Read Next Blog in the Series The philosophy of safe life design is the preferred method for designing components for durable operation in the automotive industry. Under this method, the structure is operated at a stress far below the fatigue strength of the component. By doing this, [...]
Read Next Blog in the Series Note: This post is the first in a series of blogs exploring industry-recognized structural design principles. This material originated in an internal white paper written by Dr. Robert Tryon, Chief Technology Officer at VEXTEC. In the world [...]
The hottest word currently being spoken in offices and around dinner tables in the US is “sequestration.” Not since the seminal juror movie 12 Angry Men has the word enjoyed such buzz. While there are many ongoing debates concerning the political ramifications of this government budget-reduction action (that went [...]
Today’s manufacturing companies face a significant challenge as they work to balance the demands of the marketplace for better performing products against the need to bring new products to market faster, cheaper, and with greater reliability than ever before. […]
Profiled with Alcoa, Amazon and Goodyear Excerpt from “Making the World Work Better” Predictive models are also emerging as powerful tools to anticipate breakage. Manufacturers dole out tens of billions of dollars in warranty payments a year.[i][i] Knowing when and how a product will fail would not only save [...]
Published in: Aviation Week & Space Technology; October 26, 2009; Issue, pg. 74 Author: Graham Warwick Printed headline: Virtual Breakthrough A computational tool that can estimate how long a component will last even before it is produced promises to revolutionize engineering, but illustrates the hurdles innovations must overcome to [...]