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

NEWS & ARTICLES
Scanning for Ideas: Putting Cameras-on-Chip in Smaller Packages
Cameras can now be made small enough to fit on ICs, but those chip-based cameras must be protected, so packaging is important.
Graphite Alloy Stops the Sparking and Arcing
A company making metal fasteners added an electrostatic paint line that gave managers grief almost as soon as it began operating.
Using a Fungus to Make Fuel
The same fungus that plagued soldiers in World War II as it ate their tents and uniforms is now leading engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory to a new method for turning plants into ethanol.
GaN transistor likes it hot
Move over silicon. A new gallium-nitride (GaN) transistor offers the promise of low-power consumption and high efficiency in high-power, high-temperature electronics such as motor drives for hybrid vehicles, appliances, and defense equipment.
AFS Castings of the Year
The metalcasting industry handed out top honors in its 2008 Engineered Casting Solutions and American Foundry Society Casting Competition.
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Plastic Compounder’s PET Project: Recycling
Plastic water bottles can be “upcycled” into durable materials with properties equivalent to virgin polymer.
Want More Precise Assembly? Use Fewer Constraints
Too many constraints in a design can drive up assembly costs and diminish reliability
Engineering PM Parts Without Pricey Alloys
A new mix counters high prices.
New From the Fab Labs: Lightweight but Superstrong Parts
A rapid-manufacturing technique fabricates 3D-lattice structures that can replace solid metals and even encourages bone ingrowth in medical implants.
Here’s Help With Solar-Cell Manufacturing
Solar cell makers can now go to Dow Corning Corp.’s Solar Solutions Application Center in Freeland, Mich., for help with materials used in making solar panels.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Product Spotlight: A/V enclosures and racks
The XSF and XMF Series enclosures are for broadcast applications, and the XME and XMER Series are for broadcast, audio/ video, security, and wireless telecom applications.
Product Spotlight: CompactPCI enclosure
The E192 is a two-slot 3U Compact PCI enclosure that incorporates a modular and removable power supply.
Product Spotlight: Door-removal hinges
The F6 line of concealed, removable-style door hinges feature security from vandalism.
Product Spotlight: Powder-coated enclosure absorbs radiation
The Type 4X stainless-steel wall-mount enclosure has a white polyester-powder finish inside and out that reduces solar-radiation absorption and keeps internal components cooler.
Product Spotlight: PCB enclosures with recirculating air
The 715 Series of recirculating air-cooled ATR enclosures hold commercial off-theshelf (COTS) circuit cards.
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The Machine Design Tech Insider - November 13, 2008
Bullet train for California: Boon or bust? - Geeks or not, society needs engineers - At last, a flying car - A moving skyscraper for NYC? - Start a fire with a potato - A pot for plants that NEED sunlight
Materials Monthly - November 2008
Epoxy adhesives that hold their own - Packaging goes back to nature - Biocompatible ship ahoy - Plastic Bearings - Thin Flexible Heaters - Adhesive sealant
The Machine Design Tech Insider - October 30, 2008
The candidates and technology - Editorial: Mathematics of financial chaos - Do we really need 100,000 more engineers? - Compact splicing connectors - Twisted connectable belts
The Machine Design Tech Insider - October 24, 2008
Are engineers still in demand? - Machine Design forums: Training is a hot topic - Editor blogs: VSTOL F-35 and engineering PhDs - Cylinder-rod boots - Noncontact position sensor
The Machine Design Tech Insider - October 16, 2008
How to learn fast - Develop products like Toyota - Lean development practices straight from the experts - What's new in sustainable materials - Ac drive - Rodless pneumatics - Laser system marks challenging materials
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