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Engineers urged to consider more aluminium

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton  

lets get behind this inititive and use more aluminium - it's got lots going for it 

Engineering and consumer product designers are being urged to realise the full potential of aluminium by thinking beyond its usual applications and using more of it.

Friday 21 September, 2007 12:42 PM
 

Hydro Boosts Aluminium Recycling in Neuss

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker  

so get out there and recycle all off tht scrap 

Hydro's new aluminium recycling furnace was inaugurated at the company's Neuss plant in Germany on Wednesday.

Friday 21 September, 2007 11:43 AM
 

25 ton gearboxes produced for steel mill

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery  
some serious gear boxes here .....
Renold Gears has manufactured the heaviest pair of wormwheel gearboxes in the company's history from its site in Milnrow near, Rochdale UK
Friday 21 September, 2007 11:38 AM
 

Twisted Tankers and the Big Rig Jig

Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne  

 I'm sort of speechless - well I would be if I could find the words

Telstar Logistics was unable to attend Burning Man this year, alas -- the launch of our new startup kept us pretty busy around the office.  Oh well.  Since we couldn't experience the spectacle first-hand, we've instead had to content ourselves with looking at photos of the art arrayed across Black Rock this year -- and even then, somewhat belatedly

Tuesday 18 September, 2007 01:01 PM
 

Water works

Clipped to the Drawing Board by mohamed  
Less expensive than oil and environmentally friendly, water-based hydraulics deserve a closer look.
Tuesday 18 September, 2007 12:23 PM
 

The Speed of Gravity

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Burt Jordaan  

The so-called 'speed of gravity' has been the source of some controversy over the years. The anti-relativity fraternity maintains that the speed of gravity must be infinite, i.e., that gravity acts instantaneously over any distance. Relativists, on the other hand, maintain that no influence propagates faster than the speed of light and that gravity is no exception.

This Relativity 4 Engineers article gives a brief overview of how the 'controversy' is resolved.

Monday 10 September, 2007 03:14 PM
 

Caterham Seven - basic driving fun

Clipped to the Drawing Board by John William  
When it comes to fun and thrills behind the wheel, there’s nothing on earth that compares with the Caterham Seven . And that’s quite an accolade for any sports car that’s not only about to celebrate its 50th
Sunday 9 September, 2007 01:00 AM
 

Rey to succeed Dassas at Renault

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu  
The ING Renault F1 Team is pleased to announce the nomination of Bernard Rey, currently Senior Vice President, Renault CEO Office, to the role of President of the Renault F1 Team. Bernard Rey will succeed Alain Dassas, who has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nissan.
Wednesday 5 September, 2007 12:03 PM
 

Flexible gears bolster wind-turbine reliability

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton  
From all outward appearances, wind turbines are sleek and elegant works of engineering. But inside, they're hell on gears and bearings .
Monday 3 September, 2007 09:15 AM
 

Lockheed, Boeing Vie for $10 Billion Indian Jet Order

Clipped to the Drawing Board by JW  
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co . are among six defense contractors chosen by India to bid for a 420 billion rupee ($10 billion) fighter-plane contract, the largest in the world for 15 years.
Thursday 30 August, 2007 01:00 AM
 

CAT To Build Diesel Engines In China

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Bob Smith  
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) announced Tuesday it will build state-of-the-art small and medium diesel engines in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China.
 
CAT signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Wuxi National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone for a multi-year investment to develop and manufacture Perkins and Caterpillar engines in Wuxi.
Thursday 30 August, 2007 01:00 AM
 

FEA helps eliminate physical prototypes

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher  
Engineers at Spinal USA , a manufacturer and distributor of advanced surgical spinal products in Flowood, MS, have designed spinal implants called vertebral body replacement (VBR) devices. Because surgeons insert these implants into patients’ spines during spinal fusion procedures, FDA approval is required. Rather than risk the cost and time for testing physical prototypes, though, the engineers investigated whether FEA software could provide adequate test results for FDA approval.
Tuesday 28 August, 2007 11:10 AM
 

Massive Port Cranes

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah  

 The three massive cranes for the Port of Prince Rupert's new $160-million container terminal were expected to be delivered by ship Monday evening, capping off one of the final elements into a transportation project touted as having benefits throughout northern B.C.

The container cranes   are large dockside cranes in the form of specialised gantry cranes which are used to load and unload container ships.
Thursday 23 August, 2007 09:27 AM
 

Soviet and Russian Bombers

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu  
On 17 August 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had permanently resumed long-distance patrol flights of strategic bombers , which were suspended in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. "I made a decision to restore flights of Russian strategic bombers on a permanent basis, and at 00:00 today, August 17, 14 strategic bombers, support aircraft and aerial tankers were deployed
Wednesday 22 August, 2007 01:00 AM
 

comp air engine

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher  
I missed this comp air engine - I must have been sleeping - Anyway I have tracked down the attached web page with a bit more technical data.  Hopefully others will also find this interesting
Tuesday 21 August, 2007 12:21 PM
 

Indian air-powered City Cat car

Clipped to the Drawing Board by John Chadwick  
The first commercial car to be powered by compressed air could be about to hit the production lines, as Indian automaker Tata Motors prepares to build ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre's design.
Tuesday 21 August, 2007 09:30 AM
 

Nasa opts not to repair shuttle

Clipped to the Drawing Board by John Chadwick  
The hole in space shuttle Endeavour's underside will not be repaired before it returns to Earth, Nasa has said.

Agency officials took almost a week to decide whether to send astronauts outside to repair the 9cm (3.5in) gash.
Sunday 19 August, 2007 06:53 AM
 

Petrol or diesel? Why choose?

Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne  
Hey, man in the street: have you ever been torn between petrol and a diesel? Wanted the performance of a petrol engine but the economy of an oil-burner?

Sound familiar? Well, the solution to all your problems just might be on the way, in the shape of... the Mercedes DiesOtto engine !

OK, enough of the American-accented advertising spiel. But this DiesOtto could be a biggie.
Monday 13 August, 2007 09:15 AM
 

South African armoured vehicle attracts big US order

Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne  
Defence and aerospace company BAE Systems' South African operation, Land Systems OMC, through its partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, has been awarded an order for the supply of 600 category II RG31 Mk5E vehicles for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle programme for the US Marine Corps Systems Command.
Sunday 12 August, 2007 01:47 AM
 

Virgin America makes debut flight

Clipped to the Drawing Board by John Chadwick  
Virgin America , a carrier closely tied to British entrepreneur Richard Branson that will focus on low costs and in-flight amenities, made its much-publicized inaugural U.S. flight Wednesday — after a delay caused by a New York storm.
Thursday 9 August, 2007 11:44 AM
 

Sail in the World's Biggest Yacht

Clipped to the Drawing Board by John Chadwick  
The yacht has become, in recent years, the ultimate expression of wealth and power. It seems that you can't be in The Forbes 400 top of the richest people on the planet without owning a kick-a** yacht, or was it the other way around?

Originally, it was defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries, but later it came to be used to transport important persons.
Thursday 9 August, 2007 11:40 AM
 
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