Life Cycle Costing (LCC) has long been used in planning for reliability and maintenance for complex engineering systems in defence, airline, railway, offshore platform, power station, and other applications.
A basic attribute of stainless steel is the ability to provide long-term performance with a minimum of downtime and cost associated with maintenance. As a result LCC is of particular importance to the stainless industry. |
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Monday 16 July, 2007 12:44 PM |
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The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) expects global stainless crude steel production for 2007 to reach 29,8-million tons, the organisation said this week.
The forecasted growth, which represented a 5,1 % increase over 2006 production, took into account the high level of supply that occurred in many countries during 2006 and caused a significant build-up of stainless steel stock. |
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Monday 16 July, 2007 10:45 AM |
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Pro/Toolmaker enables companies to reduce scrap costs, increase product quality, decrease production time, and deliver products to market faster
PTC has released Pro/Toolmaker 8.1. Since its acquisition of NC Graphics in May 2007, PTC has focused on delivering a complete solution for optimised tool making and high-speed, precision machining processes. Pro/Toolmaker is a stand-alone software application that provides multi-CAD support to enable fully associative, reliable NC toolpath programming for Pro/Engineer and other CAD systems. |
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Monday 16 July, 2007 10:34 AM |
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LONDON (AFP) - Low-cost British clothing retailer Asda, owned by US giant Wal-Mart, has launched an investigation into allegations that its production facilities in Bangladesh were abusing the rights of their workers, The Guardian reported on Monday.
The newspaper, which interviewed workers from seven different factories in the country, said that the factories, which also supplied retailers Tesco and Primark, forced workers to work up to 84-hours a week for low wages under difficult conditions.
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Monday 16 July, 2007 10:29 AM |
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Engineers Explained
People who work in the fields of science and technology are not like other people. This can be frustrating to the non-technical people who have to deal with them. The secret to coping with technology-oriented people is to understand their motivations. This will help to teach you everything you need to know. I learned their customs and mannerisms by observing them, much the way Jane Goodall learned about the great apes, but without the hassle of grooming.
Engineering is so trendy these days that everybody wants to be one. The word "engineer" is greatly overused. If there's somebody in your life who you think is trying to pass as an engineer, give him this test to discern the truth. |
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Sunday 15 July, 2007 01:28 PM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Carbon capture, in the form of "artificial trees" , is one idea explored in the BBC Two documentary Five Ways To Save The World. But could these extraordinary machines help to mitigate our excessive burning of fossil fuels and its consequence, global warming? |
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Sunday 15 July, 2007 01:17 PM |
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DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. will put soybean-based foam cushions in the seats of the 2008 Mustang and may do the same with other models as well, eventually saving thousands of barrels of oil in the manufacturing process, the automaker said Thursday.
Ford is teaming with supplier Lear Corp. to install the seats at a joint Mazda-Ford factory in Flat Rock, Mich., the company said.
Most automakers use petroleum-based foam, with an average of 30 pounds going into each vehicle, Ford said. |
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Sunday 15 July, 2007 01:08 PM |
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NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Nippon Steel Corp is not considering a capital tie-up with the world's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel president Akio Mimura said Thursday in an interview with The Nikkei in New York.
Asked about the memorandum of understanding that Nippon Steel signed with ArcelorMittal to strengthen their partnership, Mimura was quoted by the Nikkei newspaper as saying a key feature of this agreement is that the firms will work together in some areas but there will be competition in others. |
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Sunday 15 July, 2007 01:03 PM |
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13/07/2007 - Engineering and construction group Clough Ltd expects to post a loss in the 2006/07 financial year after writing off $110 million in disputed contracts.
Clough said on Thursday it would write off $110 million against the disputed G1 oil and gas contract with ONGC in India, and the BassGas contract with Origin Energy in Victoria.
The engineering group said the writedown was in response to recent actions taken by the clients on the G1 and BassGas projects that rendered the outcome of each project uncertain. Despite the current climate for Oil & Gas, life can be tough - !!!!!! |
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Sunday 15 July, 2007 12:58 PM |
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