The Engineer
6 April 2001
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Costs threaten UK plan for off-shore wind farms
12 Apr 2001
The government's plans to encourage the development of offshore wind farms could suffer an early set back, it was revealed this week.
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Double blow as Marconi calls time on 1,500 jobs
12 Apr 2001
The troubled UK telecoms sector took a further battering this week, with Marconi axing 1,500 staff and heavy job losses expected at Motorola.
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Fighter fuels suppliers
12 Apr 2001
UK aerospace companies supplying the Gripen jet fighter project are hoping for a summer of new deals with eastern European customers. A number of UK manufacturers are pinning their hopes on contracts with Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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Keeping it in the family
12 Apr 2001
More than two-thirds of all private businesses in Britain are family-owned. Most seem to fail once they are passed on to the next generation. Where are they going wrong?
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Remote eye flies high
12 Apr 2001
After almost two decades of development, Cranfield's unmanned air vehicle virtually flies itself, allowing the operator to concentrate on the terrain.
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Troubled Cammell Laird finally calls in the receivers
12 Apr 2001
Cammell Laird, the Liverpool-based shipbuilder, has called in the receivers following the suspension of its shares this week.
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UK to aid nuclear decommissioning
12 Apr 2001
Energy Minister Peter Hain today outlined how £2 million from the UK will be used to help Bulgaria and Lithuania close their ageing Soviet era nuclear reactors.
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Active matrix electronic ink comes to life
10 Apr 2001
E Ink Corporation has demonstrated what it claims is the world's first active matrix electronic ink display capable of producing high-resolution illustrations and text.
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Better than standard silicone pads, mica or grease
9 Apr 2001
Low cost thermal interface material is 85% more efficiently than standard silicone pads.
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Burning Bush in the wilderness
9 Apr 2001
In this changing world, it is the far-sighted who will survive. George Bush should go to see an optician.
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Coating improves engine efficiency
9 Apr 2001
Balzers has introduced a coating which it claims meets the seemingly contradictory automotive demands of lower emissions and better fuel economy.
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Danisco Flexible to be sold
9 Apr 2001
Danisco has agreed to merge its Flexible Packaging Division with the European flexible packaging activities of Amcor and of AB Akerlund & Rausing.
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Designs on a porpoise
9 Apr 2001
Capable of travelling 120 metres below the surface of the water at 25km/h, the Delfjet water scooter gives its users the manoeuvrability and speed of a dolphin.
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Direct methanol fuel cell set for 2002
9 Apr 2001
Energy Ventures has entered into an agreement with SRE Controls of Waterloo, Ontario to jointly develop operating prototype fuel cells by June, 2002.
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Elf stands guard
9 Apr 2001
Guardmaster has released what it claims is the smallest interlock switch of its type.
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Good news for lamp-posts
9 Apr 2001
Capable of performing handstandsand finding and kicking a football, the RS-01 Robodog is also large and strong enough to lift a five-year old child on its back.
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High capacity split roller
9 Apr 2001
BSL is offering Cooper split roller bearings in a higher capacity package that it claims offers up to 38% more roller bearing load capacity. In other words, a three times improvement in L10 bearing life with no dimensional increase.
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Interoperability?
9 Apr 2001
Shakespeare wrote: 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet' and you could translate that into modern English as: 'Interoperability smells like translation to me'.
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Less is more
9 Apr 2001
Implementing features in software was once thought to be more cost-effective than a hardware alternative. But is it?
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Miracle cure
9 Apr 2001
Permabond has introduced 4 new UV acrylic adhesives that it claims combine the advantages of single-part application with a fast 'cure on demand' capability.
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New valve banishes bacteria
9 Apr 2001
Dairy Pipe Lines has developed a new range of non-return valves (NRV) to meet the stringent requirements of hygienic processing.
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Relays without relays
9 Apr 2001
Changing the safety market forever is a safety relay that does not require relays. Replacing the electromechanical switching that we all know and love are FETs (Field Effect Transistors).
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The worm that turned
9 Apr 2001
Holroyd has been showing off some of its driving and controlling wormgears for applications in lifts, subway trains and mining locomotives.
