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Fastening & Joining TECHNOLOGY ZONE
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Welcome to the Fastening and Joining Technology Zone. Here you will find Feature Articles, New Products and News related to Fastening and Joining Technology. Be sure to check out the Basics of Design Engineering, where you'll find a great source of design engineering basics.

NEWS & ARTICLES
High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
The U.S. gained 91,400 high-tech jobs last year, bringing the total to 5.9 million, according to a report by AeA, a high-tech trade association.
Assault and Batteries
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories must hate batteries: They heat them to extreme temperatures, overcharge them, drive nails into them, and generally do whatever they can to destroy them.
Will Hybrids Heat Up the Grid?
The growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks may or may not require new electrical plants in the U.S., depending on when they’re charged.
Looking Back
10 YEARS AGO — MAY 7, 1998
Virtual development for aircraft: Lockheed Martin will perfect the Joint Strike Fighter and other advanced aircraft with the help of visualization software from Engineering Automation Inc.
World Spends Over $100 Billion on Materialhandling Equipment
The global market for materialhandling equipment will reach $104 billion by 2010, according to a report by market researcher Global Industry Analysts Inc.
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FEATURES
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Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
Do engineers have a “mindset” that makes them prone to become Islamic terrorists?
At the Top of Their Game
Engineers aspire to change the world with their work. Here are some who did.
Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
As part of our annual salary survey, readers tell us what the ideal career looks like.
Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer
Hair-dryer users have reported fire shooting out of the handle or the snout end of their hair dryers.
Sizing up Hinges
Real-world analysis prevents premature failure, overdesign, and seal compromise.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Product Spotlight: Adhesive-Delivery System
The ADS1 DynaFill adhesive delivery system eliminates the need to manually fill adhesive tank hoppers and minimizes adhesive contamination by reducing adhesive exposure to the environment.
Product Spotlight: Adhesives for Air Filters
Filter-Lok hot-melt adhesives and twopart polyurethane systems are for use in industrial air filters, including those used in automotive engines, heavyduty equipment, dust collectors, and vacuum cleaners.
Product Spotlight: Anaerobic Adhesives
Rite-Lok anaerobic adhesives are designed for threadlocking, threadsealing, pipe and hydraulic joint sealing, retaining of cylindrical parts, and gasketing.
Product Spotlight: Banner Tape
The AdMount 8130M Series of plasticizertolerant acrylic tapes have a flexible but strong PET carrier that conforms to fit scrim-reinforced banner materials.
Product Spotlight: Cushion Mounting Tapes
The R/bak SA 3000 Series of cushion mounting tapes have three levels of compressibility to accommodate all flexographic printing applications.
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHTS
E-NEWSLETTERS
The Machine Design Tech Insider - March 20, 2008
Quieter Ride for Long-Haul Truckers - Here Comes the $2,500 Car - Recycling carbon dioxide into fuel - Armed robots assist soldiers in Iraq
Fastening & Joining Monthly - January 2008
Building a tug-of-war machine - Safety standards aren't just guidelines - Joining Design and Assembly: Design For Assembly
The Machine Design Tech Insider - January 24, 2008
The I-35 Bridge: The truth is out there - Wind tunnel tests future space planes - An uplifting experience - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Are CFLs really a bright idea?
The Machine Design Tech Insider - January, 18, 2008
Detecting reflective targets - Unmanned seaplane takes off and lands on water - Engineering an ad - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Why you can't always believe published research
Fastening & Joining Monthly - December 2007
Torque for fastening and unfastening - Compact nailer speeds connector installation - Joining Design and Assembly: Design Considerations
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Alcoa Fastening Systems Waco, TX
Atlantic Precision Spring, Inc. Bristol, CT
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