Cam designers have traditionally been a small lot of dedicated people who have found power sometimes through the applied use of mathematics, but just as often through ...

Engineering design is an art of compromise. To achieve a design goal — for example, a certain machine function — engineers select components based on several criteria, including functionality, ...

In a world without limits, camshaft designers have known for decades what profiles they'd like to grind. But real-world technological limitations-in terms of design feasibility, materials science, and ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

In machine design, indexing is the movement from an initial position to a new position, starting and ending in rest. What applications require such motion? Machine tool changers, beverage cappers, and ...