Process Engineering
This special field revolves around processes for modifying material properties (milling, cooling), composition (filtration, distillation) and type (oxidation, hydration).
Valuable information is available on a broad range of technologies including material separation, laser processes, measuring techniques and robot engineering in addition to testing methods and coating and materials analysis processes.
Siemens develops leak location and monitoring system to reduce losses in drinking water supplies
Precise knowledge of water losses is essential for operating and planning the maintenance of drinking water networks efficiently. The condition of the pipes…
Environmentally compatible disinfection of drinking water
Five Siemens ultraviolet (UV) disinfection plants came into operation in May in the Echthausen Water Works belonging to Wasserwerke Westfalen GmbH, Germany.They have considerably reduced the amount of chemicals used by the drinking water supplier. This process also eliminates microorganisms which cannot always be adequately controlled by other disinfection processes. These new UV plants are part of Wasserwerke Westfalen's extensive investment project to further improve the quality of its drinking water….
Researchers develop ultra-simple method for creating nanoscale gold coatings
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a meter…
AIJU improves the painting of flexible polyolefins by Low Pressure Plasma
Nowadays, plastic materials are the most used raw material in the toy sector, because of its good adaptation to any designs, physic-chemical characteristics,…
Biodegradable, osteo-inductive and tailor-made: a new generation of implants is on the advance
The regenerative ability of bones is limited. If they are too badly damaged, e.g. by a tumor or an accident, they have to be replaced by implants. At present…
New ‘green’ technologies make die castings stronger
The two new technologies – a dynamic gating system and the ‘ATM runner system’ – produce high-integrity castings with fine-grained microstructure and low…