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"On the assumption that, in the long run, only five or six
car manufacturers and about 1,000 suppliers will be left
by 2005, the crucial thing is to speed up production with
fewer model ranges and more model variants," Schiller
said.
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Testing a To help test a new design, the John Deere Golf and Turf
New division turned recently to a consulting firm tied to its
Fairway technology supplier. John Deere had redesigned a ball
Mower joint lift yoke on its line of lightweight fairway mowers
Design with the hope of improving the mowers' cutting
performance, and grass-catching ability.
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at the company.
Coin Acceptors
engineers began
using plastics
simulation software
called Moldflow Plastics Insight from Moldflow of
Wayland, Mass., in September of last year.
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Long said that with the technologies' help, he and his team
are closer to understanding flow separation, which will
eventually lead to vehicles that emit less aerodynamic
noise.
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