over water. A dielectric fluid is non-conductive and therefore preferred over water when working with sensitive electronics. Perfluorinated carbons, such as 3M’s dielectric...
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Heat Exchangers
or where both heat-pipe ends oscillate independently. Pipe materials are usually metal, such as copper or aluminum, but for some electrical applications they can be made from a dielectric material. Working fluid depends on the temperature range over which the heat pipe is to operate, and the amount...
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Governments agree to develop nuke power
is sodium cooled with a closed fuel cycle. It can be used to manage high-level wastes, particularly plutonium and other actinides. Its safety features include a long thermal response time, a large margin between the coolant (sodium) working temperature and its boiling point, and a primary system...
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Back to ListCustom Cooling System Economics
Cooling systems, including compressor-based chillers, liquid-to-liquid cooling systems, and ambient cooling systems, can be purchased as standard products "off-the-shelf", modified from existing standard systems, or completely custom designed to meet your unique needs. By working...
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New Grind
end-. mills. One of the company's specialties. is providing high-performance endmills. to aerospace customers. Working with the toolmaker, Saint-. Gobain tested the new hybrid metal/. polyimide superabrasive wheels against. vitrified CBN wheels for several tools. In. one test that involved grinding...
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International Space Station: UnderConstruction
Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. Node One, also called Unity Node, is 22 ft long and 14 ft in diameter with six hatches like the one in which this Boeing technician is working. The Joint Airlock is about 18-ft long and weighs 13,500 lb, and has two sections. The larger one on the right will be used...
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Product Extra!
. Resolution is 3 nm over the range of 1 to 30 kV. The instrument is capable of this resolution even up to a tilted view of 60 and a working distance of 5 mm from the sample. The operator can switch between field-free and immersion modes. The former provides low-magnification, large-area images...
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Big diggers
temperatures, and varies engine output according to fan speed. Two different working modes, power and economy, let operators tailor productivity and fuel efficiency to working conditions. An additional heavy-lift mode delivers all-out power to increase boom force, beneficial for handling heavy rocks...