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Leland Teschler's Editorial: Garbage in, Methane Out
With this issue’s focus on green and sustainability topics, it seems like a good time to review what happens to the refuse left over despite our best efforts at being efficient users of resources.
Green Technology: Jets Gear up to Fly Greener
Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan program is set to take to the skies with innovations ranging from reduction gearing to low-emission combustion cycles.
Green Technology: More-Efficient Motors
Recent legislation forces motors to use electricity in a more miserly way.
Green Technology: How to power an energy-efficient light
New lamps are more efficient, but what about the electronics? Designers need to learn a few new tricks about driving LEDs and CFLs.
Lube it for life
Mechanical carbon machine parts excel where oil-grease lubricants won’t work.
Calculating friction in one step
A new method eliminates the tedium of determining pipe friction.
Top tips on squelching electrical noise
Judicious component layout plays a large role in immunizing test and control systems against electrical interference.
Smart programming for smart cameras
The introductions of data-flow programming techniques to smartcamera vision systems promises to change the way these systems are deployed.
Berke on Safety: No Accidents? Doesn’t Mean You’re Safe
The old safety wisdom has been, “If no one is seriously hurt, the workplace must be safe.”
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Back to the future of the 1970s
For our anniversary my wife wanted to go someplace expensive, so we went to a gas station.
Green technology: Inside an advanced wind turbine
Innovative drivetrain technology is making it easier to get power from the wind.
Smart and small
Get ready for actuators that can fit into smaller spaces, react more quickly, and save weight thanks to smart materials.
A better way to design high-performance structures
Software for designing shell structures can find the best balance between weight and strength, and assist with trade-offs that accompany such design tasks.
New Connectors Ease Hydraulic Assembly
Push-to-connect fittings install fast and help prevent leaks.
SAE Port Plugs
Port plugs manufactured to SAE J514 Standards are suited for sealing threaded holes and ports.
Charge Valve with Gear Pump
An integrated accumulator charge valve and gear-pump package reduces plumbing and mounting hardware typically needed, resulting in less-complex, moredurable, and efficient systems.
Compact Power Unit
Newly redesigned KA compact power unit for intermittent service suits a range of machine-tool, highpressure, and clamping applications.
Flange Adapters
New one-piece flange adapters are machined from round stock and hot-pierce bent to the desired angle — eliminating braze and weld points.
Heat-Resistant Hose
MegaSys hydraulic hoses bend to one-half the SAE specification, easing installation and reducing hose assembly length and costs.
Hydraulic Products: Axial-Piston Pump
The redesigned A4VG variable pump is for closed-circuit applications.
Hydraulic Products: Cartridge Valves
SVRV10-26 dual-function cartridge valves combine a normally open solenoid valve with an integral nonadjustable relief valve.
Manual Lever Valve
Manual lever (MLV9) screwin cartridge valves are rated for pressures to 210 bar (3,000 psi).
Mobile Controls
New control systems available in economical and high-end versions have been added to the iFLEX family.
Motor-Mount Manifolds
Four types of ready-to-mount hydraulic integrated circuits (HICs) that fit seven low-speed, high-torque motors are said to speed production of off-highway mobile machinery.