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| About the Cover Since 1990, Southwest Research Institute has been recognized as a leader in the design, development, noise reduction, and shift quality of automatic, manual, and continuously variable transmissions. Manufacturers are increasingly looking to the continuously variable transmission (CVT) to increase fuel efficiency, thus reducing emissions. These sheaves are used in the metal push-pull belt-type CVT. |
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| Gearing Up for the CVTs The continuously variable transmission is helping the automotive industry improve vehicle fuel consumption and reduce emissions. |
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| Keeping Disaster at a Distance Computer models that predict where debris might fall after a catastrophic explosion are helping engineers safely site aircraft and ammunition magazines. |
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| New Eyes in Space Stunning images of the previously unseen magnetosphere are enhancing knowledge of the Earth's sometimes volatile interactions with the sun. |
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| A Cleaner-Burning Diesel Novel technologies are helping the most efficient engine clean up its act for the vehicles of tomorrow. |
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