BASF has strengthened its comprehensive range of amines with a new product: the cycloaliphatic diamine Methylcyclohexyldiamine (MCDA), which the company markets under the brand name Baxxodur EC210. Used as an aminic hardener in epoxy ...
Tags: Specialty Amines, BASF
BASF increases its prices for 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) in Europe with immediate effect or as contracts allow by 150 Euro per ton. The price adjustment will be done to reflect the increased operating, logistics as well as raw material costs and ...
Tags: BSAF, Price, Decoration
Each time a user completes a mission in the Ultra Agents app, they receive alternative building instructions to help transform their existing sets into something new. LEGO has unveiled its new Ultra Agents product range and tie-in app ...
Europe is emerging as a world center for the development of coatings and other materials for offshore wind turbines, which potentially could be a much more cost-competitive and efficient source of renewable energy than their onshore ...
Tags: Coatings, Wind Turbines
Wind turbines, like any machine with moving parts, can fail. They have a useful life span, after which the loading on the various pieces including turbine blades and tower could cause decreases in efficiency or, in very rare cases, outright ...
Tags: CeBIT, Monitor Oscillation, Fraunhofer Institute, laser
Conventional wing designs in the form of hinged flaps are in for a re-think. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has noted how hinged flight control surfaces came along shortly after wing-warping technology developed by the Wright ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
China will remain the leading global consumer of wind turbine rotor blades over the coming years, with its market value expected to increase from $2 billion in 2012 to $3.7 billion by 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2 percent. ...
Tags: Wind Rotor Blade, Wind Energy
Never mind girls and boys—adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers. Among the "Smart-Tech" toys at this week's Hong Kong Toys & ...
Tags: toy industry, "Smart-Tech"toys, Hong Kong Toys&Games Fair, kidults
Boring is caused by today's technological innovation as previously the channels and pits etc. were dug either by men or by dynamites in case of bigger areas. Though the problem with dynamite was that they use to destroy everything in the ...
Tags: Portable Tools, Boring Machine
Wind turbines need to have a service life of 20 years in order to be economically efficient. BASF has now developed a robust paint that protects rotor blades even better, especially on the edges, according to the company. RELEST Wind LEP ...
Tags: BASF Supplies, Edge Protection, Rotor Blades
Since mid-August, Hamburg's port has hosted a new inland wind turbine whose rotor blades are nearly 60 meters long. BASF's RELEST coatings make a crucial contribution to the longevity of the turbine. They ensure high surface quality and ...
Tags: Basf, Wind Turbine, wind energy
Siemens Energy has opened two major R&D test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark. The new test centre in Brande features test stands for major components of Siemens wind turbines, including generators, main bearings and ...
BASF will increase its annual global capacity for manufacturing the chemical intermediate 1,6-hexanediol(HDO)by more than 20 percent to more than 50,000 tons per annum by 2014.For this purpose,the company will further optimize its ...
Tags: BASF, Enhance Global Capacity, Hexanediol, 50000 tons per annum by 2014
The number of invention disclosures submitted also reached a new high of 8,900. Twelve particularly successful researchers and developers whom Siemens honored as Inventors of the Year 2012 in Munich on December 13 played a leading role ...
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Lidar controls and optimizes wind turbine 13 Jun 2012 "World first"claimed for nacelle-mounted system that measures wind,optimizes performance. Wind power:the laser can measure the whole wind-field in front of a turbine.Researchers ...
Tags: Wind Turbine, NREL, LiDAR, optics