Monday - 08 September 2008

Production Engineering

Applied technologies for production engineers

Good vibrations
From wireless technology to mathematical modelling, there are monitoring systems to guard against expensive equipment failure in many industries. Colin Carter reports....
Published: The Engineer - 21 August 2008

Healthy obsession
The latest laser and micro-percussion technologies are being used to mark products in medical and other sensitive industries without contamination. Julia Pierce reports....
Published: The Engineer - 20 August 2008

Flow of ideas
The changing demands of major industries are being met with a range of innovative valve systems. Julia Pierce looks at the benefits of some of them....
Published: The Engineer - 20 August 2008

Fresh approach
Despite the credit crunch new designs for products – from deodorant caps to mountain boards – still need prototyping, reports Charles Clarke...
Published: The Engineer - 20 August 2008

Robot on the wire
Progress with automating shaped metal deposition process to save waste and money in the manufacture of aerospace parts. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 20 August 2008

Joined-up thinking
The principle behind Velcro inspired development of an injection moulding tool to create a surface allowing plastic car parts to bond. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 19 August 2008

Mirror image
A UK collaboration has produced machines to make superior, large-scale telescopic lenses in this country. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 19 August 2008

Double bubble
Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill....
Published: The Engineer Online - 06 August 2008

Copper claim
Nippon Mining & Metals has developed a new process that it claims effectively enables copper to be recovered from low grade copper concentrates....
Published: The Engineer Online - 15 July 2008

Tough test
From ship-hoisting in the Gulf to contamination-free medical clean rooms, technology is keeping pace with the increasingly complex demands made of control applications. Julia Pierce reports...
Published: The Engineer - 15 July 2008

Force to reckon with
To ensure power transmission systems run in the most cost-efficient way a wide range of gear technology is available in many types and sizes. Colin Carter reports....
Published: The Engineer - 15 July 2008

Fast food image
Low-energy X-ray inspection technology said to produce fast, highly-detailed images of food products and packaged goods while still on the production line. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 15 July 2008

Great shapes
A new technique could enable manufacturers to produce microstructured polymer surfaces at lower cost and with more flexibility. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 15 July 2008

Spin doctor
UK engineers pioneer the use of eddy current probe technology to monitor the health of individual turbine blades as they turn. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 15 July 2008

Tooling for the wings
MB Faber has won a contract worth in excess of £1m to support the development of Europe’s latest military transport aircraft....
Published: The Engineer Online - 14 July 2008

Waste conversion
Chemical engineers at Rice University have developed a process to convert biofuel waste into chemicals that fetch a profit....
Published: The Engineer Online - 01 July 2008

Saving through recycling
By recycling unwanted equipment and ensuring disposals are environmentally friendly, manufacturers can boost their green credentials and save money, says Graham Davy...
Published: The Engineer - 18 June 2008

Cutting costs of titanium powder
A new processing technique could reduce the cost and the amount of energy required to make titanium parts from powders by up to 50 per cent, claim its developers...
Published: The Engineer - 18 June 2008

Great shakes
Transatlantic collaboration results in self-generating wireless sensor system aimed at cutting time-consuming maintenance and saving energy....
Published: The Engineer - 17 June 2008

Problem taped
GKN has developed an automated system it claims will produce carbon fibre aerospace components up to 40 times faster than existing methods...
Published: The Engineer - 16 June 2008

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