Thanks for a very supportive 2006 to all DPN friends and partners

This year has been a landmark for Design Product News as we launched embedded 3D content into the digital edition and prepare to embark on our 35th year of publishing.

With the help of many vendors, I've also been able to get out in the field more than ever to talk to end users of components, systems and software, and to receive training from some of the best in the business. I'd especially like to thank the following for inviting me into your classrooms: value-added mechanical CAD software resellers Imaginit Technologies (Autodesk Inventor), Designfusion (UGS Solid Edge) and Javelin Technologies (SolidWorks); motors and drives manufacturer Baldor Electric (Sizing and Applying Servo/Motion Products); and, Baumer Electric (Sensors Basic Product Training).

The Editorial Advisory Board of DPN also plays a strong role in what you read in the magazine, e-LETTER and online. Thanks to Board members: John Bachmann, PEng., chairman of the Canadian Fluid Power Association and Wainbee corporate sales and marketing manager; Ajay Bajaj, PEng., Canadian conference steering committee member of the Power Transmission Distributors’ Association and president, Rotator Products Ltd.; Millan Yeung, National Research Council Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, Special Interest Group Coordinator; Tim Poupore, President of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers – Ontario and president of Ove Industrial Design Ltd.; and, Rob Lemmen, mechanical design engineer at Korver Engineering division of E.M. Precise Tool Ltd.

A special acknowledgement goes out to Mike Baker of General Dynamics Land Systems, who stepped down from the board after changing roles within the company. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on CAD systems integration with DPN readers over the years. Taking Mike's place on the DPN Editorial Advisory Board is Mirek Tokarz, director of Technology Development at Langen Packaging. Welcome, Mirek.

Happy Holidays & All the Best in 2007!

Mike Edwards, Editor,
DPN Magazine medwards@clbmedia.ca
Past e-LETTERs: click Archives

USEFUL SITES

Fluid control. The Midland-ACS website provides information and CAD drawings for 316 stainless steel valves, pneumatic cylinders, manifold control valves, pneumatic valves, air preparation equipment and custom valves (midland-acs.com).

Potting and encapsulating. A white paper from Epoxies, Etc... addresses common manufacturing problems for electronic potting and encapsulating assembly operations (epoxies.com).

Rapid injection molding. Service from Protomold provides plastic injection molded parts in a variety of resins from 3D CAD files in as little as three days (protomold.com).
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                 DPN EXCLUSIVES

Pneumatic cylinder sensors. The SF1 series cylinder sensors for stroke inquiries on pneumatic cylinders from Bosch Rexroth include a digital switching point setting using a teach-in procedure and a complete depiction of the entire stroke.

Motorized torque control systems. Promess, Inc. has expanded its line of motorized torque control (MTC) systems to encompass from 1 to 500 Nm.

Servomotor couplings. CD couplings from Zero-Max are said to address the challenges of the latest servomotor driven designs with precision positioning under high reverse loads and reliable 24/7 operation.

Sterilizable brushless dc motor. MicroMo Electronics has expanded its brushless dc motor product line with the addition of its Series 2057…B. Units have an external motor-diameter of 20 mm and a length of 57 mm.


    

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UPCOMING EVENTS

February 4-7, 2007. New Orleans. SolidWorks World 2007 International User Conference and Exposition for mechanical design engineers (solidworks.com/registersww07).

February 13-15, 2007. Anaheim, CA. Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show with product pavilions on CAD/CAM/RP, contract manufacturing and enterprise technology (devicelink.com/expo/pac07).

May 14-17, 2007. Montreal. ASME Turbo Expo 2007, the global conference addressing new developments in gas turbine technology (asmeconferences.org/TE07).

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November/December 2006 DPN
Digital Edition

 

Now Complete Online & Featuring:

• 3D content in DPN's digital edition
• Vibration isolation on flight simulators
• Model return of the Avro Arrow
• Labor-saving CAD navigation tools
• Product lifecycle management tips