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The Benefits of Gearboxes — and When to Pick Integrated Gearmotors

Gears help engineers reduce motor-drive costs, simplify tuning, and boost efficiency.
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Designing with Galfenol

New magnetostrictive material captures minute amounts of energy from vibrations and other physical phenomena to make possible new kinds of energy-harvesting schemes
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Standardized gears and motors keep agricultural conveyors moving

Conveyors on machines called pilers use motors with planetary gearheads plus other mechanical design features to boost reliability and standardize one beet-sugar company’s drives...

Looking Back 3/21/2013

PTFE-coated fabric takes on Mother Nature: Architect Axel Schultes constructed this hightech, translucent 2,600-ft2 (240-m2) canopy out of glass fabric coated with PTFE and fluorothermo...

First electric tiltrotor makes public debut

Electric-powered aerial drones are on the drawing board. A new prototype by AgustaWestland shows some of the thinking that goes into these ideas.
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Drones come down to Earth: UGVs and driverless vehicles a reality

Autonomous haul trucks that drive themselves offer a glimpse at the future of mining.
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Machine vision boosts productivity on bottling line

Machine vision in larger automated systems improves productivity, increases throughput, and eliminates human error in myriad global industries.