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Anti-friction coating

2016-08-15

Dow Corning offers a new silver-metallic color for a proven Molykote brand anti-friction coating (AFC) to enhance design options for reducing friction, noise and wear on various automotive components.

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Self-lubricating sliding bearings

2017-11-13

Following in-house tribological testing and customer-specific field investigations, Federal-Mogul Powertrain's deva.tex self-lubricating composite bearings are being commercialized for use in construction machines, agricultural vehicles and other special-purpose vehicles, such as road sweepers.

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EU to deploy UAV traffic management system by 2019

2018-03-20

skyguide joins forces with AirMap to develop and deploy Europe’s premier national drone traffic management system. The endeavor will be the first national deployment of Europe’s vision for the digital infrastructure to support safe and secure access to European skies for millions of UAVs, in an effort called U-space.

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Designing composite engine cowling for improved heat resistance

2018-02-05

Thermal imaging data obtained from a FLIR high-performance camera shows that the expected turbine output temperature is approximately 285°C when the helicopter is in forward flight. However, during hover operations a steady state temperature of about 343°C will be reached.

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S series connectors

2017-12-12

LEMO recently redesigned the outer shell for its S series connectors with LEMO’s “chocolate block” look (shown).

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Global supplier opens headquarters in Detroit

2018-01-16

Automotive acoustic and textile solutions global supplier Auria Solutions, Ltd. (Southfield, MI) has established its headquarters facility in metro Detroit.

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Toyota's new Structural Blue paint shimmers on Lexus LC500

2017-12-04

The color coat is an accumulation of ultra-thin, multi-layer film layers formed by a vapor deposition process that applies a thin layer of atoms of one material onto thin sheets of a polymer.

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Connect them all

2018-03-15

Lockheed Martin’s VCSi software can simultaneously control multiple UAV types, operating anywhere on Earth.

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Self-piercing rivets shoot for vehicle-lightweighting applications beyond aluminum

2016-08-31

The SPR process can join aluminum, steel, plastics, carbon fiber, composites, and combinations of materials without the need for a pre-drilled hole. And SPRs don’t require heat to complete the assembly process.

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Molded seals

2016-08-10

Minnesota Rubber and Plastics features a large inventory of standard size molded Quad Brand family of products including Quad O-Rings, Quad-Rings and Quad Rubber Balls for sealing in a range of industry applications.

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Military, suppliers focus on long-term technical advances, compatibility

2018-02-09

Equipment developers are moving quickly to ensure that military users will have long-term access to boards and modules that provide higher performance, easy replacement, and reduced costs. Board and system designers adopting new technologies are standardizing interconnection layouts to ensure that boards designed by various suppliers can be used to upgrade systems as technology advances.

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ChemSEI-Linker extends lithium battery life, increases EV range

2018-01-19

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest technology R&D institution, has announced a new material designed to increase cycle life and improve recyclability of lithium batteries.

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Streamlining advanced composites testing

2017-11-09

Fiber orientation in composites makes material properties assessments disproportionately more complex than for other materials, such as metals and plastics. To conduct demanding quality-control fatigue tests on glass-fiber composite aerospace specimens, Zwick Roell developed an electro-dynamic, liner-drive testing machine.

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Heavy-duty v-profile clamps

2017-09-12

Heavy-duty v-profile clamps from Oetiker operate reliably and safely under extreme conditions of stress, vibration, corrosion and temperature variation.

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Neodymium compression bonded magnets

2017-06-20

All-new high energy B12 magnets from Bunting Magnetics Co.'s Magnet Applications, Inc. are a major upgrade to its neodymium compression bonded magnet product offerings.

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Federal-Mogul reveals cool solutions for downsized engines

2017-08-22

At the 2017 IAA, Federal-Mogul Powertrain plans to reveal HTC and TIM solutions to keep engine valves cooler via significant heat transfer.

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Faster, lighter, stronger: Aerospace composites join together advanced materials

2018-02-14

Boeing and Airbus forecast a worldwide demand for up to 40,000 new aircraft over the next two decades. With a 10-year production backlog and new aircrafts increasingly counting on lightweight composites, manufacturing companies are developing advanced sandwich-structure composite solutions to fill the production gap.

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GM turns to carbon fiber for 2019 GMC Sierra pickup bed

2018-03-20

The battle to create the lightest, strongest pickup cargo bed intensifies yet again, as carbon fiber debuts as the bed material for the 2019 GMC Sierra Denali.

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Roush to support the aerospace industry with the king of metal 3D printers

2018-02-27

The Michigan-based product developer is the first service supplier in North America to install the Concept Laser Xline 2000R, the largest powderbed metal additive manufacturing system of its kind.

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Pin Fin heat sinks

2017-09-14

Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.’s (ATS) family of Pin Fin heat sinks is designed as cost-effective solutions for systems with adequate airflow.