When it comes to using an FDM 3D printer effectively and efficiently, choosing the right material at the right time is essential. This 3D Printing Materials Guide will help give you and your team a basic understanding of some FDM 3D printing polymers and composites, their strengths and weaknesses, and when to use them. Topics Covered: Introduction to 3D Printing Materials Base Polymers: From Concept to … [More]
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Ending The High Cost Of Choosing The Perfect Linear Guide
When machine designers need a linear guide, many automatically choose a profiled, high-precision guide based on familiarity. In doing so, they overlook a class of medium-precision linear guides with a … [More]
Customer Success Story: Becoming Lean With Self-Driving Vehicles
As the manufacturing industry is rapidly evolving and customers’ expectations are increasing, the need for innovation has become critical in order to remain competitive. Sunview Patio Doors … [More]
Injection Molding Principles
Optimizing custom part designs for injection molding requires a thorough understanding of the process and outcomes. In this e-book, you'll learn about common molding resins, special molding terms you … [More]
A Basic Guide to Applying Hybrid Stepper Actuators to Any Design
Hybrid Stepper Actuators are electromechanical devices that incorporate a rotary hybrid stepper motor with a rotary-to-linear device (typically a Lead Screw) to impart motion to linear axes. Adopted … [More]
Isolation Device Solution for Downsizing of Industrial Automation and Solar Inverter
Industrial automation and solar inverter equipment are under intense pressure for size reduction to extract cost savings while, at the same time, new safety standards are requiring longer creepage and … [More]
Sensification of Personal Healthcare Requires Specific Components — A Holistic Approach
When developing sensification systems for personal healthcare, monitoring, and diagnoses, designers need to consider many factors that contribute to the integrity of a sensed signal and to the ability … [More]
Data Center Solutions – The Heat is On
Data centers are the backbone of today’s industries, providing a centralized facility for the servers, routers, switches, and interfaces that transform high-speed data streams. Essentially, these … [More]
Communication Module Requirements for IoT Applications
With the rapid spread of the IoT, many devices require the integration of a communication module function. Conversely, the number and severity of security threats are also on the rise. … [More]
Security for the Connected World
“Security” is a word that never fails to elicit a response, but what it means varies greatly depending on context, even when narrowed down to the world of electronic devices. As soon as you enter the … [More]
Cloud Kit Simplifies Secure IoT Device Connection to AWS
A step-by-step overview of the key considerations that will help you meet the challenges of connecting your application to Amazon Web Services quickly and securely, with Renesas RX65N Cloud … [More]
How to Improve Volume Scan Diagnosis Throughput by 10X
Performing volume scan diagnosis on today’s large, advanced node designs puts demands on turn-around-time and compute resources. This paper describes a new technique to maximize diagnosis throughput … [More]
The Impact of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles on Aftersales Service and Maintenance
The growing electrification and automation of vehicles will have extensive effects on vehicle servicing and maintenance. As automakers integrate more sophisticated electrical and electronic systems, … [More]
How to Mitigate Electrical Compliance Risk in Aerospace: A New Approach
Electrical Load Analysis (ELA) is an important to ensure adequate power for the electrical systems during all phases of flight. For the most part, ELA today is done manually using spreadsheet-based or … [More]
Solving the E/E Dilemma of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
As automotive manufacturers and suppliers develop advanced technologies to realize the trends of autonomy, connectivity, electrification, and shared mobility, they are encountering a number of … [More]
An in-depth look at an affordable, easy-to-use stepper replacement
- Are you experiencing step loss or stalling as you try to increase machine throughput? - Do you want smoother motion, free from resonances? - Do you need better positioning and reduced settling … [More]
Identifying Best-Value Linear Motion Technologies
Miniature linear guides are indispensable in myriad motion designs. They impart precision and performance to machine axes in everything from semiconductor manufacture and test and measurement … [More]
Technology-Agnostic Advice On Linear-Motion Selection
In this white paper, we outline where linear motors are most appropriate, the upper force limits of today’s most advanced offerings, and practical considerations for deciding between multiple … [More]
Features and Benefits of Bluetooth Connectivity
Bluetooth is one of the fastest growing sectors of home automation, thanks to its low-power usage and small carbon footprint. From mesh networking to sub-GHz integration, learn more about the … [More]
Learn how to reduce noise and distortion in encoders’ signals
To ensure clarity of signal from your encoder, and avoid excessive electrical noise, there are several options and installation considerations to take into account. This white paper will focus on … [More]
Optimizing Phase-Locked Loop Bandwidth with Digital PLL Clock Generators/Jitter Attenuators
Clock signal quality is heavily dependent on phase noise and jitter—managing both is essential for high-performance applications. Often a jitter attenuating clock IC or phase-locked loop (PLL) is used … [More]
Riding the Rails At a NASA Radar Range
NASA wanted to roll equipment in and out of a radar range in order to shoot it with radar to capture the effects. Find out how the equipment rode on self-aligning bushings sliding on 40 foot long … [More]
Emerging trends in wearable technology across markets
We’re on the cusp of an explosion in wearable technologies that will revolutionize how we live and how we work. Industry is reimagining connectivity as it integrates wearable and mobile technology … [More]
Improving EV/HEV Safety, Performance and Reliability with Galvanic Isolation
Electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology is still evolving, and future designs must reduce vehicle weight, improve batteries and increase power conversion system capabilities … [More]
Enabling the Python API for the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform
Analyzing the high-level APIs of the most widely used ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, Gluon, Chainer, and Onnx, it’s easy to recognize that the dominance of the Python language is … [More]
Embedded Security is on the Move in IoT
The growing need for security for connected devices extends from cyber security down to the hardware level—this is where embedded security provides a key link between enterprise and consumer trust. … [More]
Desktop 3D Printers: Value Is More Than Skin Deep
There’s no denying that 3D printing provides real business-changing results. But achieving those results depends on the choices you make. Many desktop 3D printers look similar, but the real value is … [More]
Elevating Product Design With 3D Printing
Designers, educators and the medical community arguably share a common desire: to find better tools that help solve their challenges in a more creative, nimble and cost-effective way. In this … [More]
Timken researchers show tapered roller bearings can extend operating life
Timken researchers tested spherical roller bearings and tapered double inner (TDI) roller bearings, discovering a design that significantly extends operating life. The white paper, Improving Bearing … [More]
Design Optimization Strategies: Transitioning from Traditional Manufacturing Technologies to HP Multi Jet Fusion Technology
The highest value for Additive Manufacturing is achieved when 3D printing is introduced into the very early stages of the product life cycle. At these stages, designers can consider designs that are … [More]
HP 3D Printing – HP Multi Jet Fusion Color Technology Workflows
With the introduction of the HP Jet Fusion 580 Color 3D Printers, HP has unleashed the power to innovate in full color. By combining its deep knowledge of color inkjet technology with its … [More]
WP-2000: Selecting Digital Encoder Outputs
Within linear or rotary encoders, there are two basic types of electrical output formats: incremental or absolute. This paper focuses on rotary incremental encoders There are two important … [More]
PCBA Manufacturing for Extreme Environments
Electronics built for extreme environments require additional design and manufacturing considerations. The effects of temperature, pressure, and corrosion on PCBAs create challenges that can only … [More]
New planetary gearboxes for use in high-load applications
The newly developed NGV and PFHE planetary gearboxes from Neugart show how specific requirements of AGVs and fork lift trucks and in other high-load applications with high radial loads can be … [More]
Air Bearings and Piezo Mechanisms Engineered to Advance Motion Control
PIEZO Actuators are the gold standard when it comes to precision, speed, and force in a small package. With the absence of friction and wear, they can provide billions of cycles of maintenance-free … [More]
Introduction to Strain Gauge Measurement Techniques
Download the world's most trusted reference book in the field of experimental stress analysis and transducer design. This 250-page eBook is available as a free download. … [More]