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Configuration tool with many additional functions
The proven software now offers many additional features and optimizations, including better comparisons and rack-and-pinion drives.
RE+ Tech Conference showcases green energy innovations
While RE+ as a whole covers the broad state of renewable energy and solar applications, RE+ Tech is dedicated to cutting-edge technologies.
Submerged hydraulic power units for recycling equipment
In the recycling industry, hydraulic processes are critical to collecting, transporting and processing bulk materials such as metal, plastic, glass, paper and cardboard.
Video: Westinghouse unveils new small modular reactor design
The design is a scaled-down version of the company's AP (Advanced Passive) 1,000 Generation III+ pressurized water reactor.
Comau unveils MI.RA/Picker, a fully automated perception-based random bin picking solution
The system autonomously recognizes, locates and grasps randomly placed objects at a rate of up to 40 pieces per minute.
Arburg at Interplas 2023: Space-saving and cost-efficient injection molding of Luer connectors
The company will showcase two-component Allrounder More 1600 injection molding machine, handled by a Yaskawa six-axis robot.
DigiKey partners with GroupGets to enable hardware startups to bring products to market
The crowdfunding initiative will allow startups to get hardware funded, produced and sold on DigiKey’s website.
KRÜSS presents a new tensiometer and a QC solution for wettability testing
A new tensiometer for interfacial analysis and the world's first instrument for measuring 3D contact angle were recently introduced.
Comfortable and safe ferrule crimping
These new crimp tools are easy to handle and can be adjusted by 360° depending on preference or available space.
FSM implemented as pneumatic circuit via microfluidic valves to create lab-on-a-chip
Biochemical engineers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a finite state machine (FSM) implemented as a pneumatic circuit using microfluidic valves to build a lab-on-a-chip.
How Moon dust can quench astronauts’ thirst
Low-power microwave heating appears feasible to extract water from lunar regolith materials.
Drilling the first deep geothermal heat network in the UK
The first system in the U.K. to extract geothermal heat and provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes is under development.
Modine Manufacturing to expand Europe production to serve growing heat pump market
New capacity at the existing Serbia location will manufacture coils for commercial and residential heat pump applications.
Ensuring reliability of control and communication systems in electric vehicles
There are several steps vehicle manufacturers can take to increase the reliability of electric vehicle communication and control systems, starting with selection of robust and proven connectors, wiring assemblies, shielding and contacts.
University of Houston researchers have created energy industry apps for improving efficiency
Three online calculators, the most recent being the UH Hydrocarbon Gas Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) Calculator, are available to industry professionals free of charge.
Picturing sea level rise at coastal US hazardous waste sites
The potential implications of sea level rise for hazardous waste facilities in U.S. coastal communities are visualized with a new tool developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A fuel-flexible and efficient solid oxide fuel cell
Fuel efficiency of the device could reach 60%, far surpassing that of available solid oxide fuel cells.
Worm- and origami-inspired robot moved by magnetic forces
The robotic worm’s developers are reportedly eyeing the robot — which is easy and inexpensive to replicate thanks to its system of mostly paper and magnets — for potential pipeline cleaning and parcel delivery applications.
Observations about cicada wings could pave the way for self-cleaning devices
The research team aimed to mimic the surfaces of self-cleaning insects like cicadas and geckos, and plants like the lotus plant that feature waxy surfaces, wherein water droplets will form, jump and eventually fall, taking contaminants with them.
Report: Methane regulations could be job creator, not job killer
Under the EPA’s recent methane reduction rule and a new methane fee under the Inflation Reduction Act, the oil and gas industry was expected to be hard hit, potentially resulting in the loss of untold jobs in oil and gas producing regions.