- Product Briefs - Zero-backlash servoactuators — Harmonic Drive Technologies Engine mounts reduce noise — Barry Controls Wide-spectrum power meter — Hioki Data bus for heavy-duty engines — Beede Electrical Instrument Co. Melt-processible rubber — Advanced Polymer Alloys Nylon with recyclate — DSM Engineering Plastics Rapid manufacturing — NEST Technologies Steering effort sensor — Sensor Developments Inc. Position sensor is tough — Spectrol Image acquisition — National Instruments Modeling costs can be cut — Visioneering, Inc. Giant shaker — Ling Dynamic System Marker lamps — Dialight Corp. Thrust washers have endurance — DuPont Platinum chrome for trim — Lacks Enterprises Module for wire harnesses — Bussman Automotive Products Plastic pedal bracket — Adwest Driver Systems 3-D flatness measuring — Taylor Hobson Noise and vibration analyzer — Oros Inc. Product Briefs Thrust washers have endurance DuPont Vespel thrust washers are used in a new four-wheel-drive transfer case for light trucks. In developing the case, New Venture Gear tested Vespel and polyetheretherketone parts. The Vespel thrust washers passed the severe-use tests, while the ketone resin melted under heavy loads.

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