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Application Note: Load Testing a Brushless DC Gearmotor and Control System
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Why You Should Consider a Stainless Acme Lead Screw
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Smoothing the Transition from Design to Manufacture: Best Practices
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Hybrid plastic rollers improve sliding door performance.
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Redesign Improves High-Speed Can Making Machine
Solving a costly lubrication problem triggers unexpected productivity improvements Can making equipment is nothing if not specialized. Yet the subsystems found on these machines offer a number of … [Read more...] about Redesign Improves High-Speed Can Making Machine
How Potomac Photonics Supports Boston University’s Cell Research
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Watch How VivaBioCell Builds Mini-Bioreactors to Grow New Bone Using the ProJet 3510 3D Printer
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How a 3D Printed Die Mold Speeds Up the Hydroforming Process
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Learn How Turbine Technologies Cuts Prototyping Time and Production Costs by 90%
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