Industrial Technology

Lightning strike simulation heralds simplified design

Tests verify accuracy of finite-element current flow simulation in complete aircraft structures including client-specific cabling.

16th November 2009

Swan sailing yachts selects Siemens PLM

Siemens PLM Software has announced that Oy Nautor Ab, builder of the world famous Swan sailing yachts, selected Teamcenter software as its corporate-wide PLM solution and will deploy 60 seats when fully implemented. In addition Nautor has selected Siemens PLM Software's NX software for yacht development. Siemens PLM Software will provide both software and services.

16th November 2009

Motorcycle manufacturer picks Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk has announced that Wild West Motor Company, a manufacturer of some of the most exotic high-performance motorcycles in the world, is replacing its existing CAD platform in favour of Autodesk Inventor software.

9th November 2009

Universal bus fibre optic cable allows tight bend radius without compromising attenuation characteristics

Energy and data supply expert igus has developed a new optical fibre cable, called Chainflex CFLG.2LB, which is suitable for all bus systems. This dual-core optical fibre bus cable is designed specifically for energy chain applications, where extremely small bending radii and high cycle life are expected without loss of data.

28th October 2009

Personal transport goes green

The world's lightest production electric two-wheeler produced by British company Karbon Kinetics (KKL) was developed partly using rapid injection moulding provided by Protomold, part of Proto Labs.

13th October 2009

Siemens delivers Parasolid V22

Siemens PLM Software has announced the availability of Parasolid Version 22.0 (V22) software - the latest release of its PLM 3D geometric modeling component software. Parasolid V22 delivers a wide variety of powerful modeling enhancements specifically designed to boost the productivity of application software developers working on some of the most advanced PLM end-user products on the market.

13th October 2009

Autodesk opts for Parallels Desktop for Mac

Autodesk has announced an agreement with Parallels, a worldwide leader in virtualisation and automation software, to make Parallels Desktop for Mac Autodesk's preferred Mac virtualisation software. "Autodesk customers are increasingly working with both Mac and Windows, and have asked us to support Mac virtualisation," said Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk chief marketing officer.

13th October 2009

Connection technology

This new catalogue from Phoenix Contact contains over 19,000 innovative products including connection technology, terminal blocks, wireless sytems, and automation solutions.

13th October 2009

Modified standard enclosures

ETA reports that it can now deliver a broad range of 'modified standard enclosures' as well as 'assemble to order' solutions on a cost-effective, easy to order, quick turnaround basis.

13th October 2009

Engine testing

Labcell has updated its website by adding downloads for the ECM 5200 series of automotive engine test and measurement instruments, namely the ECM 5210 NOx Analyser, ECM 5220 Lambda Analyser and ECM 5230 EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) Analyser.

13th October 2009