Paul Heney, Author at Design World

Designatronics appoints Brazier as Director of Sales and Marketing

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:47:21 +0000

Designatronics Inc. has announced that it has appointed Simon Brazier as its Director of Sales and Marketing, following a wide-ranging search process. In this newly created role, Brazier will assume responsibility for leadership and growth for both domestic and international business development. “We’re extremely excited to add Simon to our sales and marketing team. His…

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Technical thinking: Reflections on Flint

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:11:58 +0000

By Mark Jones “Save water. Shower tomorrow” is the message on a billboard I just passed. It stood out from the others along I-75 near Flint, Mich., a mix of personal injury lawyers, fast food, and cannabis shops. As it happened, I was listening to a podcast on water. Seemed fitting. Flint is synonymous with…

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Series of surface area light guides unveiled by Bivar

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:43:21 +0000

Bivar, a manufacturer of LED and light pipe solutions has announced its new surface area light guides. These guides combine advanced light pipe technology, lensing, and control techniques to uniformly illuminate surface areas in a space-saving design. Bivar’s high reliability PLCC surface mount LEDs onboard ensure vibrant color output, attractive appearance, and long-lasting performance. The…

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Technical thinking: Bigger is better, but more dangerous, too

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:45:29 +0000

By Mark Jones The cause of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse seems clear. The Dali, the cause of the bridge’s demise, sits grounded with parts of the bridge strewn across its bow. Drifting after losing power, the ship hit one of the bridge’s supports, bringing it down in an instant. Removal of the support…

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Technical thinking: The problem is not plastics, but us

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:57:15 +0000

By Mark Jones I was relieved at Acadia National Park when I didn’t see the plastic trash I was expecting. It was the same in Anguilla. I expected fouled beaches I never found. It was the same in Florida. Sadly, I found the plastic trash where I wasn’t expecting it: Kentucky. Cave Run Lake, in…

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7 things I learned from Hexagon’s Tarik El Dsoki

Wed, 29 May 2024 21:07:01 +0000

Germany’s Hannover Messe can be a show of excesses, with too many halls to visit, too many new products to see, and never enough time — or walking stamina — to take it all in. But the show is full of little nuggets of information that help engineers and designers find solutions to do their…

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When plastics take a green turn

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:33:56 +0000

It can’t be easy being a plastics manufacturer these days, with a barrage of news reports about plastic particles being found on remote beaches or the seabed itself. But count on Rumford, R.I.-based igus Inc. to turn that story on its head, with some innovative ways that they’re using plastics to help the environment —…

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2024 LEAP Awards now open for nominations

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:24:11 +0000

The LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. This dynamic competition honors the most innovative engineered products/components across several of our flagship brands: Design World, Fluid Power World, EE World, and Engineering.com. Submissions for the 2024 LEAP Awards program are being accepted starting today,…

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Spanish manufacturing plant runs on 100% green power

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:20:33 +0000

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ newest production facility in Parets del Vallès, Spain (near Barcelona) is a fully carbon-neutral plant. The facility manufactures automotive components and replaces an existing plant at the same location. The company said it is boosting its production capacity by 15%. In all, more than 11 million euros have been invested in the…

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Technical thinking: Nanoparticles in water

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:06:41 +0000

By Mark Jones “Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water” was a recent AP headline. It was one of hundreds of stories prompted by a recent scientific publication. In a first in this column, I’ll give you some fun experiments you can do with the water. You’ll…

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