Piezoelectric Switches – Product Design Help

Hi all,

I'm a design student in the UK working on a personal attack alarm. I've designed mine to be in the form of a wristband and will integrate a sound alarm and bluetooth technology so that it can be connected up to the users mobile phone to make contact with the emergency services.

Gear Ratios

In a design I'm working on, I want to increase the speed of the input by a 4:1 ratio and keep the rotational direction of the output shaft the same (clockwise). I can use either one of two sets of gears to achieve this. The first is with a 60T on the input, a 30T as an intermediate and a 15T on the

The Role of a Machinist…

I am hoping this isn't too far off topic, but I want to ask a question of those currently in the Mfg field. Is there still a need for machinists in this industry. I am completeing my AAS in Machining Technologies, and am currently searching for work in the industry. I have experience in manufactu

Tour of Tec-Smart

Last Friday, I went on a tour of Tec-Smart , a new education and training facility in upstate New York (Malta, NY), which is just finishing construction. Tec-Smart stands for the Training and Education Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Alternative and Renewable Technologies.

TEC

Flashback: Doozy of a Car Showroom

"Automotive heaven must surely be something like this. This is only the main floor of L.A.'s Cor Auto Sales Company showroom with a Duesenberg Murphy berline on the left and a Rollston convertible on the right." - Richard Kelley

By far, the most popular former Duesenberg showroom is the one

Cables and Wires Labelling Standard

I am working on a power distribution design. I want to label the cables in a meaningful way, so the label contain useful information (eg.: cable type, size, cores, voltage, from/to etc) at the same time easily identifiable (eg.: unique tag+ Cable from/To ---> PW0021-MSB1/MCC1 ).

Is there

5.08mm Board-to-Board Connectors

I am working with Triangle Research PLCs for some projects at work. The headers that the manufacturer is using on there boards are:

pitch --- 5.08mm(0.2")

pin dia. - 14.224mm(0.56")

with anywhere from 2 - 8 pins.

I am in need of some board to board connectors that will all

Text Search in SolidEdge Draft Files

Hello Mechites,

I am working as a design engineer. And am fresh to the field. We make electrical connectors.

In our company, we have drawings muddled up from all those decades. So I proposed a plan to standardize the process. I also wanted to create a component database

Air Mattress Changing into Weird Shapes

So 5 months ago, I went to Walmart and bought myself an air mattress branded as "Main Stays", made in China. I believe it is nylon, if not some other kind of plastic. It has an electric pump and is pretty convenient to fill. So all these months, it's been working well.

A week back, th

final year project

i am final electrical and electronics student i want an idea or title for my finl year project which is electronics based please suggest me an idea to do my final year project

Capacitor Voltage for Power Factor Correction

Dear Forum members,

For bulk power factor correction panels, i have a system voltage of 440V, 50 Hz and 300 kVAR power factor correction panel. considering that i am not using series reactors, if i consider Capacitor voltage of 525V, will the inrush current reduce. will considering capacitor

Quality Issues – Consumer Power Tools

Elsewhere, there is a Post regarding Lowe's or whatever but my concern is all about the generally poor quality of products that we use everyday. Specifically, this one is about HomeLite yard tools and Cordless Power tools in general. Late last year I replaced both HomeLite yard guys (a trimmer and b