Engineering 1996 - Abstracts

Engineering 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A cutting edge. (use of surface coatings in gear cutting.)Science and technologyIan Sanderson
A global view.(Richard Parry-Jones, Vice-President Ford Motor Company Small and Medium Centre)(Transcript)Science and technology 
All tuned-up. (engines)Science and technology 
Balancing act.(planning inmdustrial research activities)Science and technologyKeith Winters
Bearing flakes. (problem of flaking bearings in manual automotive transmissions)Science and technologyDavid Carnell
Biological action.(biotechnology applications in UK industry)Science and technologyMichael Kenward
Blowing hot and cold. (car air conditioning)(includes related article on improving air quality in cars)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyDon Hume
"Brew it yourself."(design of teapot of Tetley Group)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technology 
Broader horizons. (examples of how technology transfer can be used to support process improvement)Science and technologyMike Watson
Building on firm foundations.(automotive technology park)(contains note on single site testing)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyRod Calvert
Business proposal. (how venture capitalists assess new deals and qualifications of commercial partners)Science and technologyEric Walters
Buyer's market. (how a break with tradition can result in substantial cost savings to aluminum users)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technologyMike Harman
Car, bus, train?(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyStephen Dixon
Caught on camera.(videoconferencing for better coordination and cost reduction in industry)Science and technologyAlan Fitzgerald
Classical gas. (natural gas powered heavy goods vehicles)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyBill Brookes
Close finish. (finishing products and applications)Science and technology 
Combat fatigue. (improving fatigue resistance by design)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyJohn Draper
Communicating change.(role of engineers in management)Science and technologyPatrick McHugh
Community of interests.(engineering profession - unification)Science and technologyMike Heath
Compressors. (how compressed air systems can be optimized for efficiency and cost savings)Science and technologyChris Gray, Laurie Meyrick
Continuous activity. (requirements for continuous electromagnetic compatibility compliance)Science and technologyJeff Chambers
Cost and benefit.(safer cars without additional costs)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technology 
Curing the problem.(curing ovens in automotive paint shops)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyPhilip Leach
Designers abroad. (engineering design)Science and technologyMaxine Horn
Designing an identity. (importance of promoting good product design)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technologyGus Desbarata
Designing safer vehicles.(improving car occupancy and pedestrian safety)(contains note on computer modeling of crashes)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyPhilip Bly
Design protection.Science and technologyGeorge Hamlyn
Down in the depths.(sound project management)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technology 
Driving tomorrow's world.Science and technologyMartin Janes
Dummy runs. (auto passenger safety systems)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyGeraint Williams
Emission statement. (Cosworth Engineering's new emission test facilities)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyTony Braddon
Established winners and newcomers. (UK design firms)Science and technology 
European aspirations. (European Designer trade fair)Science and technology 
Finite potential. (use of computer simulation techniques in the metal forming industry)Science and technologyAlex Ramsay, Mark Winter
Flying high. (use of aluminum in aircraft)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technology 
Focusing on the customer. (managing manufacturing operations)Science and technologySimon Sutton
For good measure.(new metrology products)Science and technology 
Garbage in-garbage out. (computer applications in industrial design)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technologyTony Gibbs
Heat of the moment.(energy conservation in UK)Science and technologyUly Ma
High-bred hybrid. (hybrid drive commercial vehicles)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyPeter Chudi
High-level torque. (Peugeot S.A.'s 194 hp V6 petrol engine)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyRick Buxton
High-lighting. (introduction of gas-discharge headlights in the European Union)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyPeter Van Westering
Hot wired.(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyMartin Zechnall
Industrial thermography.(applications of thermography in industries)Science and technologyJohn Dixon
Information rich.(information technology in British automotive industry)Science and technologyAlec Cassells, Tim Claxton
In the frame. (stainless steel auto frames)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyBruce Emmons
IT efficiency could be key in aerospace market. (information technology)Science and technology 
Keeping a cool head.(thermistors in motor protection systems, contains a related article on thermistor theory)Science and technologyTom Wearden
Light touch. (developments in laser marking technology)Science and technologyDavid Clarke
Long-life truck. (Daimler-Benz heavy duty trucks)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technology 
Look and feel. (non-destructive testing)Science and technologyHarry Harper
Made in Britain? (developments in the UK automobile industry)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technology 
Major delays ahead.(trading problems in UK)Science and technologyMartin Janes
Market making.(successful product development)Science and technologyJonathan Green
Materials joining. (areas of research by the UK's Structural Materials Centre)(includes related article on defense technology)Science and technologyDavid Dunford
Material wealth. (partnership between private companies and design schools)(includes related article on steel as a design material)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technology 
Meet SMB in Glasgow. (12th Scottish Manufacturing and Engineering Exhibition)Science and technology 
MIRA today ... and for the future.(contains Motor Industry Research Association's list of events for the 50th anniversary during 1996)Science and technology 
Modelling gear. (evaluating gearshift quality by testing and dynamic modelling)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyDavid Shuttlewood
More than aesthetics. (recipients of the 1996 Design Effectiveness Awards)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technology 
Movers and shapers. (how the extruded aluminum industry helps designers and engineers)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technologyJustin Ratcliffe
Moving jobs.(effects of changes in work on engineering companies)Science and technologyDavid Yeandle
Nation state. (engineering developments in Scotland)Science and technology 
New cars on the block. (use of aluminum in cars)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technologyJustin Ratcliffe
News.(advanced materials engineering)Science and technology 
On the buses. (use of aluminum in buses)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technology 
On the chain gang. (unusual combination of stainless steel and aluminum bronze in a 50 ton chain)(Engineering With Steel)Science and technologyJan Musser
Organisational development. (British technical standards)Science and technologyBryan Geraghty
Paper chase. (importance of document management technology in industries)(includes related article on Dista's use of an electronic document management system)Science and technologyAnnie Gregory
Plastic encapsulated microcircuits.Science and technologyMichael Pecht
Plastics and the car.Science and technologyReinhard Clausius
Pressing ahead. (use of computer-aided design and electronic data interchange in automobile design)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologySteve Massie
Ready for take-off.(challenges in aerospace industry)Science and technologyColin Parry
Regional variations.(development of manufacturing in European Union)Science and technologyJulian Gray, Rupert Egerton-Smith
Reliable good looks. (adhesive and sealant dispensers)Science and technology 
Return to carbide. (re-introduction of carbide hobs)Science and technologyWalter Eggert
Rolling element linear guidance systems.Science and technologyStefan Lennssen, Jochen Sarfert
Rough touch. (surface blasting)Science and technologyJerry Godwin
Running hot. (why thermal transient failures in bearings are increasing)Science and technologySandy Polak
Safety curtain.(Western European expertise to combat nuclear disasters)Science and technologyPhil Jeanes, Rod Smith
Safety net. (modelling air bag deployment)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyPradeep Palakrishnan
SCADA and telemetry systems.(supervisory control and data acquisition)Science and technologyBob Butts
See hear. (how sound, vision and other technologies can be used to support automatic identification in industry)Science and technologyIan Russell
Shelf-life.(inventory control)Science and technologyTony Wild
Ship shapes.(marine engineering technology applications in UK)Science and technologyDavid Goodrich
Simplifying design. (how industrial design affects product cost)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technologyRob Bassil
Single point diamond turning. (nanotechnology in machine tools)Science and technologyPeter Hall
'Sink or swim?' (teamworking in new product development)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technologyDavid Raffo
Skin deep. (coatings for aluminum products)(Engineering with Aluminium)Science and technologyHoward Spencer
Soft on quality. (use of software packages to help plan, implement and maintain quality management practices)Science and technologyAdrian Burr
Something for everyone. (Manufacturing Week exhibitions in Europe)Science and technology 
Steady state. (condition monitoring)(includes related articles)Science and technologyPaul Shrieve
Student life. (engineering education)Science and technologyAlec Broers
Survival of the fittest. (employment in the engineering industry)Science and technologyAnn Bailey
Taking stock. (UK steel supply chain)(Engineering With Steel)Science and technologyGeoff Field
Testing times.(testing and validation programs in vehicle development)Science and technologyRod Calvert
The name of the game. (computer-aided designed golf clubs)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technologyDan Stone
The road forward.(automotive technology)Science and technologyJerry Burns
Thin yet satisfying. (stronger steels for lighter automobiles)(Vehicle Engineering & Design)Science and technologyKennet Olsson
Tight fit: selecting the best seal. (sealing technology and products)Science and technologyBob Flitney, Amanda Alford
Time of flight. (Heathrow Airport information system)Science and technologyPaul Butler
Top of the range.(Motor Industry Research Association's facilities)Science and technology 
Trading places. (supply chain management)Science and technologyRobert Duncan
Travelling light.(marketing of engineering products and services)Science and technologyMike Meldrum
Turning vision into reality. (low-cost Head Mounted Display)Science and technology 
UK design expertise questioned again.Science and technology 
UK manufacturers run hard to stay still.Science and technology 
UK needs to invest more in micro technologies.Science and technology 
Up and away. (innovative designing to improve air passengers comforts and privacy)(Industrial Design in Practice)Science and technology 
User friendly.(programmable microelectronics technology use in industry)Science and technologyTim Reynoldson
Volume and flexibility key to high-tech manufacturing success.Science and technology 
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