Design News - February 03, 2003

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Cover Story

Linear motors will now be expected to go head-to-head with rotary motors and ball screws, pneumatic cylinders and belt drive in applications ranging from transfer lines to test instruments.

Departments

Gadget Freak
Robert Suddenly Realized the Sand Beneath His Feet Was Kitty Litter
Calamities
The Case of the Bungled Brakes
My View
Pink Slips or Union Cards?
Expo
Fastening/Joining/Assembly
Electronics
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Software/Hardware
Steel Jacket Armors Plastic Fiber Optics
Fluid Power
Flash
Inter-Connect Products
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Weblog
The Scoop on Shovels
Designer's Corner
Connector survives high cycles
Slant
Company Man
Ask The Engineer
Ask The Search Engineer
Measurements In The Design Flow
First, You Simulate
Rant
Don't Just Take It
BMOC
Control Freak

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