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Technology Explained
An encapsulated pigment is a colorant that has been enclosed inside a protective carrier material, usually a polymer, gum, starch derivative or lipid, so that …
Business & Service Basics
How Freight Forwarders Work in Practice: Incoterms, Documents, and Who Does What A freight forwarder is easy to describe badly. Marketing copy calls it your lo…
Products & Everyday Life
Definition and Scope A food vacuum sealer is a countertop appliance that removes air from a plastic pouch or container holding food and then fuses the opening …
Materials & Science
Machine-vision inspection is the use of cameras, lenses, lighting and image-processing software to judge a manufactured part automatically, without a human loo…
Equipment Fundamentals
Why Look Inside the Module at All A CAN bus interface module is an easy thing to treat as a black box: data goes in on one side, bus frames come out on the oth…
Technology Explained
A battery protection board is a small electronic circuit that sits between a battery and the outside world and disconnects the battery when operating condition…
A world of questions
The principles behind the technology around us.
Parts, processes and the mechanics of getting things done.
The properties and scientific ideas behind materials.
A closer look at the features in everyday products.
The language and workings of business and professional services.
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