Veolia Water Technologies has built an ultra-modern plant to produce drinking water in Ostend, Belgium. In a multi-stage filtration process, the local water supplier is now producing drinking water of excellent quality – far above the statutory requirements. At critical points of the process – during reverse osmosis, filtration with activated carbon and remineralisation ...
DirectIndustry: What is the state of industrial recovery in France? Olivier Dario: There are positive factors today for French industry. The COVID crisis revealed the problem of subcontracting to Asia and of our dependence on the rest of the world. The French government is now ready to launch an investment plan with the idea that we must bring our industry back. And I th...
The Chinese government has never made any big secret of its desire to advance the country’s technological prowess. But in recent times that desire has become increasingly fervent. In 2020, Beijing announced its masterplan for accelerating China’s drive toward global technological supremacy, with a plan to inject more than $1 trillion into the national economy through 202...
Taiwan is well-known for its semiconductor fabrication plants. But silicon chips are not the only thing it has to offer manufacturers across the world. Taiwan’s smart machinery leaders are helping global manufacturers embrace the future. From high-precision CNC cutting machines, power presses and machine tools to industrial automation and collaborative robots, let’s take...
Silicon Valley. Silicon Roundabout. Bucharest. It may not seem like a logical progression, but the Romanian capital is showing signs of becoming one of the world’s next tech hotspots. This is underpinned by an expanding IT talent pool, cheap operating costs, high-grade digital infrastructure and buoyant national economic growth. AI-fuelled Growth Today, start-ups putti...
Available with unbelievable delivery time, thanks to the italian production, the SKD range made by SAER offer high reliability and easy maintenance. A huge selection of options in terms of materials (cast iron, bronze, stainless steel) and configurations (with gland packing or mechanical seal or cartridge, for horizontal or vertical installation) make this pump the pr...
Not so long ago many economic experts were writing off Taiwan. Some of the island’s strongest companies had decamped to heavyweight mainland China, wages had stalled, annual growth was flagging, and its population was ageing rapidly. Taiwan’s heyday as a so-called Asian tiger – when it was held up as a showcase for rapid economic development (together with South Korea, S...
Hydrogen, the universe’s most abundant element, is said to be the perfect fuel to replace oil as it does not emit greenhouse emissions. As a matter of fact, Europe is currently massively investing in hydrogen. Last June, Germany announced a massive plan worth 9 billion euros over ten years. Shortly after France confirmed a 2 billion-euro plan for the next two years. At...
Vortex Bladeless has designed a technology that is an alternative and innovative way to turn wind energy into power without the need for giant turbine blades that can be an eyesore on the environment. The start-up was founded in 2014 to properly focus on developing a new kind of wind turbine that oscillates instead of rotating with blades. The company filed a patent for ...
INSIGHTS| China’s Road to 2025 (8/8) – ELECTRICITY – With its “Made in China 2025” strategy unveiled in mid-2015, China has set itself the goal of becoming the world’s leading economic power. In this context, DirectIndustry magazine is partnering with intelligence consultancy DCA to offer our readers key information about this industrial strategy. Jean-François Dufour, C...
On May 6th, 1964, the New York Times featured an interview with Theodor Maiman, the man who had built the first laser in Mai 1960. 60 years later we know how many problems his invention solved. Without lasers, we would have no internet, no computers and no gene sequencing, to name but a few major applications. But it took 60 years and many brilliant minds around the glob...
Equipped with visual sensors, Sparrow is able to collect data, then transmit and analyze it on its software platform AIM. Now Percepto’s AIM platform can also integrate with other robotic solutions such as Boston Dynamics‘ four-legged robot Spot. We spoke with CEO Dor Abuhasira. Autonomous drone maker Percepto announced this week it had secured $45 million in investme...
Čapek’s prescient production, in addition to using the word “robot” for the very first time, sparked longstanding debate on the social, moral and economic arguments over the development and use of artificially intelligent technologies. It is interesting to note that the word robot comes from the Czech for “forced labor”. The robots in R.U.R are not mechanical devices....
DirectIndustry magazine has decided to partner with intelligence consultancy DCA Chine Analyse (DCA China Analysis) to offer our readers key information to help you understand and analyze Chinese industry in order to accurately evaluate the competition and your business potential. On the occasion of this partnership, DCA is offering DirectIndustry e-magazine readers a...
That’s what Vincent Gérard, CEO of the French company VirtualExpo Group which powers DirectIndustry, thinks. Today, the company is officially launching its new online marketplaces. This interview was conducted by Camille Rustici, Editor-in-Chief of DirectIndustry e-Magazine, Célia Sampol, Editor-in-Chief of MedicalExpo e-Magazine and Erin Tallman, Editor-in-Chief of A...
In this article, we focus on robotics. Duilio Amico, Marketing and Network Development Director Robotics & Automation Products at Comau, gives his insights into 20 years of innovations in robotics. 20 Years of ROBOTICS with Comau Comau is a multinational Italy-based company specialized in industrial automation. Their competencies range from technologies and system...
In this interview, we focus on the logistics sector. Crystal Parrott, Vice President of the Robotics Center of Excellence at supply chain technology supplier Dematic, gives her insights into 20 years of innovations in logistics. 20 Years of LOGISTICS with Dematic Dematic is a supplier of integrated automated supply chain technology and was founded in 1819. They off...
The LITHIUM SERIES II Electric Torque Tool is the next revolution in bolting technology redesigned from the ground up with expanded functionality, greater durability, and intuitive usability. This lightweight 36 Volt battery powered tool, with capacity up to 5000 ft-lbs, is the ultimate solution for strength and portability in industrial bolting jobs worldwide. This tool...
The rapid development of information technology and its seamless integration within manufacturing processes is the main driving force behind today’s Fourth Industrial Revolution. With machine tools playing a unique and leading role in manufacturing, digital innovation in machine tool technology is already playing a pivotal role in efforts to heighten manufacturing sustai...
A field equipment shelter fitted with fault-tolerant cooling is ensuring the reliability of a wireless communications link that connects the instrumentation on a new gas pipeline crossing a Middle Eastern desert to the remote control room. Fabricated from tough glassfiber-reinforced polyester (GRP) materials, the shelter houses a TETRA basestation powered by solar panels...
Tank-level power support As the first fruit of the corporation between SANY and Deutz, D12 has technical support from Deutz, a time-honored German engine manufacturer whose reputation for quality is widely recognized in the military field. Its displacement reaches 12.12L while its engine power can reach 430HP and 460HP, which is more powerful than some home-made engin...
In 1855 Charles Goodyear invented a new method to convert and modify the rubber by giving it better physical characteristics. The vulcanization method is based on reactions between the rubber and sulfur. Sulfur is used to create “sulfur bridges”, chemical bonds that give to the rubber stability, resistance and elasticity. Sulfur treatment gives also resistance to deform...
From the tropics to the frigid zone, from the plains to the plateau, from the ocean to space, etc., this makes the environment encountered in the storage, transportation and use of various products more and more complex. In order to ensure that the product can adapt to these complex and harsh environment, the product from the development of the need to consider its fu...
Nowadays, forest fires often cause serious threats to the environment and produce real emergency situations and natural disasters. How long do you want to wait to know there is a fire in the forest? Most of the times, when someone notice about the fire, it is too late because the fire has spread already. Thus, the enhancement of forest fire detection system by CO2 (carbo...
Electric motors ensure the reliable drive of many devices, machines, vehicles and plants. Electricity flows through copper conductor coils, which must first be freed of resin and paint layers in order to be recovered for maintenance or repair work. SCHWING Technologies is an expert in this type of thermal removal of resins and lacquer coatings. The company cleans electri...
Multipurpose equipment of great strength which supports one or more reels. Ideal for any kind of work: optical fiber, intercom’s installation, telephony’s installation, etc… Solid, compact, no maintenance is required, it remains stable on any surface. Supplied with wheels. Minimal dimensions. Disassemblable. Usable also in vertical position. Max reel weight: 150 kg R...
The salt spray test is one of the environmental tests. And it is usually carried out under artificial simulated salt spray conditions. The test mainly assesses the corrosion resistance of products or metal materials. The following are several types of salt spray tests: Natural environment exposure test Artificial acceleration simulation of salt spray environment t...
With the development of China's manufacturing industry, the development of CNC machine tools has become the key point of the machinery manufacturing industry. CNC machining center is widely used in aviation, automobiles, electrical appliances, medical equipment, furniture, hardware and other industries. In the processing of parts from the blank (profile) to the completio...
Advantages: 1. Compatible plasma/oxy-fuel cutting； 2. Dual drive； 3. Match with high-power plasma power； 4. SteelTailor quick cable connector is available for deeply integrating with brand plasma power source. Economical way to realize CNC cutting applications DRAGON II is a new type, powerful enough to replace the traditional CNC cutting machines. After 3 yea...
Background Reliable Remote Monitoring of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is essential for telecom operators with development of infrastructure of mobile networks. The users need to acknowledge the condition of BTS such as voltage, temperature of battery and air-conditioner(A/C), water detect , smoke detector and generator health status.As many BTS stations are outdoo...
Glycom has purchased its first Capel CE system to be used in the R&D lab for the determination of inorganic anions and some organic acids in fermentation liquid. The company is the world's leading supplier in the Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs), complex carbohydrates that exist naturally in large quantities in human breast milk. Glycom produces HMOs by fermentation wi...
After the tunnelling, metallurgical, precast concrete and aeronautic sectors, ACIMEX enters now the wind power energy sector. A chinese wind power manufacturer called out ACIMEX to conceive and produde two vacuum lifters to lift and demould blades. On this project, blades can go up to 86 meters-long and to 16-tons. The french SME faced yet another challenge which turns o...
Inconel is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation for a family of austenitic nickel-chromium-based superalloys. Inconel alloys are oxidation-corrosion-resistant materials well suited for service in extreme environments subjected to pressure and heat. When heated, Inconel forms a thick, stable, passivating oxide layer protecting the surface from further a...
POSIPLUS PP is a double cable manipulator with high load capacities, capable of handling loads up to 200 kg and reaching working radii up to 4500 mm. The gripping tooling is connected to the balancing group through two independent steel cables to ensure maximum safety. The particular double-arm structure with intermediate joint makes it easy to operate within the entir...
The pumps are mainly design for solids control circulating system of oilfield drill rig. It can be used to provide drilling liquid with a certain discharge capacity and pressure to sand, desilter and mud mixer, to assure these equipments work efficiently. Features: 1. Open impeller design, ideally dealing high viscosity drilling slurries. 2. Combination seal for a l...
What is a Hot Air Furnace? The hot air furnace is a thermodynamic machine. It was widely used in China in the late 1970s. It has become a replacement product of electric heat sources and traditional steam power heat sources in many industries. There are many types and complete series of hot air furnaces, which are divided into manual firing type and mechanical firing ...
