Bearings Direct makes custom components for agriculture, heavy equipment, medical, automation, and material handling ...

Online parts search and ordering is a godsend compared to the paper-catalog days of yore. This is fact, there is no argument otherwise (despite [Dave Jones’] assertion that sourcing connectors is so ...

From FAE teams to their websites. The same intelligence engine OEMs use to make component decisions now helps manufacturers ...

The use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies in space requires a more skillful component engineering approach -- one that includes process control improvements, modern microelectronics ...

A research team has demonstrated that a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) is a stable and selective catalyst for breaking down polyester-based plastic into its component parts. Only ...

Crude oil is getting scarce. This is why researchers are seeking to substitute petroleum-based products – like plastics – with sustainable raw materials. Waste wood, divided into lignin and cellulose, ...