Amid mediocre scores on international science tests by U.S. students, and predictions of future shortages of scientists and engineers, policy makers have recently awakened and begun requiring more science courses in U.S. schools.
Peterbilt Motors Co. (Denton, TX), a division of PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA), manufactures trucks for the over-the-road, construction, municipal and medium-duty markets.
In the past 6 months we've covered topics ranging from 5S to lean principles. Now it's time to talk about what's needed to turn words into action-leadership.
Torque is an imperfect measure of how tightly a bolted joint has been fastened. Friction, torsional stress and other variables can obscure what engineers really want to know: the clamp load on the joint.
Historically, both manufacturers and the general public have perceived globalization as a matter of "us" vs. "them." Back in the 1980s, it was the Japanese, building cars and consumer electronics. Today, it's the Chinese and India.
When assembling complex electronic products, engineers often need to join small daughter cards with large motherboards. Press-fit connectors and ball grid array (BGA) connectors have recently been introduced to make this task easier and less costly. These connectors can transfer large amounts of data at high speeds.
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