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Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries, such as crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns, or blindness. Amputations, lacerations, and abrasions are costly and ...

A chucking machine that produces elbow or tee-shaped pipe fittings was difficult to automate because the fittings, when loaded, had to match the angle of rotation where the chuck happened to stop ...

My PhD project is about …… making air bearings more widely usable in industry. A bearing is a machine component that supports the weight of moving ...