Machine Engineering

Machine Engineering

World’s biggest trailing suction dredger

The Malaysian shipping company Inai Kiara SDN BHD has unveiled the world’s biggest suction dredger. To allow use in water depths of up to 120 meters and ensure…

Machine Engineering

JULABO: The Power of ThermodynamicsTM – New PRESTO® A45 and A45t

The PRESTO® A45 and A45t expand JULABO’s portfolio of the completely newly developed PRESTO® family. Thanks to highly efficient technology and powerful…

Machine Engineering

Short Laser Pulses Enhance Cold Spray Technology for Materials

Cold Gas Spraying is an additive manufacturing process in which metal powders are accelerated to supersonic speeds to adhere to material surfaces. The material…

Machine Engineering

Lightweight Plastic Parts Transform Internal Combustion Engines

It’s self-evident that cars must become lighter in order to reduce fuel consumption. For most car designers this principally means body parts, but the…

Machine Engineering

New Apparatus Simplifies Fibre Sheet Dispensing Process

The conventional preparation of fibre sheets from fibre rolls has been a problem in many factories in Malaysia, as workers manually unroll the fibre rolls and…

Machine Engineering

An 'octopus' robot with eight limbs developed to clear rubble in Fukushima, Japan

On March 13th, a remote controlled four-armed, four-wheeled crawler robot designed to clear rubble and save lives in areas with complex terrain was unveiled at…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Enhances Safety with Advanced Gas Analyser Technology

Siemens UK & Ireland has announced a series of product developments across its gas and oxygen analyser portfolio designed to optimise safety and efficiency,…

Machine Engineering

Efficient Production of Large Cast Components Without Dross

Manufacturers of cast components (wind power turbines and ship engines for instance) are all too aware of the problem with dross, an issue that has not been…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Unveils IE4 Simotics Motors for Maximum Energy Efficiency

Siemens UK and Ireland has taken another step in energy efficiency with the launch of IE4, its new Simotics low-voltage motors based on the highest efficiency…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Unveils Eco Slide Disc Solution for Hot Strip Mills

With the newly developed Eco Slide Disc Solution, Siemens Metals Technologies offers operators of hot strip mills a side guide system which can be adapted to…

Machine Engineering

LASHARE Expands Cooperation Opportunities for SMEs and Industries

In such an assessment, the project partners conduct the definition of manufacturing relevant objectives, the implementation of technological enhancements and…

Machine Engineering

Explore the SX 300: A Robust Draw Wire Sensor for Stroke Measurement

With the SX 300, WayCon Positionsmesstechnik has developed an extremely robust draw wire sensor especially for stroke measurement in hydraulic and telescopic…

Machine Engineering

New Forging Procedure Cuts Burr Percentage to 7%

For two years, the IPH researched the procedure – with funding from the European Union and in close collaboration with companies from Spain, Romania and…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Expands Time Relay Portfolio for Efficient Control

Siemens is expanding its portfolio of monitoring and control devices to include a series of new time relays which offer greater space-saving and enhanced…

Machine Engineering

Siemens Expands Sinamics S120 Drives with New Software Functions

Siemens is extending the range of applications for its Sinamics S120 drives family with new, software-based Advanced Technology Functions. The specific…

Machine Engineering

Piezohydraulic Actuator: Merging Piezomechanics and Hydraulics

The concept combines piezomechanics with hydraulics. A voltage causes tiny deflections in a piezoelectric crystal and an internal hydraulic system combines…

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