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Marvellous Maths – The mystery of 1089Engineers use mathematics every day and we’re so used to working with numbers that we often forget how much fun and often mysterious these numbers can be.Click here to learn more...
Puzzle corner – Black and white hats
Welcome to this month's puzzle corner. If you can work it out there are prizes for the first ten correct answers we receive!
Four prisoners are given the opportunity of release and freedom if just one of them can work out the answer to a simple puzzle. However, if they take part and one of them gives a wrong answer, or none of them can work it out at all, then their sentences will be doubled.
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Solution to the Merry-go-round puzzleThe solution to our last puzzle corner, The Merry Go Round.Click here to learn more...
Solution to the weight of the fishSee the solution to the last PUZZLE CORNER item...Click here to learn more...
Free dictionary of electrical drive technologyIn this month's edition of Motor Technology News we're offering readers a free dictionary of electrical drive technology, worth £14.99, with our compliments!Click here to learn more...
Sam Loyd's Great Picnic PuzzleIt was summer and time for the town's great annual picnic. Everyone in town went along and every wagon was needed to ferry all the people to and from the picnic.Click here to learn more...
Puzzle Corner. The Solution to The Band Around the EarthIn the last issue of MTN we asked you to see if you could work out what would happen if you added just 10 metres to a tight fitting steel band that was wrapped tightly around the earth. Here is the answer.Click here to learn more...
Useful online calculatorWe've found a really useful online calculator that we thought we'd share with you. It's called Instacalc and what makes it so noteworthy is its ease of use. All you have to do is type into one of the fields and the answer magically appears.Click here to learn more...
Gearboxes help British Steam Car break land speed recordMotor Technology has supplied three gearboxes that were used on support rigs during the British Steam Car’s successful attempt to break the land speed record for steam powered vehicles.Click here to learn more...
New speed sensor fits tight spacesThe GEL 2477 is a space-saving, two-channel speed sensor with pulse multiplier, suitable for use in harsh / space limited environments.Click here to learn more...
Pulses UpLenord + Bauer has extended the resolution of its magnetic incremental encoders tp over 250,000 pulses per revolution.Click here to learn more...
New plug-in module controls up to four servo axisA new plug-in module from Metronix is capable of controlling up to four coordinated servo axis from the ARS 2000 servo drive.Click here to learn more...
Miniature Kit Encoder for High-Speed SpindlesLenord + Bauer’s new, ultra precise, miniature kit encoder for measuring speed and position in high-speed spindle applications, such as cutting and drilling, has just been launched.Click here to learn more...