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Access the latest news and technical advancements impacting Mechanical and Fluid systems. Explore articles and technical briefs about fastening, joining, mechanical components, fluid handling, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs).

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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Many presses continue using inefficient and unreliable hydraulic pumps.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rowheel, which was a winning technology at SAE’s Create the Future Design Contest in 2010, continues to roll forward.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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.
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Products: Imaging
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
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Facility Focus: Materials
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The simulations provide insight on the models needed to simulate a full-scale landing event.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds and its bio-ink accelerates healing.
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Briefs: Energy
A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.
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Briefs: Propulsion
This scalable power processing unit (PPU) is for use with low-power Hall effect thrusters.
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Briefs: Materials
Mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, can be improved for car, plane, and building components.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Find the right components that protect your electronics from the effects of temperature and moisture.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Battery monitoring, flow meters, torque sensors, and more.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
The method combines concepts of global and local stereo methods for accurate, pixel- wise matching at low runtime.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
Which machinery requires constant monitoring? According to one industry expert, the answer boils down to “Criticality.”
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Special Reports: Energy
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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...

Products: Test & Measurement
Liquid-cooled workstations, universal amplifiers, hydrogen sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A 3D-printable elastomer yields soft, elastic objects that feel like human tissue.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Articles: Motion Control
The DPV concept matches the unique needs of electric vehicle cooling and energy management systems.
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Articles: Software
Learn how design engineers are making better gas meters.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Test servo drives, robot monitors, AC motors, and more
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Briefs: Motion Control
A new fabrication technique helps improve the performance of flying micro-robots.
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Briefs: Motion Control
These “living machines” hold potential for applications from medical treatments to improving the environment.
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Products: Energy
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will ‘Ocean Batteries’ Catch On?
Our lead story today highlights an innovative energy approach from a Netherlands-based company called Ocean Grazer. Tied to existing wind farms, the team’s “Ocean Battery” pumps water from solid subsea reservoirs into flexible bladders located just above the seabed. When there is a demand for power, the...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. Jiming Bao, professor of...
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Podcasts: Energy
Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.
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