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In today’s difficult legislative climate, many important issues have fallen by the wayside on Capitol Hill because of partisan gridlock, frustrating those whose job it is to advocate for issues and industries inside the Beltway.

Thermoplastic elastomers have come a long way since the early inception of plasticizing rigid PVC by Waldo Semon in the 1920s.

The first question to ask when designing a new product with an LCD is: Do I want a color or a monochrome display?

What separates humans from animals? It is one of those age-old questions that seems to grow more prolific with every human discovery.

There is a case to be made for outsourcing based on cost savings, consistency of products and design need. But it also takes close teamwork among those involved – designers, engineers, coaters and coating suppliers.

An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Antimicrobials that kill microbes are called microbicidal; those that merely inhibit their growth are called microbiostatic.

A handy glossary of terms can always help appliance designers and engineers as they face stamping challenges for air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers, drying cabinets, freezers, refrigerators, kitchen stoves, water heaters, washing machines, trash compactors, microwave ovens, induction cookers and other appliances and devices.

When it comes to designing and engineering of forms and fabrication processes of myriad appliances, today’s knowledge base gain from concepts as design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), value engineering (VE) and total cost of ownership (TCO).

For ultra-critical applications requiring miniature ferrite-core transformers, Coilcraft CPS has the AE458RFW Series.

EAO Corporation has a new range of industrial switches suitable for high-tech operator controls.

From Cornell Dubilier, its type BLC high energy density board mount DC link capacitors are for medium power inverter systems.

Continental Control Systems has a new line of electric power meters, the WattNode Revenue.