Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Mechanical Components

Find multimedia resources and technical briefs covering complex mechanical components and technologies. Find the latest applications that design engineers are using to meet their design challenges.

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INSIDER: Propulsion

Molecular Robots Work Cooperatively in Swarms

In a global first, scientists have demonstrated that molecular robots are able to accomplish cargo delivery by employing a strategy of swarming, achieving a transport efficiency five times...

INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Microdrones With Light-Driven Nanomotors

Physicists at the University of Würzburg have propelled micrometer-sized drones significantly smaller than red blood cells, exerting precise control, using only light.

Products: Motion Control

New Products

Modular robot platforms, automated crane systems, motion smoothing, and more.

Products: Photonics/Optics

New on the Market: April 2022

High-performance laser trackers, gimbal motors, air-quality sensors, and more.

Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Fast-Acting Molecular Probe

A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.

Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Improving Extrusion Press Performance with Hydraulics Upgrade

Many presses continue using inefficient and unreliable hydraulic pumps.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Implantable Stimulator Speeds Tendon Healing

The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.

Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Products of Tomorrow

Self-healing materials, quick disconnects, and eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors.

Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Create the Future Design Contest: Success Story — Reinventing Mobility

Rowheel, which was a winning technology at SAE’s Create the Future Design Contest in 2010, continues to roll forward.

Blog: Design

Designing from the Outside In vs the Inside Out

You can design something special when you begin with a blank piece of paper on a wall. Editor Ed Brown shares a lesson learned from his early days as an engineer.

Articles: Data Acquisition

The Many Benefits of Smart IIoT Connected Factories

Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.

Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Strategies to Solve Enclosure Thermal Management Challenges

Find the right components that protect your electronics from the effects of temperature and moisture.

Facility Focus: Electronics & Computers

Facility Focus: University of Michigan College of Engineering

Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.

Briefs: Energy

Process Converts Ethanol to Jet Fuel

A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.

Briefs: Medical

Handheld 3D Skin Printer Accelerates Healing of Burns

The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds and its bio-ink accelerates healing.

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products

Battery monitoring, flow meters, torque sensors, and more.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Nanoprecipitates Toughen Structural Alloys

Mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, can be improved for car, plane, and building components.

Products: Communications

New on the Market: March 2022

Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.

Special Reports: Energy

Test & Measurement - February 2022

From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...