For the Cologne-based enterprise Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, one of the major high-tech sources for vacuum pumps and systems, the planning company Dr. Sch?nheit + Partner; also based in Cologne, engineered the construction of a new, modern ...
Rethinking entrenched design assumptions to create the space for improvements is a guiding principle that has already enabled Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme GmbH to implement significant improvements in rotary lobe and progressing cavity pumps. ...
Tags: Revised Dosing, Emptying Systems
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has completed test of a new kinetic flywheel technology also known as Flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) on public roads. Volvo claimed that the is light, financially viable and ...
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Global demand for robots is forecast to increase nearly 11% per year through 2016 to $20.2 billion, outpacing both the world’s economy and overall manufacturing activity. The United States is projected to grow at more than 15% per ...
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Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the école Polytechnique in Paris, France, say that they have identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes nitride light-emitting diodes ...
Tags: LED light, LED, light, Electronics
Change the Blade on Your Push Mower Step 1 Tip the mower back on its side to change the blade. Step 2 Wedge a small piece of 2-by-4 between the blade and mower deck to help prevent the blade from spinning. Or you can use a special ...
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The Grasshopper Company is headquartered in Moundridge, Kansas in the United States. The company manufactures zero-turn mowersand lawn mower implements. History Grasshopper has been a family-owned business since 1969, when the first ...
Transmission systems manufacturer and designer Torotrak has acquired 20% of Flybrid Automotive, in order to deliver first-to-market flywheel hybrids. The transaction will help Torotrak to provide turnkey development and manufacture of ...
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In recent years, new types of dog food have emerged on the market that differ from traditional commercial pet food. Many companies have been successful in targeting niche markets, each with unique characteristics. A non-alcoholic "beer" for ...
To most people, the concept of prepared pet food makes perfect sense and they don't question it for a second. Pets eat pet food and people eat people food. Well, that wasn't always the case. In truth, extruded pet food pellets as we know ...
Retailers were awash in data Thursday as the second annual IBD Summit wound down with sessions on key performance metrics used by the National Bicycle Dealers Association’s Profitability Project and why the oft-neglected triathlon ...
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NASA is pressing ahead with a plan to install lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station (ISS), New Scientist has learned. The batteries are similar to those used on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft, all 50 of which have been ...
Tags: ISS, Lithium-Ion Batteries
In the case of the latest glass vacuum lifter to come through the doors of GGR’s Oldham depot, bigger is definitely better! To demonstrate the scale of this mighty machine, here’s Kerry from our marketing department ...
Tags: GGR, glass vacuum, glass
Atlas Copco Compressors, a Pump Centre member, will be exhibiting its latest thinking and energy efficient low pressure blower solutions for the water and effluent treatment industry at this year?s Pump Centre Conference and Exhibition in ...
A laser engraving machine can be thought of as three main parts: a laser, a controller, and a surface. The laser is like a pencil - the beam emitted from it allows the controller to trace patterns onto the surface. The controller (usually a ...