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When he joined Qinetiq as product manager, telecommunications, in late 2001, James McQuillan was asked to develop the business potential of the company's R&D capability. Qinetiq is a Malvern, UK-based [...]

Machine tools, milling, and lathes TH Machining Centre srl claimed to be showing the 'first ever' combined lathe and milling CNC machine. Called the Eikon MV2, it can switch from [...]

LOUGHBOROUGH, ENGLAND--Ship operator company P&O Nedloyd reports fitting four 300m-long, 81,000 ton container ships with BEM (Brush Electrical Machine) shaft generators. Converting mechanical energy into electricity, each BEM system economically [...]

MILAN, ITALY--Machining system manufacturer Eikon TH Machining Center claims to have developed the first ever combined milling and turning CNC machine. Called the Eikon MV2 Compound, the machine can switch [...]

Packaging machine converts existing equipment at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated unit Bristol, UK--Supreme Plastics company, developer of Keyseal® narrow zipper technology, had a problem--how to cost-effectively [...]

While it is well established that heat kills cancer cells, researchers have had trouble using it to treat cancer deep within the body without burning the skin. New research, carried [...]

Engineers stopping by the Industrie Forum (iF) Design Hall at this L-year's Hannover Fair can take a first-hand look at the technology behind Otis Elevator's successful Gen2[TM] system (see page [...]

Given that Mag-Edge is designed to work on its edge, rather than on its face as a ferrite magnet extrusion usually does, the magnetic material used in Mag-Edge produces more [...]

With responsible management of industrial processes in mind, SKF has introduced a new biodegradable, low toxicity Green Grease, technically known as LGGB 2. This, says the company, is a more [...]

Weighing less than a kilogram and measuring 21 x 16 cm, Cybook is a computerized reading and library system. Launched this year by French company Cytale, Cybook stores approximately thirty [...]

Over-molding linen with polyurethane produces hinged prototype parts that offer production-level performance for physical and field testing. The developers, who are using a combination of U.S. and Swiss material technologies, [...]

Because undesired exhaust gas emissions are produced immediately after an engine is started and before the catalyst becomes active, predicting 'light-off' performance and pressure drop characteristics can optimize catalytic converter [...]

Increasingly, product design engineers are demanding the means to integrate different types of CAD files in the same workspace, that is, on the same computer. This is because of the [...]

Who is it who implements your IT strategy, chooses the computer and network equipment to buy, and plans for the future of integrated operations? Is it the financial director, or, [...]

By using injection molding techniques, Abssac has developed an economical one-piece flexible shaft coupling. 'Abssac has for a long time supplied the one-piece helical beam-style coupling in stainless steel or [...]

Pressure, vacuum, and a proprietary polymer blend produce mold tools sturdy enough for short production runs There is an increasing need from manufacturers, particularly in the automotive sector, for 'real' [...]

Simple programming technique speeds setup of pneumatic pick-and-place systems Many engineering companies and control experts have worked for years to develop easier, faster, more sophisticated ways of programming control systems--for [...]

Mechanical link allows planets to pivot for even loadshare Barnstaple, UK--In a perfect world, the loads experienced by the sun and planet cogs in a planetary gear system cancel each [...]

COVENTRY, UK--A brassiere (bra) described as 'the most radical newcomer in underwear design for decades,' owes much of its comfort, fit, and support to a combination of polymer supporting structures [...]

Control systems Earlier this year at the Hannover Fair, Moeller revealed the first models of its X System for automation, including 'X-' modules for control, HMI, I/O and peripherals, drives, [...]

GOTEBORG, SWEDEN--There are three ways to ensure good oil lubrication of a ball or roller bearing, says bearing manufacturer SKF. These are: supply oil directly to the bearing; supply oil [...]

In the beginning there was the Product. OEMs saw that it was good so they bought it, incorporated it into their own products and sold them to the car industry. [...]

Embedded air pockets more uniformly illuminate interior space 'Prior to Thomas Edison's invention of electric light, enhancing the effects and uses of daylight was the `Holy Grail' of architects of [...]

LICHFIELD, UK--Some industry commentators believe that growth in business-to-business (B2B) sales online is outpacing growth in online sales to consumers (B2C). For example, industry analyst Forrester Research predicts that by [...]

FALKENBERG, SWEDEN--In Scandinavia, pre-fabricated houses are popular. One of the leading manufacturers of the steerable revolving saws used in making such homes--Randek Maskin AB--has integrated object-oriented software into its product's [...]

A report from research group Frost and Sullivan indicates that the world's commercial avionics market is switching from a system based on ground control crews to one that uses global [...]

Shoreline structures are getting larger. Yet the design of these critical facilities is based on rules of thumb and experience. To bring experimental rigor to an understanding of how large [...]

Because of the need to reduce installation and maintenance costs, there has been a demand for a zone 1-compliant fieldbus technology. Previously, control in hazardous areas was achieved by pneumatic [...]

The European Commission has accepted a proposal for a three-year collaborative research project, named PROFIT, to improve thermal design of electronics. It is widely accepted that mechanical stresses due to [...]

Schneider Electric, the electrical distribution, industrial control, and automation systems company, and Thomson Multimedia, developer of digital set-top boxes and consumer electronics, have formed a global partnership to develop powerline [...]

Another software company, Centric Software, took the time to visit me last month. Toby Gold, the managing director of the new UK operation (the headquarters is in Silicon Valley--where else?) [...]

Engineers at Reliance Gear Co., Huddersfield, UK, were unable to find a one-piece flexible coupling with high torsional stiffness, low transmission of error, and good flexibility. So, they determined to [...]

The world's most powerful steel rolling mill at Oxelosund, Sweden, has enabled the steel maker of the same name to produce steel plate with 'the highest precision available.' SSAB Oxelosund, [...]

By using sound waves to create soil disturbances, and radar to measure the resulting movement, researchers at Atlanta's Georgia Institute of Technology are creating another tool for helping detect the [...]

AUSTIN, TEXAS--The simultaneous launch of National Instruments Labview Version 6i (for Internet enabled) and Labview Player, a dedicated browser freely downloadable from www.ni.com/labview, adds new capabilities to the graphical programming [...]

A new manufacturing process for polyurethane components, called Fiberim, improves the capabilities of variable-length fiber-injection production techniques. Variable fiber injection differs from traditional structural reaction injection molding (SRIM) by injecting [...]

Infrared binoculars and cameras used for night vision by the military, while effective, pose one major drawback: their detectors must be cooled cryogenically, resulting in limited battery life, high weight, [...]

Imagine producing a homogeneous melt without thermal convection or contamination, that is, without a crucible. Scientists at Tohoku University's Institute for Materials Research, Japan, are reporting success in accomplishing this [...]

'The world's most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet,' built to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion as an energy source, has passed its initial operating test. Running under full operating conditions, [...]

THE INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE ARE SET TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY COMPANIES DO BUSINESS. BUT UPTAKE OF THE TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT BEEN AS FAST AS MANY PREDICTED, FOR A NUMBER OF [...]

Control Engineering International will be metamorphosing into Control Engineering Europe As the control industry evolves, so does Control Engineering International (CEI). Following the creation of Cahners Europe (London) in mid-1999, [...]

Show s' attendance a sign of IT industry's dynamic development CeBIT 99, which took place in Hanover, Germany, in mid-March, had more exhibitors and greater attendance than ever before, according [...]

Companies often overlook the value of supply chains to customer relationship The U.K. Softworld exhibition at the end of March at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre may have been good news [...]

Minerva, Robocom, Siemens introduce new technologies Minerva International, Cheltenham, U.K., and Robocom Systems International, with European headquarters in Hoofdorp, Netherlands, have announced the first installation of Robocom' s Polish-language RIMS [...]

Manufacturing control software aids Sellotape demerger, relocation The Sellotape Bedfordshire, of Britain's most widely used adhesive tape, recently sold its industrial tapes division. At about the same time, Sellotape's management [...]

LONDON--Today's worldwide rapid prototyping market, covering both products and services, is worth approximately US $500 million. So states a recent report entitled 'Rapid Prototyping and Tooling State of the Industry' [...]

GRENOBLE, FRANCE--French carmakers PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault are working on joint projects to develop low-emission vehicles based on hydrogen fuel cells. Peugeot Citroen's Hydro-gen and Renault's Fever projects are [...]

Combined heat and power systems have delivered previously unimaginable energy savings in electricity and hot water. A novel development promises even higher efficiency, with added hot air. Air Combined Heat [...]

Nowadays, installing solus belt weighing systems in coal, quarries, food and pharmaceuticals industries offers only limited repeat business opportunities, Weighing companies now see the growth area as selling integrated weighing [...]

An odd year, so the Pollutec expo rolls into Paris (in even years it's Lyon), An odd week, too, with Parisians battling through the smog to board the temporarily free [...]