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Sheet molding composite

2014-09-29

Tough Class A Ultra Lite from Continental Structural Plastics is a 1.2 specific-gravity sheet molding composite formulation that provides engineers the ability to design with a lower specific-gravity material without sacrificing mechanical properties, surface qualities, and adhesion requirements.

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Closed-cell silicone sponge sheeting

2014-08-27

BELLOFOAM closed-cell silicone sponge sheeting from Bellofram Silicones is designed to support a variety of industrial, manufacturing, gasketing, insulation, sealing, and padding requirements in automotive, aerospace, factory floor, and industrial environments.

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Mercedes shows its metal and chooses steel over aluminum

2014-09-23

Mercedes-Benz is replacing aluminum pistons with a new generation of high-strength steel in some of its car diesel engines.

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Seals for oil-lubricated wheel-end applications

2014-09-24

The seal from SKF features a multilip cassette seal design incorporating optimized lip geometry, stainless steel counter surface, and a specially formulated nitrile compound to reduce wear and aging.

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High temperature, flexible epoxy

2017-08-29

EpoxySet EC-1030FL is a flexible, two-part epoxy designed to replace silicones for potting, encapsulating and casting applications where temperatures up to 200°C (392°F) are required.

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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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Irkut's MC-21 takes first flight, thanks to a global team

2017-08-12

Eaton manufactured engine-driven pumps for the first flying MC-21 prototype and supplied additional system sub-components including thermal bypass valves, while Pratt & Whitney supplied its PW1000G GTF engine and Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, and Elbit supplies various avionics systems.

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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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Elastomers and thermoplastics portfolio

2017-01-05

Qultimax proprietary elastomers and thermoplastics portfolio developed by Minnesota Rubber and Plastics is suitable for application in custom-molded parts greater than 3 in (7.62 cm) in diameter that require durability, chemical resistance, or low coefficient of friction properties while maintaining quality and high precision.

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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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Oil- and abrasion-resistant cable

2017-02-01

ÖLFLEX 409 P PUR control cable from Lapp Group USA (Florham Park, NJ) is an oil- and abrasion-resistant cable for industrial machine tools and appliances.

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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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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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Osram and Vergence Automation develop new Lidar and 4D camera for autonomous vehicles

2018-01-24

Osram, a leading global lighting and semiconductor manufacturer, has expanded into pulse infrared lasers for autonomous LIDAR use and is working with with Vergence Automation for advanced imaging technology.

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Uber, Toyota suspend AV testing after Arizona fatality

2018-03-20

The first-ever accident in which a pedestrian was killed by an autonomously piloted vehicle prompts Uber and Toyota to suspend public testing of full-autonomous technology.

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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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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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Rapid overmolding process

2016-09-28

Proto Labs has expanded its rapid injection molding offerings with the launch of its new overmolding process.

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Nanotechnology may lead to huge advances in engines of the future

2016-10-23

There is a general consensus among experts that it will take vast advances in materials technology to meet future efficiency and emissions requirements that can truly only be speculated about today.