Articles from Automotive Design & Production (July 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Attention to aero benefits' 09 Ford Escape.			485
Bendable body beautiful: draping cloth over a movable mesh frame pushed BMW to rethink the relationship between design, production, and materials while giving birth to 'flame surfacing.'.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		755
Calibration tools.			55
Carbide end mills.		Brief article	58
Ceramics build better bearings.	Kimberley, William		1319
Cognition: the sixth sense of safety: integrated safety systems require an understanding of the world around the automobile and multiple sensor types.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		760
Death row musings: Mercury's execution doesn't have to be inevitable.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		689
Do you know where your tools are?	Harbour-Felax, Laurie A.	Personal account	893
Eight is enough for ZF.		Brief article	272
First-rate thinking: in an environment when everyone is trying to get ahead, it is better to get smart.	Vasilash, Gary S.		835
Flex appeal: in a domestic marketplace dominated by vehicles with profiles that look like other vehicles, Ford is offering the Flex. No, it isn't the first vehicle based on euclidian geometry, but it may be the freshest.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1316
Forming Taps.			44
Gantry robots.			79
Handheld Barcode reader.		Brief article	62
Honda shrinks the minivan.			453
Large part CMM fixture.			48
Nissan faces the future: there are massive changes being driven in the global auto industry as companies work to meet customers' needs. Nissan is gaining traction in its efforts to address these requirements.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Industry overview	1955
PLM gets unified: basing PLM on a service-oriented architecture makes a "single source for the truth" possible, helps broaden the PLM "footprint," and brings enterprises closer to integrated manufacturing. Really.	Gould, Lawrence S.		2165
Prevent overreaction: declining sales and high fuel prices are causing auto executives to stock up on pepcid, but those stomach cramps could be worse if rash decisions are made.	Kelly, Kevin M.		597
RTT virtual prototyping solutions.			391
Scot Drake: shaping entertainment: Disney Imagineer Scot Drake had thought his design career would center around penning four-wheeled transportation. Instead, he's found joy in designing Astro Blasters and reinterpreting Disney's signature monorail.	Kelly, Kevin M.		905
SHW UniSpeed 5.		Product/service evaluation	504
Surface finish gage.		Brief article	67
Talking about joining: Dave Archer is an expert on putting things together. So naturally, we talk with him about joining ...	Vasilash, Gary S.		1160
Tiguan: VW's hybrid SUV: forget about batteries and electric motors. This hybrid joins two vehicles on a single platform.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1182
Vision Sensor.			66
Volkswagen's PLM strategy: although they've been implementing product development software for some years, Volkswagen AG is now implementing a new PLM package that is expected to help deliver on the company's aggressive goals.	Kelly, Kevin M.		830
What's your "engineering intensity"?	Anderson, Melissa		915