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Work on Reducing Energy Consumption in Minerals Processing Results in TMS Award

An Australian engineer working to reduce energy consumption in mineral processing was selected by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) as the first recipient of the Vittorio de Nora Prize for Environmental ...

16 Nov 2009

flydubai Aircraft to get Carbon Brakes from Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation's (NYSE: GR) Aircraft Wheels and Brakes business has been selected by flydubai to supply wheels and carbon brakes for its new fleet of 54 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft. The selection is...

16 Nov 2009

X-Ray Imaging Used to Observe the Freezing of a Ceramic Suspension

The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals. These results have been obtaine...

16 Nov 2009

ThyssenKrupp Sells Industrial Service Company

With economic effect as of September 30, 2009, ThyssenKrupp AG is selling the North American Safway Group to Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC (Odyssey), a US private equity firm. The sale and transfer agreement has now b...

16 Nov 2009

Wacker Open Dispersible Powder and Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Dispersion Plant in China

Today, WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, officially opened its new dispersible powder and vinyl acetate ethylene dispersion plant in Nanjing, China. With an annual capacity of 30,000 metric tons of dispersible pow...

From Wacker Chemie AG 16 Nov 2009

All Electric Tube Benders Open Up New Applications

A new class of tube bending applications is made possible by the launch of all-electric benders for handling tubing diameters of up to 175 mm (7 inches), from the machine innovator Unison. The company's newly-extende...

16 Nov 2009

Mobil 1 Selected as the Factory Endorsed Oil for the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

ExxonMobil today announced that Mobil 1, the world's leading fully synthetic motor oil brand, has been selected as the factory- and service-fill endorsed motor oil for the 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, the first-eve...

16 Nov 2009

New Report on Canadian Metals Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Canada Metals Report Q4 2009" report to their offering. Canada Metals Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, meta...

16 Nov 2009

In Depth Profiles of 2009 Fortune Global 500 Metals Companies Available

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Metals 2009 Fortune Global 500 Databank - Company Profiles" company profile to their offering. This report provides in-depth company profiles for Meta...

16 Nov 2009

Laytec Introduces First Tool to Measure the Exact Surface Temperature of GaN Layers

At the International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS) in Korea on 18-23 October LayTec presented its latest product: Pyro 400. Unlike conventional infrared pyrometry, which can only detect the susceptor surface temperature under sapphire or SiC wafers, Pyro 400 is the first real solution for measuring the exact surface temperature of GaN layers.

From Laytec - in-situ Monitoring Sensors for Thin-Film Applications 15 Nov 2009

Next Generation Fast Mounting Roller Bearings Available from SKF

SKF, the leading knowledge engineering company, has launched its latest generation of SKF ConCentra roller bearing units, which can be mounted 20 minutes faster than conventional split housings, saving costs both initially in mounting and later in maintenance.

15 Nov 2009

First Universal Programmable Processor Based on Quantum Bits

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics-the rules governing the submicroscopic world-using two quantum bits (qubits) of information.

15 Nov 2009

Nanonex Sell Nanoimprint Lithography Tool

Nanonex Corporation, the inventor and world's leading provider in nanoimprint lithography solutions with the longest history, announces the purchase of a Nanonex NX-2600 by University of Massachusetts Lowell. Nanonex...

From Nanonex Corporation 15 Nov 2009

Stork Helps Clients Meet Emissions Regulations

The State of Texas has recently stepped up enforcement of existing air pollution regulations concerning the control of emissions due to degassing or cleaning of stationary, marine and transport vessels (which includes storage tanks), as specified in 30TAC 115, Subchapter F. The degassing / cleaning rules are contained in Section 115.541, and require companies which perform these tasks to verify and to provide documentation that their vapor control systems maintain a 90% volatile organic hydrocarbon vapor destruction removal efficiency (VOC DRE).

From Element Materials Technology 15 Nov 2009

Baluff Launch New Range of Ultrasonic Sensors

This month marks the release of the Balluff family of ultrasonic sensors, which are designed for rugged, high-performance feedback when long sensing ranges and high accuracy are needed. Balluff ultrasonic sensors are used in many automated and process applications to detect the presence of targets or to measure the distance from selected objects.

13 Nov 2009