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New eBook: Advanced Ball Screws

Learn to properly maintain your ball screws, understand the acceptable noise levels that can be produced prior to repair, define the erratic pitch that occurs within ball screws, and investigate design advantages from internal ball returns.

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New Zealand abolishes patents, and U.S. also gets it wrong
Apr 28, 2014
Do you remember the story from Greek mythology called War of the Titans? It was a 10-year series of battles between the Olympians and the Titans to decide who would rule the Universe. Today, a similar battle is going on between technology giants...
Paperless manufacturing: This time, not a false alarm
Paperless manufacturing: This time, not a false alarm
Apr 18, 2014
Manufacturers of all sizes are adopting manufacturing information technologies, which eliminate a lot of paperwork. The technologies have been around for decades, though, so why are manufacturers seeing value in them now? Product lifecycle ma...
It all starts with materials Here39s a list of tradeshows featuring advanced or new materials
2014-2015 Calendar of materials events
Apr 03, 2014
2014 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit April 21-25, 2014 San Francisco, California 2014 world congress on powder metallurgy & Particulate Materials MAY 18-22, 2014 oRLANDO, FLOR...
4-H Club churns out engineers
4-H Club churns out engineers
Oct 04, 2013
In the corner of a large white room at TechWeek Chicago 2013 was a group of students playing with hand-built robots. I...
5 Google Glass applications for engineers
5 Google Glass applications for engineers
Aug 12, 2013
On a recent trip to Chicago for PowderMet 2013 and TechWeek, I took a break to meet up with my good friend Brad Kleinman. Upon meeting, Brad placed a flimsy pouch on the table and gestured to open it. I carefully took out, in awe and wond...
Get your powder metallurgy on
Jun 06, 2013
Nothing beats fresh education on a 19th century technology. In just a few weeks Metal Powders Industry Federation (MPIF), in association with American Powder Metallurgy Institute (AMPI), will host PowderMet 2013, an international conference on...
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