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Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read. 

Note: We will be skipping next week as we celebrate US Thanksgiving, but we will be back in your inbox on December 5th!

From the GD&T Basics Team: Profile of a Surface vs Profile of a Line

In this Question Line video, Jason walks through two examples to show the design difference between Profile of a Line and Profile of a Surface.

- Kim

https://www.gdandtbasics.com/profile-of-a-surface-vs-profile-of-a-line/

Engineers Behind Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:

Take a quick peek into the role of engineers in creating the balloons and floats seen in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade:

 - Crystal

https://youtu.be/xpqu9fJGInY?si=-O8QHwhaaAX0Xm0h

Client Highlight: Vanderlande

We are excited to showcase our client, Vanderlande, this week! Vanderlande provides automated material handling systems and services for warehouses, airports, and the parcel industries around the world. Learn more about what they do and see some of of their systems in action in this video:

- Lisa

https://youtu.be/cyijtdc-UyM?si=j-KJBhxV7gDhPjzn

Making Anti-Gravity Tubes:

In this Lenz's law experiment, a spherical magnet is dropped through silver and copper tubes to show how the created magnetic field slows down the rate of the magnet's fall. See the casting process for the tubes and discover which material has a greater effect on the magnet in this video:

- Brandon

https://youtu.be/VIV3NqSDjAg?si=yDJWv7N6_t3RtNLL

For a Good Laugh: Winning a GD&T Argument

Hate to say, "I told you so," but...

- Jason

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