Tag: engineering

July 25, 2024

From keeping warm in the winter to doing laundry, heat is crucial to daily life. But as the world grapples with climate change, buildings’ increasing energy consumption is a critical problem. Currently, heat is produced by burning fossil fuels such […]

June 24, 2024

A new device can measure carbon dioxide captured in concrete more simply and in a third of the time of current methods. Researchers at the University of Tokyo worked with engineers in industry to create the boxlike device called the […]

June 20, 2024

Ecor International has specialized in designing and manufacturing critical food-contact components for almost 50 years. This extensive experience has enabled it to develop in-depth expertise in the Aseptic Food sector, an area characterized by stringent standards, and to gain recognition from leading […]

April 8, 2024

Companies in the US metal fabrication sector have increased their R&D investment by 26.4% compared to the previous year, according to the latest annual data. This growth is 2.5 times higher than the average across US sectors. As the industry […]

April 8, 2024

As green hydrogen gains attention as a future clean energy carrier, the question of which renewable energy to utilize as an energy source becomes increasingly important. Among them, solar energy has the advantage of being available everywhere on Earth, with […]

March 7, 2024

Manufacturers that fail to get their data in order risk being left behind their rivals, a new report from Hexagon reveals. The global survey of more than 500 manufacturing leaders, conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Hexagon, found that […]

February 14, 2024

Gotham City’s Dark Knight boasts an impressive collection of technological marvels, but the superhero scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have cutting-edge capabilities of their own. A recent battery manufacturing project—affectionately called BatMan—has […]

February 6, 2024

Organisational changes are commonplace, from changes in management structure and departmental responsibilities through to implementing a new organisation-wide IT platform. However, latest research from O.C. Tanner reveals that just 65 per cent of manufacturing leaders take their employees into account […]

January 8, 2024

To achieve the goal of a climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050, strategies and processes with a negative CO2 balance are necessary. These so-called negative emission technologies (NET) are intended to counterbalance the remaining “hard-to-avoid” emissions in 2050 and should help ensure […]

December 20, 2023

Ask the average person today about new engineering feats in the energy world and they’re most likely to bring up renewables. While these new and promising forms of energy are undoubtedly deserving of attention, incredible progress in established energy sources […]

December 11, 2023

As advancements in generative AI attract attention across industries, the manufacturing industry is slow to adopt AI technologies, according to a new industry report. The latest Sikich Industry Pulse found that one-fifth of manufacturing executives have no plans to incorporate […]

December 1, 2023

Economic conditions and other factors are driving manufacturers and distributors to look for creative ways to gain more efficiency and productivity from their material handling operations, according to Ultimation Industries. “Warehouses and distribution centers are evolving based on the changing […]

December 1, 2023

Steel production causes significant emissions of carbon dioxide. To decarbonize steel production and its high carbon dioxide emissions, Fraunhofer researchers, TS ELINO GmbH and Salzgitter AG are working on converting an existing steel mill to climate-neutral production methods. The aim […]

November 6, 2023

Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced a production win with Nikon Corporation (JPX: Nikon), a pioneer in optical technology markets and a global manufacturer and supplier of metrology and inspection equipment for the industrial automation […]

November 6, 2023

Envisioning the future of U.S. manufacturing from an engineering research viewpoint was the purpose of the March 2023 event convened by the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), an initiative funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The event convened […]

November 2, 2023

Finnish based developer of 3D simulation software, Visual Components, today announces that following a long-term collaboration with Mitsubushi Electric Corporation (MELCO), the two companies are working together in a joint venture to establish a new company, ME Industrial Simulation Software […]

October 5, 2023

It already works: there are several approaches to using solar energy to split water and produce hydrogen. Unfortunately, this “green” hydrogen has so far been more expensive than “gray” hydrogen from natural gas. A study by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) […]

September 28, 2023

For the first time, the technology company Siemens is launching a private infrastructure developed in-house for the 5G mobile communications standard. The solution enables industrial companies to build their own local 5G networks that will provide optimal support for automation […]

September 13, 2023

Mastercam, the world’s leading CAD/CAM software, has announced a new Add-On product, Mastercam APlus® by CAMufacturing Solutions, which was designed for additive manufacturing. APlus can be used with Mastercam Mill, Lathe, or Router licenses. Using the same interface Mastercam users […]

July 31, 2023

While the continued evolution of automation technology holds exciting possibilities for virtually every industry, perhaps the area where it could make the greatest impact soon is that of automation. Over the next five years, it’s estimated that 25% of industrial […]