Design Engineering
How long do electric vehicle battery packs last? | Design Eng
Research on EV batteries suggests the answer is different than you might think.
DEX trade show expands to Western Canada | Design Eng
Design Engineering Expo (DEX) kick starts its trade show season with a second location -- Vancouver (Coquitlam), B.C.
Hawk Ridge, 3DSystems announce partnership | Design Eng
Canadian Solidworks VAR to distribute full line of 3D printers.
Universite Laval regains Shell Eco-marathon title | Design Eng
Canadian university beats out 130 teams with record setting fuel-efficiency run.
Linear Rail | Design Engineering
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions BGS06 Linear Rail features integrated IDEATM drive.
Interlock Safety Switch | Design Engineering
AutomationDirect's expanded line of safety products feature additional tongue interlock and cable-pull safety switches.
Virginia Tech researchers unveil robotic jellyfish | Design Eng
Autonomous “Cyro” robot part of U.S. Navy project to patrol oceans.
Canadian teams set to take back Shell Eco-Marathon title | Design Eng
Seven Canadian university engineering teams roll to the starting line in Houston to break fuel efficiency record.
Neptec enters 3D machine vision market | Design Eng
Spin-off firm launches suite of LiDAR products designed for harsh environments.
SNC appoints nuclear exec as new CFO | Design Eng
Former Areva executive, Alain-Pierre Raynaud, part of SNC-Lavalin’s leadership sweep.
Magnetic Positioning Sensor
Sick USA MPA sensor features analog output and non-contact position detection.
Fieldbus Encoders
HEIDENHAIN ECN/EQN 400 series now offers PROFIBUS and PROFINET interface with rugged hollow shaft design.
Festo to fly BionicOpter at Hannover | Design Eng
Automation giant’s robotic dragonfly mimics full flight capabilities including glide, hover and flying backwards.
Power Distributor Box
Beckhoff EP9214 EtherCAT Box provides overload protection and diagnostics for up to four circuits.
Pluggable Ground Connector
HARTING HAN GND offers the ability to create grounding systems with pluggable connections.
Thousands of US residents chosen to wear “Google Glass”es first | Design Eng
Move over Gordi; Google invites 8,000 to experience Internet-connected spectacles.
Queen’s U developed coating to banish smudgy touchscreens | Design Eng
Queen’s university researcher’s fingerprint-resistant coating receives OCE funding.
3D Freebie: Microsoft releases Kinect Fusion | Design Fusion
New SDK turns game controller into 3D scanner on the cheap.
Partial Fillets and Chamfers in Solidworks | Design Eng
How to create intermittent or patterned fillets and chamfers in Solidworks.
Designing 3D printed parts ready for brass inserts | Design Eng
Axis Prototypes chart provides handy specs for designing reinforcements into 3D printed parts.



