Designing smart-battery packs requires a holistic systems approach. By evaluating the trade-offs between components, designers can develop the best battery pack for a host system. Selecting the proper ...

Editor's Note: This is first article in a series that will look at the importance of understanding the components of building construction and design. This column is designed to assist firefighters ...

The Festo Handling Guide Online engineering tool enables engineers to specify the drives, motors, actuators and accessories of a multi-axis handling system in as little as 20 min. The selection of ...

Use of surface-mount technology (SMT) in consumer products offers a major competitive advantage—they enable significant design miniaturization. Surface-mount devices (SMD) come in a variety of ...

The best news when you power up a prototype supply board for the very first time is when it not only works, but also runs quiet and cool. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. A common problem ...

Design of gas turbine compressor flow path components, especially in concept phases, has traditionally relied upon analysis-only methodologies to down-select the final design configuration. This final ...

What are the eight general provisions? How implementing eco-design brings both similarities and differences between products and components. How you can use available tools and methods to help assess ...