Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, unveiled design concepts for new aircraft systems for military applications which would use Bell’s high-speed vertical take-off and landing (HSVTOL) technology for next-generation vertical lift aircraft. HSVTOL technology blends the hover capability of a helicopter with the speed, range, and survivability features of a fighter aircraft. “Bell’s HSVTOL […]
Malaysia’s Kinabalu Park, which surrounds Mount Kinabalu, the 20-largest peak in the world, is home to a nickel mine like none other. In lieu of heavy machinery, plumes of sulfur dioxide, or rivers red with runoff, you’ll find four acres of a leafy-green shrub, tended to since 2015 by local villagers. Once or twice per […]
Nearly half of the United States population, 150 million other American adults, are coffee drinkers. Now think about the cups. Unless you’re drinking your brew at home, you’re likely picking up your java in a paper cup to go. And that’s the problem across the world: nearly 16 billion paper to-go cups are used every […]
Learning Objectives Rotary knife cycle requires careful servo sizing for effective motion control. When working on the rotary knife profile, consider acceleration and deceleration in the application. Next article looks at the servo sizing process for a single blade rotary knife./li> Rotary knives are often used in industry to cut a continuously-fed web into […]
Learning Objectives Choosing a collaborative robot starts with asking what the company wants the robot to do and asking what it’s capable of. Knowing collaborative robot safety standards and general robot safety standards is crucial. Collaborative robot design starts with the robot, but it must include human interaction since they’re designed to work together./li> […]
Between May 6 and May 12, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, owner of 5,500 miles of pipeline carrying natural gas, gasoline, and diesel from Texas to New Jersey, shut down its operations in response to what it said was a ransomware attack targeting its information technology (IT) network. In a media statement, Colonial officials indicated the damage […]
In collaboration with Dow, Siemens recently demonstrated operation of a process production test bed at MxD, an advanced manufacturing institute and innovation center near downtown Chicago. The test bed showcased how innovative software and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) come together with hardware to accelerate digitalization for the process industries. Innovations incorporated in the […]
With motor sports moving hard and fast toward electric drive, a friend recently told me that electric drag-car racing just wouldn’t be the same without the deafening roar of combustion engines and the smell of “nitro” fuel. She’s 90 years old. I didn’t feel like arguing with her. And she had a point: Carmakers and […]
Editor’s Note: Along with Robin Murphy, the authors of this article include David Merrick, Justin Adams, Jarrett Broder, Austin Bush, Laura Hart, and Rayne Hawkins. This team is with the Florida State University’s Disaster Incident Response Team, which was in Surfside for 24 days at the request of Florida US&R Task 1 (Miami Dade Fire […]
The coming decade will be transformational for the island that currently serves as chip manufacturer to the world. Buffeted by the same technological forces that are digitizing economies across the world, Taiwan’s planners are focusing on both that transformation and the need for an energy transition required to solve problems related to climate change, created by human […]