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A new robot concept is raising the hopes of the building industry that the high-tech future will be populated with smart excavating robots that will easily replace the high-cost of insurance-needing human contractors.
If the Eddy machine comes to pass, it also appears that gravediggers soon will be looking for a job.
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Saturday 3 January, 2009 02:53 AM |
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Diesel engines are so all-encompassing in agriculture, it's hard to imagine life without them. Andy Collings looked back at the man who started it all – Rudolf Diesel
While the development of the diesel engine is usually attributed to Rudolf Diesel, there's always been some dispute as to whether or not he was the true inventor of what is now known as the compression ignition engine.
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Tuesday 16 December, 2008 04:31 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
Al Zamil Metal Works Factory (AZMWF), the pioneer in the region in using the Tank Jacking System , is breaking new ground in the repair and refurbishment of tank base. The company, well known in Saudi Arabia, has always adopted a systematic approach to utilizing the jacking system in constructing steel tanks, says Capt Ahmed Al-Tabei, assistant general manager, Al-Zamil Metal Works Factory.
AZMWF is credited with setting records in the tank manufacturing industry in Saudi Arabia when it erected the Dome Roof Tank (31.7 metre diameter by jacking system). The tank has a capacity of four million gallons. The structure became the fresh water storage tank for Al Khafji joint operations, KGOC/AGOC (Kuwait Gulf Oil Company and Aramco Gulf Oil), operating with a consortium of SETE Energy SA and Carlo Gavazzi.
In recent developments, AZMWF has entered into a relationship with BYGGWIK (UK) Ltd, the UK based manufacturer of Tank Jacking System.
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Monday 15 December, 2008 07:37 PM |
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Craftsman has designed triforms so as to better use the tool clearances when the faces are set at an angle of 120 degree, as opposed to the usual 90 degrees of the more commonly found cubes.
In this instance, the large workpieces need only three operation setups, so the choice of a three-sided column was obvious and the only way to maximise machine productivity.
Robert Johnson, Craftsman Tools managing director, said: “The seven triforms are part of our standard workholding range. We have then adapted the units individually for the client’s specific needs.
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Thursday 4 December, 2008 01:20 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
Gems of engineering : the floating crane. Because the cranes require a massive superstructure and a relatively shallow hull, designers have to approach them pretty much the opposite way they approach typical ship design. They weigh many thousands of tons, and yet somehow manage to lift thousands of tons, too—engineering that truly borders on magic.
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Monday 1 December, 2008 10:04 AM |
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