The Engineer
7 September 2001
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Designs for life?
13 Sep 2001
In the next few weeks, two different sets of awards will celebrate innovation in sustainable engineering. But do what do these industry events really achieve?
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Driving a hard bargain for the best deals on wheels
13 Sep 2001
Forklift truck suppliers who 'bid low' to try and gain market share with elaborate service and support deals are treading on thin ice.
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EADS builds coastal surveillance radar for Estonia
13 Sep 2001
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) has announced that it will build a coastal surveillance radar for Estonia in a deal worth a total of €26 million.
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Giving key workers a mechanical lift
13 Sep 2001
Few companies have a strategy for avoiding injury caused by handling heavy loads. But mechanical lifting aids are gaining favour and may be essential to keep up with the law.
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Keep on rolling
13 Sep 2001
The German Aerospace Research Centre (DLR) believes it has solved a problem that has challenged advanced robotics and mechatronic applications for years.
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Lynx deserves a rest, but no cash means a revamp
13 Sep 2001
The trend towards 'jointery' - getting the disparate branches of the UK's armed forces to drop age-old rivalries in order to train and fight seamlessly - is gathering pace.
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Industry slams 'weak' DTI over lack of action
13 Sep 2001
The Department of Trade and Industry has come under attack from business leaders for failing to respond to the chronic difficulties facing recession-hit manufacturers.
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Gap-year pioneers make their mark
13 Sep 2001
The annual 'Year in Industry' awards, held at the ICE in London, salute this year's major contributions.
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Lotus performs plastic surgery on its sports cars
13 Sep 2001
An engineer's teenage son has inspired Group Lotus to invest in plastic shells for its future models.
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PICMG to develop new specs for comms
10 Sep 2001
The PICMG will be developing an entirely new series of computer specifications with a new form factor that is based on switched fabric architectures.
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Driving in a cocoon
12 Sep 2001
Visteon Corporation has brought together several of its radar technologies to give vehicles a 'Cocoon' - a 360-degree awareness area that surrounds the exterior of a vehicle.
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Six speed transmission goes on show
12 Sep 2001
Yesterday at The Frankfurt Motor Show, Antonov took the wraps off its newest automatic transmission - the 6-speed Antonov Automatic Drive (AAD).
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Teacher shortage could scupper schools plan
13 Sep 2001
UK Government plans to introduce engineering training into schools could prove a flop unless more teachers are found. Hardly rocket science, is it?
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'Electronic Paper' promises more colourful displays
12 Sep 2001
Researchers at the University of Rochester are racing to develop a technology that would not only make flexible, paper-like video displays a reality, but could make them in full colour.
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The bedrock of the UK economy
13 Sep 2001
A new study categorically rejects the idea that manufacturing faces a declining role in the future. A strong manufacturing base, it argues, is fundamental to prosperity.
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Power to the AC people
13 Sep 2001
In the world of the fork lift, DC power has always been predominant. But, gradually, this is changing.
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Injector is compact, and fully-integrated
11 Sep 2001
Delphi Automotive has developed a new Electronic Unit Injector for use in large diesel engines that is half the weight of previous designs.
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Airbags on the car's exterior?
12 Sep 2001
Certain death in auto accidents could be avoided if cars were to mount airbags at each windshield pillar.
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Federal-Mogul divests three operations
10 Sep 2001
Federal-Mogul Corporation has completed three divestitures of its operations with facilities in the US, Europe and Japan.
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$150 Million people mover
11 Sep 2001
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with AENA for the supply of equipment for Phase II of the people mover project in Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain.
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Siemens awarded $172 million in US rail deal
11 Sep 2001
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has awarded a $172 million contract to Siemens Transportation Systems.
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New benchmark for rotary seals
7 Sep 2001
Walkersele Ultraglide is a new high-efficiency rotary lip seal aimed to meet the low-maintenance demands of hardworking industrial plant.
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Use the force - Locust
7 Sep 2001
Tomorrow's cars may be able to automatically avoid collisions thanks to a Newcastle University experiment in which locusts are forced to watch scenes from Star Wars.
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Lead's not dead
7 Sep 2001
As the power consumption of electronic devices rises, the ability to supply them with a portable power supply is lagging.
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Silk science improves on nature
7 Sep 2001
Researchers at Cornell University say they have made significant advances toward a polymer of silkworm silk that both mimics and improves on nature.
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Poor quality tolerated in Britain
7 Sep 2001
UK companies are refusing to admit that they have quality problems that could cause customers to scrap precision components worth thousands of pounds each.
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Planning ahead for unpredictable changes
7 Sep 2001
Of all the mine-fields in the product specification-design-release cycle, the issue of mid-project specification changes has to be one of the worst.
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What a lot of train
10 Sep 2001
A consortium comprised of Bombardier Transportation and Alstom has received an order from SNCF for 12 three-car trainsets valued at approximately $97 million Cdn.
