‘Climate Change’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Verderflex Dura pump ensures bubble-free printing from Verderflex, which we summarised at the time by saying "Peterson Packaging, a Danish printing company, has selected the Verderflex Dura peristaltic pump to gently handle water-based ink.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Resources company selects Able gas flowmeter from Able Instruments and Controls: "A global resources company has replaced its existing turbine flowmeter with the new portable ultrasonic gas flowmeter from Able Instrument and Controls to ensure reliability and accurate measurement.".

In November 2009, we covered the news from ITW Plexus - take a look at Designing joints and structural adhesives which says: "Sally Sinai, technical manager of ITW Plexus, considers the issues that should be considered before designing joints to be bonded together with structural adhesives.".

Take a look also at the news release from Micromech, CNC router reduces time to market, as well as Igus energy-supply system comprises 200 products from Igus UK, and Ansys EKM addresses simulation and data management from Ansys.

Latest stories...

Centa offers bespoke transmission designs (November 2009)

Centa Transmissions can create bespoke powertrain designs for wind, wave, tidal and solar power systems.

Subsea cable avoids aerial power line construction (November 2009)

Nexans has been awarded a contract by EDF to construct a submarine power cable for the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean.

Dynamometer helps maintain satellite position (November 2009)

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has utilised a three-component dynamometer manufactured by Kistler Instruments to simulate the operation of the positioning wheels on one of its satellites.

Able Widebeam clamp-on flowmeters measure gas flow (November 2009)

The Able range of Widebeam Ultrasonic Clamp-on Flowmeters offers advanced, accurate and reliable ultrasonic metering technology for gas-flow applications.

Ondrives simplifies online ordering process (November 2009)

Ondrives is introducing its redesigned website, which was officially launched on 4 November 2009.

Fitting gives free orientation for hydraulic hoses (November 2009)

A pipe fitting that provides free orientation for hydraulic and pneumatic hoses and tools across a range of industrial applications has been introduced by Bete.

Wirelesshart switch enables level detection (November 2009)

Emerson Process Management has introduced a Wirelesshart point-level switch, which enables level detection to be made in locations previously inaccessible or too costly for wired devices.

Riley to distribute pressure-fed shot blasting (November 2009)

Riley Surface World has announced an agreement with Contracor to distribute its range of pressure-fed shot blasting systems in the UK.

Engineers discuss climate change

A seminar in September will allow the power industry to show how it is responding to the challenges of climate change and the technological and commercial opportunities that it presents.
A more effective response to climate change

Mark Crosier argues that industry and utilities should build products that make energy saving an intuitive process.