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Video: General Motors to power electric vehicles with Ultium Drive
A new system of drive units and electric motors is being planned to propel the next generation of electric vehicles from General Motors.
Tough carbon-flourine bonds broken by photo-powered nanocatalyst
This power catalyst could help clean up a certain group of long-lasting environmental pollutants.
New software enables improved well planning
CGG GeoSoftware has launched WellPath, a new interactive 3D well path planning solution for optimal well planning in unconventional and fractured reservoirs and offshore development platforms, as part of its InsightEarth® 3D visualisation and interpretation software suite.
Video: Contain pump energy costs with savings calculator from the Hydraulic Institute
The downloadable work tool is designed to help determine the most energy and cost-efficient pump systems for specific applications.
How to prevent component shortages in a crisis
COVID-19’s impact on manufacturing has created a number of business roadblocks, including order cancelations, large fluctuations in demand, supply chain issues and reduced production capacities.
Watch how tea and magnets combine to combat biofilms
Biocompatible microbots composed of antibactericidal polyphenols extracted from tea buds are directed with magnets to destroy and remove biofilms.
New resource to help oil & gas industry recover following COVID-19
Axora, a provider of digital solutions for industrial companies, has launched its online Oil and Gas Resource Centre to assist oil and gas companies to rebound from the aftermath of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Tech up, cost down: chainflex® flexible cables
igus® offers more than 30 different types of Ethernet chainflex® cables. You read that right. Why so many? Find out here how that selection benefits you and your machine.
Uncover fault masking to minimize machinery safety risks
Older equipment with electromechanical systems and complex systems with multiple safety switches may be prone to fault masking.
Seepex introduces the latest addition to its suite of progressive cavity pump designs: the SCT AutoAdjust
Seepex upped the ante in pumping technology innovation when it recently launched its automatically adjustable stator clamping progressive cavity pump.
ITT claims 'zero unplanned downtime' with its latest i-Alert monitoring solution for a wide range of industry equipment
The latest system in i-Alert’s suite of wireless condition monitoring tools offers automated diagnostics capability to not only detect but diagnose machine issues.
The ML1000 series of M-DRIVES for the robot and automation industries
Innovative gear architecture provides robot suppliers increased performance at a lower total solution cost.
Upcoming: Pumps and systems training in Germany
The Sulzer Academy for pumps and systems is conducting a four-day seminar, Pump Maintenance and Operation, from November 17 to 20 in Bruchsal and Mannheim in Germany.
New ecofriendly concrete is stronger than cement based concrete
Researchers from RMIT University created an eco-friendly, zero cement concrete made from by-products that eliminate corrosion.
Hairdresser collecting discarded hair for oil-absorbing device
In a bid to clean up oil spills in the world’s oceans, an initiative led by a French hairdresser is amassing discarded hair from hair salons and barbershops to fill an oil-absorbing nylon device.
Graphene nanoribbons could wire future carbon-based computers
The potential for carbon to displace silicon as the preferred material for integrated circuits appears brighter with the development of metallic graphene nanoribbons.
Machine tool wire in 22-gauge machine for industrial and commercial equipment
The 22 AWG wire offers a 3 A 600 V rating, which is needed for many types of terminal block connections that cannot accept larger wire.
Tesla now manufactures chemicals too
Tesla needs the facility to help solve a supply chain challenge.
Watch: Nanogenerator harvests low velocity wind energy
The triboelectric nanogenerator is designed to scavenge wind energy from breezes such as those created by a brisk walk.
Doering debuts new hand pump
The DCHP102 is a screw-in cartridge-style manual hand pump with dual integrated check valves. It is designed as a hydraulic backup, for applications such as hydrostatic testing, parking brakes, heavy equipment and safety applications.