December 2008
Non-contact angular position sensors for long life and increased reliability
When Cubic Transportation Systems Inc, the global designer and manufacturer of mass transport ticketing systems looked to reduce maintenance...
Struts as a vital components in Eurofighter Typhoon
BAE Systems – the premier transatlantic defence and aerospace company responsible for the manufacture of the Eurofighter Typhoon –...
Aggregate conveyor is up-to-speed with the help of gearbox expertise
A UK aggregate producer has recently installed a new in-feed conveyor to deliver stone to a large conveyor at a roadstone quarry in...
Plastic bearings keep India's taxis moving
The Cologne based igus illustrates just how robust "iglidur" plastic plain bearings are using a real Bollywood film as an...
Replacement gears enable the adventure to continue
When the gears used in the back axle of his beloved Lanchester failed on a recent trip to France, Peter Noble, after months of searching...
Roller screw jacks provide maintenance access for the Tay Road Bridge
In order to continuously maintain a road bridge workmen need access to the complete span of the bridge for inspection and routine...
Fitting and tubing support biogas high speed record
An optimised AUDI A4-B7 Quattro has set a biogas high speed record on the Papenburg racetrack in Germany. The car, which was retrofitted...
Test equipment for Beijing Olympic fast train
An order valued in excess of €1m for a system to test electronic equipment was supplied to the China Academy of Railway Sciences (CARS)...
Torque about improving handling accuracy
Dry bulk handling is en route to becoming a precision science with a level of control previously undreamt of, thanks to 20 years of...
November 2008
Building Kit System for NASA on the moon
To ''make living and working on the moon'' a reality, NASA is planning a manned mission to the moon to build runways using high-tech...
CC-Link control secures Jutland's water
A CC-Link based control system has integrated eleven boreholes in the West Jutland region of Denmark, so that the on-demand water...
Compacta MR6 at Holkirk satellite deployment
By their very nature mobile satellite uplink systems have to ultra-reliable and be ready for action at a moment's notice. Holkirk...
Rail integrates embedded computing technology
Kontron's embedded computing technology will again be integrated into another one of Bombardier's rail system designs being developed...
Conveyor belts drive a Swedish reed cutter
To protect Sweden's many lakes from the increasing risk of silt-up, Bengt Eckerblom AB, the domestic producer, has developed...
Cooling tower drives save money
A semiconductor manufacturer in Plymouth, UK is saving over £30,000 a year in energy costs, since installing six, 37 kW ABB HVAC...
Railweight system for Santiago Metro
Three additional Railweight APC4000 automatic passenger-counting systems from Avery Weigh-Tronix are being installed to help...
Torque transducer the way to improved dynamics
Research at the University of Manchester has demonstrated servo systems with vastly improved dynamics with the most challenging...
October 2008
Agricultural film line boosts output and quality
Davis-Standard, LLC recently completed the successful installation of a 20-meter agricultural film line for Hyplast NV of Hoogstraten,...
Bearings for railway vehicles
Austrian bearing manufacturer NKE Austria supplies rolling bearings for railway vehicles. The available products and services include...
Automation of the compressor house
CC-Link communications has allowed a modest project to automate a compressor house to be expanded to embrace the whole of Yorkshire...
