Design News - February 03, 2004

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Cover Story

Picking the right plastic for a new product really is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. There are at least 50,000 grades of commercial plastics on the market right now. And even a single materials family can consist of hundreds of subtly different grades from many different vendors.

Departments

Designer's Corner
Armature-mounted electronics govern brushless motor
Inserts lower fastening cost
Slant
Testers, Try This Program
Rant
Don't Be a Timid Manager
Mail
Readers Sound Off
My View
Why We Need a Mission to Mars
Featured Product
Real-Time Analyzer Offers Continuous Capture, Frequency Triggering
Fluid Power
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Innovative Ideas
Instrument Systems: Drivers Needed
Innovation Amidst a Mature Industry
Ask
Ask the Search Engineer
Weblog
The Wastes of Time
Calamities
The Case of the Leaky Loo
Gadget Freak
Matt Resolved to End the Morning Madness
BMOC
Core Liberator

Feature

A Leap Forward in Portable Data Entry

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