Way back in 1976, I’m not sure that Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers could have predicted the lyrics of their Top 40 song “Breakdown” would one day become my mantra against defeat during the latest round ...

Pneumatic valve selection is often treated as a component-sizing exercise, with datasheet-based specifications. Once pressure ...

Ferromatik Milacron has expanded its Elektra Evolution Series to include a line of two-component models in clamp forces from 30 to 300 metric tons. At this time available only in Europe, the Evolution ...

At the core of any automated system is the basic closed-loop paradigm: sense, decide, act. This model reverberates from the lowest machine component all the way to the business enterprise, starting ...

Energy security, fuel prices, and environmental concerns have increased pressure on the automotive industry to create energy-efficient and environment-friendly vehicle designs. Research in the last ...

The last three articles have explored the five steps to designing an embedded software architecture. So far, we’ve separated our software architecture into hardware-dependent and independent ...