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Industrial Design
sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America, recognizes outstanding product design. Categories include Commercial & Industrial, Medical & Scientific, and Student Designs. The judges weigh factors such as innovation, appropriate aesthetics, eco-friendliness, and benefit to users
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Industrial Design: Is all industrial design software the same?
Alias used to be the one real choice for industrial-design software. Today there are many. Besides Alias ($25,000), good packages include Rhino ($895), ICEM ($2,300 and up), NX (a lot, depending on what bundle you pick), and even SolidWorks ($3,995). So besides price, how do you decide? The only
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Industrial Colors and Powder Coating
to make plastic parts in colors...and metal parts can be produced with color finishes as well, sometimes as simply as by applying paint. J.W. Winco - Engineering Tips - Industrial Colors and Powder Coating. Engineering Tips: Industrial Colors and Powder Coating. Designing machinery may not be the most
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The art and science of Industrial Design
A value engineering approach makes for great product designs. Industrial design is about more than just styling. A good industrial-design team must also consider technical details such as materials, draft angles, and manufacturing processes to create prototypes that product engineers can use
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Industrial role for USB
The Hi-Speed USB standard lets industrial data-collection systems hit speeds faster than those available over most LANs. The CompactDAQ data-acquisition system from National Instruments is typical of the growing number of virtual instruments that have replaced proprietary interface protocols
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The Use of Industrial Brushes (.pdf)
An updated booklet for the use of Industrial brushes for Deburring, Edge Blending, Radiusing Carbon, Weld, Oxide or Scale Removal, Cleaning, Surface Finishing, Polishing or Roughening. With some outside comments on standard deburring practices... Right or Wrong. 12 pages. Industrial Brushes-Final
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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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Industrial automation without wires
wires or cables. For the same reasons, it has the potential to change the face of industrial automation. Bluetooth is a specification for short-range radio links between computers, printers, cell phones, and other portable equipment. Since it centers around a small, inexpensive, low-power radio chip