The SSW Detect Switch has many attributes, such as Electric Parking Brakes (EPB) and x-by-wire, which each require functional safety in accordance with the ISO 26262 automotive standard, as well…

Safety Instrumented Systems: A Life-Cycle Approach by Paul Gruhn, PE, CFSE, and Simon Lucchini, CFSE, MIEAust CPEng, leverages the performance and documentation requirements defined in the ISA/IEC 61511 functional process…

KBR, Inc. announced recently that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $133 million task order by the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Project Office to provide technical and engineering…

(Image courtesy of GF Machining Solutions.) The information and communications technology (ICT) and automotive sectors both make extensive use of graphite molds for glass end products and graphite electrodes. Graphite…

The F-35 Lightning II. (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin.) Northrop Grumman is accelerating the production of the center fuselage of the F-35 Lightning II to a maximum rate of one…

James Anderton: Directed-energy deposition is a great way to build very complex, sophisticated parts with complex internal geometries out of metal. I'm with Melanie Lang, she's co-founder of Formalloy. Melanie,…

The new integration to the EPLAN Cloud is available starting with Version 2.8. Designers can make the schematic project available in the cloud from the platform for downstream company processes.…

The Model 71865 functions include two A/D acquisition IP modules for simplifying data capture and transfer. Each acquisition IP module contains a controller for all data clocking, triggering and synchronization…

Fitted with a 7th Generation Intel Core processor (Kaby Lake) and featuring up to 16GB DDR4 SODIMM memory, the PICO-KBU4 has the computing power to handle applications previously only possible…

This voice coil motor has a force to size ratio of 5.5 lbs (24.6 N) continuous force and 17.5 lb (77.7 N) of peak force with a housing measuring 2.000…