Machine design

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  Año 2004, Vol. 76, Número 17

  • Voodoo in the personnel department

    pág. 14

    

  • POINT & COUNTERPOINT

    págs. 18-20

    

  • U.S. manufacturing set for boom

    pág. 24

    

  • Hinge opens door to stealth fridges

    pág. 27

    

  • COMPANY NEWS

    pág. 27

    

  • Sensor helps keep natural-gas vehicles running smoothly

    pág. 29

    

  • AWARDS

    pág. 29

    

  • FEA keeps production problems from flaring up

    pág. 31

    

  • Alloy has 3¿ the strength of conventional steel

    pág. 32

    

  • Seven gears and counting

    pág. 33

    

  • ACQUISITIONS

    pág. 33

    

  • Boeing 7E7 work already spanning the globe

    pág. 35

    

  • A better piston-ring coating for diesels

    pág. 36

    

  • Finding bugs in software

    pág. 36

    

  • AWARDS

    pág. 36

    

  • Armor for arms

    págs. 38-39

    

  • Environmentally friendly air conditioning

    pág. 39

    

  • Curvy robo-caddy takes shape with CAD

    págs. 40-41

    

  • Nanoprobe will find explosives and drugs

    pág. 44

    

  • COMPANY NEWS

    pág. 44

    

  • Your next table lamp could light things up with LEDs

    pág. 46

    

  • Clearer chit chat

    pág. 48

    

  • Self-assembling quantum dots

    pág. 48

    

  • In less than a blink of an eye

    pág. 48

    

  • Float-level switches

    pág. 50

    

  • Keyway cutter saves time

    pág. 54

    

  • Logic relay for simple automation systems

    pág. 56

    

  • Printing stick-on heaters

    pág. 57

    

  • Motors meet strict cleanliness requirements

    pág. 58

    

  • Two meshing methods are better than one

    págs. 60-61