For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85µW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. The packaged MEMS-based harvester is used to power a wireless sensor node. Within the Holst Centre program on Micropower Generation and Storage, imec researchers developed a temperature sensor that can wirelessly transmit data in a fully autonomous way.
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Mondi Coatings in Vienna to implement a cross-plant manufacturing execution system (MES) for ten production locations. In comparison with conventional pr...
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has brought a new continuous slab caster into operation. It was ordered by Gerdau Açominas, a Brazilian steelmaking company which is a member of the Gerdau Group. The plant has already cast slabs of various sizes and steel grades since production started at the Ouro Branco Works in Brazil.
ThermoFab, a US-based thermoforming company, has completed the delivery of Brookfield Engineering’s Powder Flow Tester – helping Brookfield move from sheet metal to a plastic enclosure with a smaller footprint and more compact design.
Saab Automobile AB announced today that it had closed on the sale to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. Ltd (BAIC) of certain Saab 9-3, current 9-5 and powertrain technology and tooling. Saab will assist BAIC to in...
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it is providing Austria's voestalpine Stahl GmbH, with technology to produce fingerprint-resistant electrogalvanized steel sheet.
This material is highly applicable for use in appl...
VAC AERO's Oakville Thermal Processing Division recently completed an extensive plant re-organization based on lean and green manufacturing concepts. The project included building renovations to create more production space, the addition of new work-handling and production capacity, safety enhancements and energy efficiency improvements in lighting and power consumption. Lean manufacturing techniques that were implemented in the re-organization included Kanban systems, 5S and visual signals.
Two years after the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2007, the last installation work has been completed and the test phase successfully concluded in the world's most modern LED chip production plant. The routine manufacture of LED chips is thus set to run at full speed from now on.
Ausmelt Limited (AET) announced today that it has won its second tin smelter contract in China. This contract is Ausmelt's 13th in China and follows the recent signing of a new Chinese copper smelter project in Novem...
Outotec Oyj of Finland has today acquired 19.9% of the issued share capital of Ausmelt at a price of 85 cents per share from interests associated with Dr John Floyd.
Dr Floyd is the inventor of Ausmelt's top subm...
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