Features Table of Contents

October 1999

feature articles

upping the systems
Industries ranging from petroleum refining to engine assembly raise the efficiency of motor-driven operations.

u-turn for no_x
An advanced boiler system promises to rehabilitate coal's poor environmental image.

sealed and delivered
No one guessed that a little taper would make a mechanical seal run cooler and last longer.

cad meets cae
From interface to database, software suites get design and analysis speaking the same language.

the molding influence
Beta testing shapes software to the users' hands so the product will fit the marketplace.

smooth body
GM unveils the shape of things to come with its 80-mpg, five-passenger technology demonstration vehicle.

advancing the standard
Working hard to earn QS-9000 registration, an engineering department made unexpected gains.

long line in long beach
A giant riveter at Boeing sews fuselage panels together for the Air Force's equally large C-17 cargo transport.