Over the last five years, two main advances have helped additive manufacturing (AM) evolve from a prototyping technology to a viable production method. Over the last five years, two main advances have ...

One of the greatest advantages of designing plastic parts is the vast number of assembly options a designer can apply to his or her design. The most common among these options is the use of screws.

In part one of this two-part article, design engineer Michael Paloian outlined the first four milestones of a product-design project, ending with the “cornerstone” of the product-design cycle — ...

Although everyone knows that plastic injection molding can produce mass volumes of parts with precision and low cost, not every manufacturer gets the process right, which could defeat its purpose and ...

Injection molding is a highly-engineered process that demands careful planning and attention to detail if the finished product is to achieve its full potential. The tips in this article should help ...

Editor's Note: An updated version of this information can be found here. What exactly is computer-numerical-controlled (CNC) machining? It’s a means to make parts by removing material via high-speed, ...

In Part 1, I discussed the background behind lock-in amplifiers. Here, I’ll cover analog and digital lock-in amplifiers, software-defined radio, de-embedding, and the hardware and software ...