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Dude, Rapid 2009 ‘rocks’
by Joe Jancsurak, Editor

Eric Clapton was part of this year’s Rapid 2009, or at least his Grammy-winning “Layla” was. During one of the opening sessions, Boris Fritz, founder and past chairman of the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s Nanomanufacturing Technical Group, shared some of the latest nano-innovations. Among them a nanoradio made from a single carbon nanotube one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair (10 nm), and 1 µm long.

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Articles



NASA may have nose for brain cancer

An electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect differences between normal and cancerous brain cells according to a recent study.

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Lean podcasts
April 30 Medical Edge. With that in mind, a series of 8- to 10-min. lean manufacturing podcasts by Bosch Rexroth’s Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies group, Buchanan, MI, are available. Topics include:

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Forum offers DFMA diversity and best practices

An extensive program of design for manufacturing/assembly-related presentations is set for the 24th annual International Forum on DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly)

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New Products



Nanopositioning for super-resolution microscopy

PI Nano series nanopositioning stages by Physik Instrument, Auburn, MA, feature a profile of just 20 mm and deliver accurate motion with sub-nanometer resolution in 2 and 3 axes.


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Sealing assembly used In topical oxygen therapy device

Complex check valve seal designs by Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, Minneapolis, are being used in a topical oxygen device.

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Sterilizable motors

Two sterilizable drives by Maxon Motor USA, Fall River, MA, are for use with or without planetary gearheads in high speed medical applications of up to 90,000 rpm.

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Featured Links




Boker's Free 2009 Washer Catalog
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Protomold
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First Cut
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Editorial questions:   Joe Jancsurak 216-931-9822
Advertising/sponsorship opportunities:   Virginia Goulding 216-931-9893

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