Brian Reuter is Director of Product Realization Service at Guideline, where he has researched hundreds of suppliers for Fortune 1000 clients. Find out more about supplier qualification and Guideline's Product Realization Services at http://www.intota.com.
Distribution Channels To Fiber Optic Installers The supply chain serving the fiber optics industry is complex and changing rapidly. Widespread consolidation, where large companies are purchasing their smaller counterparts in order to provide national coverage and one stop-shopping, characterizes much of the recent activity in the industry. The fi... Similar Editorial : RSS Channels by Diya sood. | Source : Grants for Business
Aerospace Advanced Composites In Automobiles There is currently very little potential for advanced-composite technology in high-volume automotive applications. That is not to say that advanced composites have not been or will not be used in the distant future (more than 10 years). For example, advanced composites (e.g., carbon fiber) are curre... Similar Editorial : Applied Aerospace Structures Corp by Caitlin Gilmore. | Source : Car Parts Review
Moving From Round To Flat In Automotive Wire Harnesses Multiplexing of electrical signals in automobiles is beginning to be used as vehicles are continually being designed with more electronics and options. Multiplexing is essentially putting a digitally encoded signal on a wire and decoding that signal at the other end. This allows merging multiple com... Similar Editorial : Wire Transfers by Jakob Jelling. | Source : New Car Parts
Assessment Of Battery Smart And Pulse Charging The rapid growth of battery systems for portable power of computers, communications devices, tools and entertainment devices has created a need for better batteries and better electronics for charging these batteries. Although there are some forces decreasing the electrical load on batteries such as the use of 3.3V CMOS logic instead of 5V TTL logic, there are other forces increasing the...... Similar Editorial : Charging Up by Katherine Hooper. | Source : Electronic Home
Treatment Of Polypropylene Films Polymers generally, but notably polyolefins, have low surface energies and it can be difficult for inks and other coatings to adhere to them. In the case of polyolefins, such as polypropylene (PP), the problem is particularly severe since this polymer has a surface void of polar groups. Thus, only weak physical (dispersion-force) interactions can bond materials such as printing inks to the...... Similar Editorial : Course Of Treatment by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Multifunction Fax Printers
Radio Frequency Welding Of Plastics RF welding is a basic technology, and the basic devices necessary to affect such a weld have not changed since the inception of the process. Today, as in 1942, we need a generator to provide RF, a transmission line to transfer power, a press to apply force and an electrode in the desired geometric pattern to be welded. The terms "Radio Frequency (RF) Welding or Sealing" are often used...... Similar Editorial : Radio Frequency Identification Basics by James Hunt. | Source : Information Technology Industry
Product Focus: Passive Radio Frequency Identification Supply chain management relies on the ability to track parts, components, finished goods, and various other things and be able to locate those items at any time. The workhorse of this task has long been the bar code. Using an optical bar code scanner, goods coming into a warehouse are scanned by the bar code reader, transferred by radio frequency to the main computer, which then automatically...... Similar Editorial : Keep That Focus by Cathy Bryant. | Source : Information Technology Industry
What Is Bulk Metallic Glass? Bulk metallic glass, a.k.a. amorphous metal, appears to have a very bright future. Being twice as strong as titanium, tougher and more elastic than ceramics, and having excellent wear and corrosion resistance makes them attractive for a variety of applications. It can even be cast in a mold to near net shapes. Conventional MetalsIn an ordinary metal the atoms of the metal arrange themselves into a...... Similar Editorial : Bulk Email by Steve Lillo. | Source : Star Technology
Dual-Dispensing Packaging Technology Dual packages can deliver low-cost products while preserving the activity and effectiveness of the individual components. For these products, the incompatibility of the component ingredients dictates that the components remain separate until the moment of use. There are several categories of dual-chambered packaging technology: 1) Dual compartments2) Dual tubes3) Dual chambers with unique...... Similar Editorial : Basics of Dual by Roberto Sedycias. | Source : Modern Technology School
Aluminum Anodizing Technology And Market Assessment The rapid growth and widespread use of aluminum since World War II is tied directly to the ability of anodizing processes to protect it from corrosion, improve its appearance by way of brightening it and offering a rainbow of colors, and imparting ceramic-like toughness to its outer skin (especially through hardcoat anodizing). Hydrated aluminum oxide is the stable form of aluminum in nature; thus...... Similar Editorial : Alzheimers and Aluminum by remyjirek. | Source : Advanced Video Technology
Joint Integrity Technology For Threaded Fasteners A critical element in the manufacturing of many products is the fastening of parts or subassemblies using threaded fasteners. A total systems approach is required to carefully plan every step so that the reliability that exists on paper can be implemented at assembly. The manufacturer's objective is to maximize the long term joint integrity while minimizing the product cost. The standard technique...... Similar Editorial : Joint Venture 101 by Valeriu Popescu. | Source : Biofuel Technology
Aluminum Anodizing At Home Another large anodizing category, architectural aluminum, does not appear to be poised for significant growth in fact, this market may already have reached its peak... Similar Editorial : 1 Work At Home by Harrold Swalve.
Facilities & Maintenance Jobs Distribution ChannelsThe main distribution channels for MRO products are - Large distributors- Integrated suppliers- Regional, small and specialty distributors- Distributor buying groupsThe service p...... Similar Editorial : Accounting Data Entry Jobs by Matthew Bredel.
What Is Bulk Metallic Glass? patenting on amorphous and glassy metal technology, the work being done by William Johnsons group at Caltech appears to be having a larger impact on the overall body of work in U.S. patents over rec...... Similar Editorial : Commercial Fire Alarm Systems by John Leo.
