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How Does Your Television Respond to a Remote Control?

By THORS Staff Writer / Electronics

Have you ever wondered how your television understands and responds to the commands that are given to the remote control? Breaking apart a television remote control exposes a green rectangular board called a Printed Circuit […]

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How does your television respond to a remote control?

Teamwork, Ingenuity, and Dedication Lead to Success in Manufacturing

By THORS Staff Writer / CEO Stories

Sachin’s Story Sachin’s story of success in manufacturing started with growing up in Wisconsin with his parents, who had emigrated from Bangalore and Mysore, in south India, during the Vietnam War. At this time, jobs

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CEO Sachin Shivaram photo.

Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB): The Best Energy Storage Device

By THORS Staff Writer / Systems / emerging technologies

The energy storage sector is dominated by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which power more than 90% of the global grid market. The modern world revolves around energy, and we cannot get through a day without relying

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3D illustration of a lithium-ion battery, the best energy storage device

What Equipment and Systems Are Used in a Green Sand Foundry?

By THORS Staff Writer / Castings

What are the basic properties of green sand? Understanding the basic properties of green sand and the equipment required to operate a green sand foundry are important for anyone in related casting industries. Green sand

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Green sand molds in a foundry prior to molten metal casting

Understanding Engineering Drawings for Hydraulics

By THORS Staff Writer / Engineering Drawings

How are Engineering Drawings for Hydraulics Different from Regular Engineering Drawings? Engineering drawings have many symbols that are standard and carry over from industry to industry. Engineering drawings for hydraulics have a few symbols and

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Cylinder in a hydraulic system

Gear Hobbing Cutting Parameters to Optimize the Hobbing Process

By THORS Staff Writer / Gears, Metal Cutting

What are the Primary Gear Hobbing Cutting Parameters? Primary gear hobbing cutting parameters include the radial feed rate, the axial feed rate, the work spindle speed, or work spindle revolutions per minute (rpm), and the

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A horizontally-oriented workpiece lubricated with cutting oil during the gear hobbing process.

Examining Gear Hobbing Equipment and Tools

By THORS Staff Writer / Gears, Metal Cutting

What is gear hobbing? Gear hobbing is considered a generating process and is the most common method of producing teeth in gears of all sizes. The gear hobbing equipment and tools utilized for an operation

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A vertically-oriented workpiece and gear hobbing cutter.

Advanced Product Quality Planning: 5 Phases of APQP

By THORS Staff Writer / Quality

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) helps an organization with effective cost and time management by dividing a product development process into the five phases of APQP. Here is an overview of the five phases of

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The 5 phases of APQP.

5 Safety Features in Ball Valves

By THORS Staff Writer / Manufactured Products

Ball valves are highly versatile in design characteristics that make them suitable for transporting media of extreme natures. As a result, it is important to incorporate certain safety features in ball valves to prevent any

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Parts of a ball valve.

The Roll Forming Process in 7 Basic Steps

By THORS Staff Writer / Manufacturing Fundamentals, Metal Forming

What is the roll forming process? The roll forming process is a metal-forming operation that imparts the desired shape to a material strip in a progressive manner. The material strip could be either ferrous materials

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A comprehensive image showing the entire roll forming line in the roll forming process.
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