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Air spring key to robot handler
design issues. According to Peter Rugheimer, the project design engineer, the air spring is a central component of the robotic fork hand because the ratio of collapsed height to extended length was extremely important. The application requires a 13-in. stroke, yet the air spring must collapse
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Software puts teeth into gear design
When a job calls for designing nonstandard gearing, you might crunch through the AGMA or ISO calculations or turn to one of several gear-design programs. After a gearset calculation, KISSsoft software shows gears and how they mesh. This visual check indicates wellproportioned teeth
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Epicor ERP-Case Study: Mid-West Spring Manufacturing Co.
Needed a system that would provide multi-plant management and improved customer visibility. Epicor Solution. Overview. Advantages. Technology. Case Studies. Mid-West Spring Manufacturing Co. Prince Industries Inc. White Papers. 12 Criteria for Selecting the Best ERP System Replacement. Choosing
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Design Contests On The Web
Mechanical or Genius 14 software gets $1,000. www.mentorg.com./awards/ ... PCB Technology Leadership Awards ... PCBs designed using Mentor Graphics products qualify and are judged on design challenges met and innovative use of Mentor software. www.rotomolding.org/1998achieve.htm ... Rotational molding
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Cutting Design Costs
. Simulate Early and Often. Best-in-class companies are three times more likely to take a systematic approach. simulation. They use it regularly throughout the design process, especially in the. concept stage when it is easiest and most cost effective to make changes. Such. companies spring back from
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Software for designing springs
holders rely on beam springs for contacts. When the need for a spring arise, users can pick a reasonable fit from a catalog, or design the perfect one using software such as SpringCAD. The software handles all calculations for designing several varieties of beam, compression, extension, helical torsion
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Software Review: Software speeds engineering calculations
delivered answers. Software Review: Software speeds engineering calculations | Machine Design. Skip to Content. Home. Subscribe. Advertise. Contact. RSS. E-mail: * Password: *. Create new account. Request new password. Advertisement. Products. CAD Library. eBooks. Audio / Videos. Training Center
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Therapeutic Dose: The Importance of Design Qualification
manufacturers may not have the personnel to make specialty hardware and software for, say, monitoring the degree of crystallinity of the API and excipients during a blending operation. This sort of design may take physicists, optics engineers, software writers, mechanical engineers