£145m cash injection aims to boost UK innovation
28 November 2023 Innovate UK, working with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, is investing £145m in UK innovation in a series of schemes, including £27m for… Read More
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Smart on-battery electronics eliminates the need for inverters
17 March 2023 A German start-up has come up with a technology that does away with the need for converters in battery-powered systems. The “AC battery” system, developed… Read More
Advanced Engineering show returns to NEC after two years
12 October 2021 The Advanced Engineering UK show will return to the NEC, Birmingham on 3 and 4 November, 2021 for the first time in almost two years. Read More
Rolls-Royce’s world record bid electric plane takes off
16 September 2021 Rolls-Royce has flown its all-electric Spirit of Innovation aircraft for the first time. The craft – with which the company hopes to set a new… Read More
1.5MW motors will power 186-seater electric plane
5 March 2020 Wright Electric, the US aircraft developer which is designing an 186-seat all-electric passenger plane, has announced plans to develop a 1.5MW motor and 3kV inverter… Read More
£9m grant will help to convert planes for hybrid-electric flight
3 January 2020 A consortium of British business has received a £9m grant from the government to help design, manufacture and integrate a hybrid-electric propulsion system into a… Read More
Diagnostics tool simplifies pneumatic cushioning settings
29 June 2017 The pneumatics manufacturer Aventics has developed a tool that, it claims, will simplify and speed the adjustment of cushioning systems for pneumatic cylinders. Optimal adjustment… Read More
‘First’ autonomous container ship will be electrically powered
10 May 2017 Two Norwegian companies have announced plans to build the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, which will be able to navigate without needing… Read More
Robots will plug largest electric ferries into recharging points
15 August 2016 The world’s largest battery-powered ferries, due to enter service next year between Denmark and Sweden, will be plugged automatically into recharging points at either end… Read More
Maintenance-free industrial UPS has no batteries
3 November 2014 Panduit has launched a maintenance-free uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that backs up industrial managed Ethernet switches using ultra-capacitors instead of batteries, thus eliminating the main… Read More
