End-of-arm tooling that combines vacuum and mechanical gripping comes as close as possible to the one tool that does it all and reduces the number of tool changeovers to a few or zero. The optimum ...

For fluid-compressed equipment, this means air and pneumatic actuators compress more, so attributes like load displacement ...

Automation and mechanical motion systems have become integral to industries ranging from manufacturing to healthcare.

All about the new Porsche engine tech: six-stroke patents under the microscope. CAR magazine's tech correspondent ...

Porsche's six strokes include the four familiar ones: intake, compression, power, and exhaust. But it inserts an additional compression and power stroke in the middle (following the first power stroke ...

GM’s third production overhead-valve V-8 engine in five years, the Buick “nailhead” was the warmup act for the small-block Chevy, and a classic in its own right.

2024). Here, we present the design of a pneumatic actuator array suitable for use in a dynamically reconfigurable socket (Figure 1B). The array comprises multiple independent pneumatic actuators that ...

Brake actuator failure was a known problem ... The root of the problem was often linked to piston ring wear, which allowed oil to seep into the combustion chamber. Braking system complaints persisted ...

Getting or gifting an iPad Air this holiday season? Now is the perfect time to outfit it with a case to protect it from accidental drops and scratches and enhance its functionality with ...

A mini army of testers help us find the best air beds and tell us which ones are the most comfortable to lie on. We also find out which are the best air beds for durability, which ones are noisy if ...

He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home appliances and smart devices including robot vacuums, smoke/CO detectors and air conditioning units.