Pete Nachtwey

By Jack L. Johnson, P.E. Historically, management and engineering viewed issues of high production quantity and high quality as diametrically opposed. This double-Q dilemma maintains that if product quality is paramount, then production rates ...

Figure 1. Hydraulic leaf spring tester controls both position and force being exerted by the actuator. Fluid power often is the first choice whenever a predictable amount of force must be exerted, ...

This series of articles on electronics is going to draw heavily on your knowledge of hydraulics and analogies to help demystify the electronic art. Equally important is to point out where the analogies fail to apply. In previous issues, ...