Car Challenge: Hummers vs. Unimog

Never let it be said we don't listen to suggestions. Frequent Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge participant marmer recently told us he'd like to see an occasional return to the "classic" Six Degrees format, in which you find as many different possible connections between

March Military Campaign – Willys MB Jeep

One almost never sees unused Jeeps, especially the Willys MB Jeeps cranked out by the thousands and shipped all over the world. So (excluding the possibility of an older restoration) how did one manage to accumulate just 9.6 miles, as did this one that showed up during a recent consolidation

April is Stress Awareness Month

Not to be confused with the measure of average force per unit area of a surface, the stress in this case refers to what makes you exhausted, irritable, and unable to concentrate.

Symptoms of Stress

Since no two people are identical, it makes sense that no two people respond to

HDCP Headaches (Part 2)

Last week's post gave an overview of High Bandwidth Digital Content Production (HDCP). In that post I explained why it is completely useless in the fight against piracy, and how it causes major headaches for the average consumer. This week, I'll detail my personal frustrations with HDCP.

Terminology : comment please !

Hey, folks !! nice to see you !

Since I am not an english native speaker, I actually have small problems with choosing a proper word (terminology). There is a word "suspension". When you hear that word at first, you might think about car or something related.. right ?!?

i am just wondering

VADE Knifegate Valves

We have Vade - knifegate valves complete with pneumatic linear actuators. we have been looking for the seals but emails have not been responded to.(TP- Tajadera Pasante(through going))

the seals that we are after, are for the pneumatic cylinder actuator, they include the metal case rod wip

Switched Reluctance Drive

I am currently stumped on a Switched Reluctance Motor drive.

It has to be open loop, isolated, be soft start and run at a minimum of 20 RPM. I was going to use a PLD but a friend mentioned that using a PLC with a 555 timer might be better? Any help? Also how would I put a soft starter into it?

Industrial Induction Heater Coil

Dear Gurus ,

I am having a problem with the industrial induction heater.Recently due to interlock problem , a metal bar hit the induction coil.( made of copper tube )The coil broken and the cooling water started to leak.

Due to tight schedule , i need to run the machine as soon as

AC Voltage Range

For one of my document the following detail is required

Is there is any bandwidth of voltage level, based on its descriptions like LV,MV,HV,EHV (ie. upto 1000 v it is LV)?

Control System Selection

1) There are 28 Sump Lift station spread over a Vast area,Our client wants to upgrade the existing System

2) There is a proposal for Automatic Dewatering from Hydrocarbon Tanks

If we use Conevtional 4-20 ma System then we will have to dig the entire refinery to bring it to Central system,plus

Geothermal Energy

How Safe is Geothermal Energy?

The world may be trying to go green, but some places don't have to try very hard to create a small carbon footprint. Klamath Falls is one of them. The small Oregon city has been using geothermal energy to heat homes, businesses, and sidewalks since the early 199