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Eureka's Reference Library provides editorial features classified into key industry sector topics. The latest 25 articles are displayed below.
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Bevel gear latch offers 12mm compression
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19/08/2008
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| A compression latch uses a bevel gear for actuation so as to achieve more compression at low torque while ensuring strength and durability. A roller at the end of the cam minimises scrape damage to panels |
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Sports gearbox makes sure changes under power
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19/08/2008
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| Quaife has brought out a motorsport gearbox, based on the long popular Sierra box, that handles a lot more power and totally prevents missing gears or making wrong selections |
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Time is critical
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19/08/2008
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| Delegates at Eureka’s ‘Automation for the Future’ Design Day heard how a huge animatronic figure was created in eight weeks – and how a full electric drive system could be sized in three minutes |
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Web of intrigue
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19/08/2008
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| An adhesive solution for handling fine pharmaceutical powders could also make an impact in the food and cosmetic industries, reports Tom Shelley |
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Cut cost, use plastic
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18/08/2008
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| A deeper knowledge of plastics materials can help designers to cut costs and add value to their designs. Lou Reade reports |
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Doing it faster
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18/08/2008
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| Tom Shelley looks at some of the innovations in rapid product development and manufacturing to be showcased this autumn |
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Electric fields stir films on small scales
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18/08/2008
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| By applying an electric field in the plane of a water based film – and applying a voltage from electrodes in the perpendicular direction – it is possible to make the film rotate at speed and perform a mixing action. |
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Fast lessons take to the air
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18/08/2008
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| There are big advantages to be gained from using PLM in motorsport. And now aerospace looks set to do the same, as Tom Shelley explains |
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Mountain boards speeded by rapid techniques
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18/08/2008
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| A German company is bringing boards for a new sport craze to market faster and at a fraction of the cost that would have been incurred using conventional technology |
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Olympian efforts
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18/08/2008
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| Lou Reade reports on some of the technologies that are helping elite athletes to boost their performances – and increase their chances of winning medals – at the Olympic Games |
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Solution to Coffee-time Challenge
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18/08/2008
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| The solution to last month’s challenge – on a cheap supply of pure water – comes from Australia, where lack of water is a problem over much of the country |
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Bearing fruit
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14/07/2008
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| A low-cost vibration analyser, and several other new tools , are proving particularly good at picking up bearing damage and helping identify other faults. Tom Shelley reports |
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Distributed PLM takes to the web
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14/07/2008
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| Dassault’s Enovia-branded PLM products are being increasingly integrated, packaged for vertical markets and graphically equipped for web collaboration. Tom Shelley reports |
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Modelling the future
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14/07/2008
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| A small company with big clients enthusiastically supports the Innovation & Design Excellence Awards (iDEAs) and the boost they give to the UK’s leading edge industries |
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Toughing it out
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14/07/2008
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| Tom Shelley reports on linear and rotary position encoders that are immune to shock and magnetic interference |
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Gaining the edge
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13/07/2008
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| A high-speed compressor neatly combines the best features of rotary and reciprocating machines in a simple basic unit. Tom Shelley reports |
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Inflatable ring locks chair for disabled
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13/07/2008
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| A small, battery powered air pump and an inflatable ring are key to stopping wheeled desk chairs from moving, so that the wholly or partially disabled can get in and out of them more safely |
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On a roll
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13/07/2008
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| Advances in steels and roll forming machines are lowering the cost of making structural, high strength 3D parts. Tom Shelley reports |
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