Engineering Essentials

Highlights

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Fiber-optic sensors work well in tight spots and in applications with a high degree of electrical noise, but care must be taken when specifying these critical components.
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Measuring the “hardness” of soft, spongy elastomers—foams—is an inexact science.
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Various methods can be used to smash age-old stereotypes and interest young girls in engineering, showing how they can ultimately make it a career.
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Using a variable-speed drive could reduce up to 50% of a pump’s energy consumption.
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Advances in PM over the years have steadily expanded its market, and now the technology is poised to start taking over other parts-manufacturing processes.

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Most LDVT components are protected against the environment to some degree. But there are applications where more protection is needed.
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Enhancements to membrane switches over the years have turned them into indispensable subsystems in technical applications across many industries.