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What is a CNC Machining Company?

Ivan — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:30:15 +0000

A CNC machining company is a company that provides CNC machining services. There are several CNC machining services that are provided in the market today. One of the most popular CNC machining services that are provided by a CNC machining company is the standard 3 axis CNC machining. The standard 3 axis CNC machining has the ability to transform 3D designs into products that you can use on a daily basis. CAD designs like chairs, tables, and drawers are ideal for a standard 3 axis CNC machining service. A CNC machining company that provides this kind of service is everywhere. It is very basic and standard. Sometimes, as a hobbyist, you can transform these 3D designs right in your own garage or backyard.

EXPOSanità opens in Italy

Ivan — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:14 +0000

The italian leader Saxos Informatica, specialized in the supply of systems and services for the electronic automation of the public and private sanitary structures, will be at EXPOSanità 2010 with a new software solution of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) - Electronic Health Record (EHR).

Oil level controls for Parallel Compressor Systems

Ivan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:39:10 +0000

In the whole of the refrigeration system, a parallel compressor system is the most complex and important electromechanical device

2 stroke engines in racing motorcycles

Ivan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:45:45 +0000

Although two stroke engines have long since been updated with four stroke racing bike engines, two stroke engines provide a lightweight and suitable solution for racing bikes, motocross and dirt bikes. Earlier on, the two stroke engines in racing bikes were quite popular, but they have since then have been replaced with the four stroke version of the engine. The two stroke engine was a much simpler design, therefore provided a low cost solution for racing teams...

The Importance of Liquid Level Sensors in Industrial Refrigeration Systems

Ivan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:28:03 +0000

When we talk of liquid level sensors, we’re usually referring to tiny systems that are used to detect levels of liquids (like in the fuel tanks of automobiles). These sensors are also used to detect interfaces between liquids like oil and water or between liquids and solids. They can sense the level of liquids either continuously or at certain points following which certain alarms are triggered, like we see the red or yellow low-fuel light on the fuel gauge of a car. Liquid level Sensors that are used for continuous monitoring depend on pressure, ultrasound or vibration, or a combination of any of these methods.

Systems and controllers in industrial refrigeration

Ivan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:16:39 +0000

Refrigeration, the process of maintaining an enclosed space at a temperature lower than the surroundings, has wide application in various industries like food processing, power plants, hospitals, pharmaceuticals etc. as well as for commercial use like supermarkets etc. The 3 main methods of achieving refrigeration are cyclic, non cyclic and thermo electric, out of which cyclic method is the most common. The major components of cyclic refrigeration systems are compressor, condenser, evaporator and expansion valve that correspond to compression, condensation, evaporation and expansion part of the thermodynamic cycle respectively...

Composite materials in automotive engineering

Ivan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:33:12 +0000

The use of composite materials for the manufacturing of racing cars was a significant milestone of achievement in the automotive industry, as the earliest racing cars were made mostly with a single aluminum chassis, which was prone to major fractures. In the late 1980s, the use of advanced composite material in the racing industry caused a revolution of sorts in the world of automobile engineering. Such composites provided an apt solution for racing car chassis, as these were not only lightweight, but also sturdy and robust, offering the driver much more security, if the car were to crash...

Valve regulators in refrigeration systems

Ivan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:10:46 +0000

Valves perform a variety of functions in refrigeration systems. They are used for expansion of vapour, regulating flow of water or vapour, pressure and temperature regulation, activating a device etc. Depending on the function there are various types of valves available viz. expansion valves, stop & regulating valves, solenoid valves, safety valves, pressure controlled valves, etc. Valve regulators are used for many different functions in commercial and industrial refrigeration like capacity regulation, condensing pressure regulation, evaporation pressure regulation, receiver pressure regulation, crankcase pressure regulation etc...

Spacecraft. A Vehicle designed for Spaceflight

Ivan — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:07:07 +0000

A vehicle designed for spaceflight is called a spacecraft. When the spacecraft travels on a sub-orbital flight, the vehicle travels to the outer-space and returns to Earth without taking a full orbit. On the other hand, a spacecraft taking an orbital space flight completes the orbiting of the Earth before returning to the planetary surface. Spacecrafts may be of two types, one that carries people as its crews or passengers, and the other is the robotic spacecraft which is controlled by either autonomously or tele-robotically. The use of robotic spacecrafts are of two types, the one which leaves just vicinity of the Earth are called space probes, and the other which remain in orbit of the Earth are called artificial satellites...

Automobile Engines

Ivan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:04:43 +0000

The working of an automobile engine follows the same principle as an internal combustion engine. Air, from outside, enters the engine through the air cleaner and reaches the throttle plate. The pedal in your car is the control for the amount of air that you would want to be taken in, and you control it by pressing on this gas pedal. The air is then distributed through the intake manifold of the cylinders. At some point fuel is injected into the air stream, and the mixture vaporizes and is drawn into the cylinders as they start their intake stroke. This way, when the cylinder has reached its bottom, it has drawn in sufficient mixture. As it moves up, compressing the mixture, the spark plug ignites the mixture, and as the powerful gas formed expands, it pushes the cylinder to the bottom with the cylinder once again drawing in the mixture...

How to make a career in Automotive Engineering

Ivan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:26:34 +0000

To make a career in automotive engineering, there are several engineering technology programs that are offered as various academic courses helping you to specialize in designing vehicles, such as, cars, trucks, etc. You gather the expertise in providing help to build and test the vehicles, and learn how to repair and maintain with the appropriate tools and instruments. When you watch TV, you come across commercials advertising cars and other vehicles. If you ponder for once how much it costs the vehicle manufacturers to advertise, you would be able to realise how vast the automobile industry is. If you watch the commercials closely, you will find that features of the vehicle are advertised also, such as, side air-bags, disappearing fold down seats, gas-electric hybrids, and many more...

The making of an Automobile

Ivan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:24:44 +0000

The products manufactured by the automotive industry are the passenger cars, trucks, vans, sport concerned vehicles, busses, and recreational vehicles. The industry is one of the largest industry in the US and employees over 2 million people. Automotive industries are mostly concentrated in the Great Lakes area, especially in Michigan, but it can be found in most of the other parts of the country as well. Employment opportunities in the industry offers tens and thousands of job to the higher skilled personnel, such as, highly educated scientists, engineers, managers, and other professionals. It also has large openings for thousands of skilled workers, who largely work in the production line, and unskilled laborers...

[Italy] Crp Technology

Ivan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:03:37 +0000

Having been a primary active partner to the main Racecar Constructors for more than 30 years, CRP Technology offers a unique opportunity to the Motor Sport market: a support throughout the entire project, including the manufacturing process. CRP has been instrumental in the success of many race winning F1, Moto GP, Rally Raid, ALMS and World Rally Championship teams. What makes this company different are the partnerships we have formed with the different teams. CRP is involved at the earliest design and development stages and our innovative approach to the use of new materials and technology is widely recognised by the race car industry. CRP Technology therefore provides race car design and construction services to competition car constructors and motoracing teams...

Automotive engineering brings processors in vehicles

Ivan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:38:33 +0000

Automotive engineering has brought in advanced concepts in today's auto industries. Cars are now installed with 8- to 16- to 32-bit processors, with thoughts of introducing the state-of-art processor technology in the very near future. The proven technology of dual core processors, bring in speed and faster computing power, with a lower clock speed, hence consuming less power. This would mean less heat generation. In modern information technology systems, dual core processors have already created a mark, with thoughts going on for multi-core processors to be soon introduced in the market...

Car suspension system in automotive engineering

Ivan — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:42:07 +0000

Automotive engineering has brought forth the ability in today's cars to reach a balance between the riding comfort and its road handling capability. This has been achieved through an active suspension control installed in the car, through a typical distributed control system. We discuss here a brief account of the mechanism of an active suspension system in a vehicle, where the distributed structure of the mechanism has been taken into account. Automotive engineering has helped to conceive the theory of embedded distributed control architectures that have come to be the first and foremost innovation in modern cars, which have been applied to achieve improvements in performance in the vehicles. The system costs more than a quarter of the cost that is required to manufacture a car, which has made the car manufacturers to have a re-look at the costing and make improvement of the effective cost of the vehicle...