Without an assortment of high precision bearings, much of the moving equipment on the Mars rover 'Curiosity' wouldn't be possible. What roles do these parts play exactly in NASA's latest adventure to...
It's easy to forget just how useful the bearing is; bearing technology was invented by the ancient Egyptians and since then has permeated nearly every aspect of engineering.
Linear hydraulic actuators play such an important role within aircraft systems that they have become almost indispensable.
Travelling by air is one of the more popular modes of transport and has radically changed how you can travel and how long it takes to get to destinations. Planes have come a long way from the first biplanes...
Space shuttles, rockets, satellites all have a massive amount of internal and external components that shift and move to help them get into orbit and manoeuvre once they are in space.
