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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

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: Connectivity
Learn the USB3 and GigE vision standards, how they keep pace with imaging technologies, and how augmenting the cabling is critical for optimal performance.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Empa researchers were able to demonstrate real-time acoustic monitoring of laser weld seams.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
An A/C alternative, AI that sharpens blurry images, and a NASA energy harvester.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Blog: Aerospace
Although life has not been found on Mars just year, a researcher from NYU thinks there could be life...under it.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This gel-like material leads a path toward “mechanoceuticals.”
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Briefs: Automotive
These are important traits in electronics and electrical systems including electric cars, industrial drills, and electric grids.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yields.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
New safety relay modules follow updated standards to give designers more options for a tailored electrical safety implementation.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
Using ceramic material and graphene, the toughness of solid-state lithium-ion batteries can be doubled.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The battery design increases the number of possible cycles from tens to more than 100 with little degradation.
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Articles: Energy
A number of battery-related innovations have been assisted by a joining technology: ultrasonic metal welding.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Applications include absorbers, tuned mass dampers, harmonic absorbers, and seismic dampers.
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Products: Semiconductors & ICs
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technology can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The gripper’s soft, sensitive fingers could enable robots to help with tying knots, wire shaping, or surgical suturing.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This approach could be used to cost-effectively make soft robots and wearable technologies.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during the...
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Blog: Test & Measurement
The Perseverance rover has an almost human-like way of keeping its lenses clean.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Mars rover Perseverance has a helicopter. Will the rover have to carry it around?
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Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Exploring Mars - July 2020
As NASA prepares this week to launch its latest robotic rover to the Red Planet, we are excited to present this commemorative publication chronicling – through historic images and video – six decades of Mars...

Products: Energy
Photoelectric sensors, cable connectors, power monitors, and USB3 cameras.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Bio-Inspired Propulsion
Frequencies and passive dynamics of vehicles moving in air or water help enhance propulsion performance.

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