Industry (Production, process)

The project came to fruition earlier this month and aims to deal with various waste streams generated during the production process in the recycled paper industry. The system homogenizes the incoming materials using Genox’s advanced shredding technology which improves the efficiency of the customers recycling operation, whilst rigorously controlling dust emissions in ...

Source Form is a stand-alone device capable of collecting crowdsourced images of a user-defined object, stitching together available visual data (e.g., photos tagged with search term) through photogrammetry, creating watertight models from the resulting point cloud and 3D printing a physical form. This device works completely independent of subjective user input resultin...

The diamond composite will be unveiled at the RAPID + TCT show in Detroit May 21 - 23, 2019, North America’s leading event for Additive Manufacturing. Diamond is harder than anything else in nature. It is a key component in a large range of wear resistant tools in industry, from mining and drilling to machining and also medical implants. Since 1953 it has been possibl...

The boiler will allow the company to convert 130,000 tons of waste per year into district heat, industrial hot water, industrial steam and electricity. The boiler will have a thermal capacity of 20 MW and will be based on Valmet’s bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) technology with Advanced Combustion Zone (ACZ) for low-emission control. It will be able to run on a wide fuel...

G3DP is an additive manufacturing platform designed to print optically transparent glass. The tunability enabled by geometrical and optical variation driven by form, transparency and color variation can drive; limit or control light transmission, reflection and refraction, and therefore carries significant implications for all things glass. The platform is based on a dua...

The partners involved include Premium AEROTEC, EOS, and Daimler. A goal of the project was to develop the basis of a future system for series production using 3D printing technologies. The project team has been working on assessing the additive manufacturing process to see what kind of potential it holds for automation, and now the first pilot plant has been launched at ...

Introduction ABB provides an extensive selection of proven measurement and analytical products and solutions for power generation industry applications. Using ABB’s measurement products, power plant operators can maximize the efficiency of their assets and comply with local and international legislation. They receive access to data on many critical measurements needed...

120 million coffee cups will be collected for recycling by Veolia in the UK during 2019 - a 300% increase from this time last year, following 12 months rolling out its in-store service across the UK with brands including Costa, Starbucks, McDonald’s and Caffè Nero. Under the scheme coffee cups are segregated in store to prevent contamination, ensuring a smoother, more...

McCain Foods is a producer of French fries and other potato products. It invested $65m to the project, which represents the company’s largest investment in a Canadian plant in nearly ten years. The expansion created more than 40 jobs and will allow McCain Foods to better serve its retail and foodservice customers in North America and export markets. Detail of the e...

For a recent university project, New Zealand-born industrial design student Vimal Patel was provided with a small spool of biodegradable 3D printing filament and then tasked “to make something with it”. While the project clearly could have gone in any direction, the intention was to explore ways of designing and manufacturing products solely with biodegradable material ...

Customized CNC technology from NUM is helping the laser cutting machine manufacturer Favor Laser to accelerate product development and address new markets. Using special hardware and software designed by NUM, the Taiwanese company has developed a high precision laser cutter. Capable of producing very small or very large parts from sheet metal, with a feed rate of up ...

The food company CP Kelco, one of the world's leading producers of pectin, is in the process of rolling out a controller-based, wireless network in its Danish factory. Working with iPads and QR codes, this will deliver tremendous benefits - significant reduction in costs and time as well as unprecedented flexibility. Imagine production without stationary operator...

When a production plant stops operating, rectifying any malfunctions quickly becomes an urgent matter. Using remote services to assist the technician is one efficient means here. However, many remote service solutions are technically complex and inflexible, or confront operators with additional security risks. For this reason, global automotive supplier ArvinMeritor, now...

Nearly every machine module today contains electrical drive technology. The more complex the drive design, the larger the software component becomes. Modern object-oriented engineering tools like LASAL from SIGMATEK prove especially efficient, since they support drive train concepts. The motion control package, LASAL MOTION, is seamlessly integrated into the programming ...

Stadtwerke Rotenburg a. d. Fulda's sewage treatment plant is designed for a load of 34,000 population equivalent, and it actually caters for around 20,000 people at present. Three Archimedes pumps are connected to the secondary settlement basin at the sludge recirculation pumping station. They ensure that biological sludge from the secondary settlement basin does not flo...

When completely stuffed with components little parts can quickly cause problems when being fitted with an enclosure. Usually, the trick is careful measuring. Take some calipers, a piece of paper, and a whole lot of time and you usually come out on top. But there is another way, as Brad Tarrat over at the i3 Detroit hackerspace shows us; he simply 3D printed an entire ...

The same can be said about the Krak3n 3D printer, a large forthcoming model that features some very interesting modular options and at the same time remains interesting to both beginners and experienced 3D printing hobbyists. The Krak3n is developed by a group of four Hungarian developers based in Budapest. By their own admission, they were all 3D printing fanatics wh...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has rounded up manufacturing and software companies to participate in a project that will demonstrate the advantages of replacing 2D computer-aided design (CAD) drawings with 3D virtual models. The project will outline the benefits of using standardized 3D models in a “digital thread,” from initial design to inspe...

Specifically, this DNA is determined by links to your website by other sites, and the links to those sites and so on: a giant spider web of links that together shapes the internet. The position of your own site in that web, and the number of threads attaching to it is essentially a unique data set that determines what your website is and how successful it is. Of cours...

Under the terms of the agreement, Swire will provide funding to Purestream that will enable the company to maximize the enormous business opportunities arising from the robust demand for both dynamic water treatment and management capabilities as a result of increased drilling in areas such as the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford in Texas (see "System to treat frack water at...

Anyone wanting to take things to the next level is currently forced of spending thousands on buying various manufacturing machine. But why not go for an all-in-one option? For a 3D printer that can simply be fitted with another tool head to turn it into an entirely different machine? That option is becoming more realistic on a daily basis. While several multi-function...

Back in October 2014 I successfully demonstrated a 3 mm ViVa actuator operating the intake valve of my 12cc EVIC Mk2 engine. The next step was to obtain the larger 12 mm ViVa actuator to see if it was up to the much more difficult challenge of operating the exhaust valve. To open the exhaust valve the actuator must overcome the high cylinder pressure at the end of t...

Munich – Yamaichi Electronics is expanding the Y-Circ P series with a new back wall-mounted socket. After the successful introduction of the new circular connector series Y-Circ® P with push-pull interlocking, the product range will now be successively expanded. The new ‘WD’ socket type is a natural for back wall mounting in combination with circuit board contacts....

-- Tough, smooth and flexible for lighter weight, higher impact parts -- Enables short-run manufacturing of durable parts for small business -- Compatible with Infinity(TM) Rinse-Away water-soluble support for printing complex geometries and articulated parts -- Immediately available for CubePro 3D printers ROCK HILL, S.C. -- 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today t...

High-throughput quenching and tempering process for wheels for high-speed trains Railroad expansions in emerging economies world, and rail system updates in the developed world, have sustained demand for wheel forming machines and lines over the past five years. Now, a heat-treating specialist has developed a system for hardening the rims or railway wheels of differen...

The company explained that the project located in the village of Herriard, Hampshire, has been delivered on behalf of Barfoot Energy Projects, a part of UK fresh vegetable farming and processing operation, Barfoots Group. MT-Energie said that the new biogas facility follows the success of its first food waste facility developed with Barfoot on the south coast of Engla...

Researchers have developed a coating technique that they plan to use to protect tur- bine engine and waste incinerator components against heat and oxidation. A topcoat from micro-scaled hollow aluminium oxide spheres provides heat insulation, in the lab, already proved more economical than conventional techniques. aerated concretes take advantage of this effect, which...

Thin-film coatings impart new properties to glass in applications as diverse as window glazing, solar cells and touchscreens. With the Megatron® sputtering system, it is now possible for the first time to vary the materials in these coatings in any way and to produce entirely new coatings with improved surface quality. The researchers will be presenting the Megatron® at ...

Very high power is needed to cut or weld using a laser beam. But this creates its own problem: the beam’s energy deforms the mirrors that are focusing it to a point. When this happens, the beam expands and loses intensity. A new type of mirror can deform itself so as to correct this unwanted deformation. It will be presented at the Optatec trade fair in Frankfurt from Ma...

Miniscule microstructures can be embedded in materials with laser beams. But a lot of energy is needed for this when it comes to transparent materials like glass. So, researchers sought out a more efficient solution: they combined the laser with a plasma beam. You can find them in cellphones, in high-quality cameras and electronic driver assistance systems: tiny optic...

Printers are becoming more and more versatile. Now they can even print sensors and electronic components on 2D and 3D substrates. A new, robot-assisted production line allows the process to be automated. These days, no office is complete without a printer. But digital printing technologies also play an important role in microelectronics, microsystems engineering and s...

Most screws are made of steel. But high temperatures or acidic environments take their toll on this otherwise stable material. The alternative is ceramic screws. Researchers can now accurately predict their stress resistance. A mere second’s distraction and you’ve stumbled over the curb. The diagnosis: compound fracture. Doctors bind the bone fragments with splin...

Developed jointly with the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Concept Laser’s X line 1000R laser melting system offers a build envelope of 630 × 400 × 500 mm for the manufacture of large, functional components and technical prototypes. Its key component is a high-performance, 1,000-W laser that the company says enables increased productivity over other laser melt...

Additive manufacturing supplier RedEye has produced what the company believes will be the first 3D printed functional component to be directly exposed to the environment (or lack thereof) of space. The company is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to manufacture 30 antenna array supports for the FORMOSAT-7 Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosp...

Machining verification and simulation software developer CGTech says it prefers to develop its software capabilities internally rather than licensing capabilities that were developed outside. It made an exception in the case of Vericut Force, a physics-based machining optimization tool newly made available for the company’s Vericut software. This resource was developed n...

Abstract Quantum Design uses Siemens AC/DC Drives to achieve precise line speed and tension control while improving system performance resulting in directly reducing TCO and increasing ROI. What industries would find this most relevant? Communications systems or equipment Food, beverage, or tobacco Industrial controls, test, or medical equipment Whi...