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		<title><![CDATA[Virtual Aluminum Castings: An Industrial Application of ICME]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5348/is_200611/ai_n21402350]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The automotive product design and manufacturing community is continually besieged by Herculean engineering, timing, and cost challenges. Nowhere is this more evident than in the development of designs and manufacturing processes for cast aluminum engine blocks and cylinder heads. Increasing engine performance requirements coupled with stringent weight and packaging constraints...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW980A APU Receives Transport Canada Type Certification]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC), a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, has received Transport Canada type certification for its new PW980A auxiliary power unit APU. The PW980A will provide power for main engine starting, environmental control and electrical systems on the Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Computer program can determine your house's expiration date]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20031018/ai_n14565160]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DOESN'T it always seem that as soon as you get one thing fixed in your house, something else falls apart?    Order a new toilet because the plumber says they just don't make those parts anymore, then find out the tile floor underneath is shot. Replace a stove,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seal Durability in Insulating Glass Units: Summary of Technical Issues and Recommendations to the Department of Energy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The content of this report is based on discussions with 13 experts in the field of IGU seal durability and performance. The principal degradation mechanisms of seal failures are loss of adhesion between the sealant material and the glass or spacer or rapid permeation of gases through the sealant material...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Electric Bus Meets Federal Testing Requirements for First Time, As Market for Electric and Hybrid-Electric Buses Surges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1999--  An electric bus has for the first time ever completed a rigorous testing program that is required for buses purchases with federal funds. The 22-foot shuttle bus that was tested was manufactured by Advanced Vehicle Systems, Inc. AVS of Chattanooga, Tenn. for the Chattanooga...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM: GM to offer composite pickup truck box >T.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-6 August 1999-GM: GM to offer composite pickup truck  box C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:050899    * Technology increases durability where customers need it most    Traverse City, Mich. -- General Motors announced today that it will  offer a pickup...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exclusive ARP Plus Surface Gives Nevamar High Pressure Laminates Superior Wear Resistance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ODENTON, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 20, 1998--Nevamar has developed Armored ProtectionTM Plus Surface (ARPTM Plus) to create high pressure laminates with superior durability, abrasion and scratch resistance properties.    The application of this proprietary process results in significantly better wear value than the NEMA standard for laminates, as well as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 1998 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING - Metal or composite tooling?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6623/is_199202/ai_n26391876]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The relative importance of durability and lead times for individual  companies may determine whether they opt for metallic or composite  tooling.  Two US companies, Boeing Commercial Airplane Co of Renton,  Washington, and Rohr Industries Inc of Riverside, California, seem to  have come to different conclusions...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 1992 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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