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Nissan Recalls 908,900 Vehicles For Defective Accelerator Sensors
2013-09-26 14:18:07| Automakers - Topix.net
Nissan Motor Co. recalled 908,900 vehicles around the world Thursday for defective accelerator sensors that could cause the engine to stall.
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Exxon Knew Its Ruptured Pipeline Was Old, Defective and Brittle, and Still Added New Stresses
2013-08-12 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Since at least 2006, ExxonMobil [3] has known that its 1940s-era Pegasus pipeline had many manufacturing defects like the faulty welds that recently sent crude oil spewing into an Arkansas neighborhood. The company also knew that the seams of the pipe have been identified by the industry as having another dangerous flaw: They are especially brittle, and therefore more prone to cracking. "Having a crack or flaw in a pipeline is a whammy," said Patrick Pizzo [4], a professor emeritus in materials...
M&S Centerless Grinding Manufacturers Heart Valve Clip for Defective Heart Valves
2013-06-14 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The extremely small size of the part, critical to affixing a clip to a defective heart valve, resulted in manufacturing difficulties, and unacceptable inconsistencies in holding the required part tolerances.<br /> <br /> Critical Dimensions:<br /> Center Diameter size - .0191/.0190<br /> OAL: .056"<br /> 8 Ra surface finish<br /> .001" max inside corner radii<br /> <br /> Resolution: a manufacturing process was created that yielded 95% success rate. Project was able to move forward into ...This story is related to the following:Health, Medical and Dental Supplies and EquipmentPrecision Grinding | Centerless Grinding | Medical Parts Contract Manufacturing | Medical Valves |
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TransCanada Digging Up Defective Segments of New Pipeline, Angering Landowners in Texas
2013-06-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A Canadian company is repairing dozens of defects along the newly laid southern leg of the Keystone XLthe section of the oil pipeline that does not need approval from the U.S. State Department and is already under construction. The Oklahoma-to-Texas pipeline is not yet operational, but landowners worry that the repairs hint at more serious problems that could someday lead to oil spills. The project will carry primarily Canadian oilincluding diluted bitumen from Alberta's oil sandsfrom Cushing,...
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Report: Apple Returned 8M Defective iPhones to Foxconn
2013-04-22 18:34:43| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Apple reportedly returned to manufacturer Foxconn 5 to 8 million iPhones that were unfit to sell.
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