Breath & air-powered for non-existent batteries Lithium-air batteries are currently in the works, and IBM predicts that batteries “that use the air we breath to react with energy-dense metal” will result in smaller, lighter rechargeable batteries that last ten times longer than today’s lithium-ion types. Whilst such batteries could be used in everything from cars [...]

Posted on December 30th, 2010 by Editor
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Smart Meters Save $$$ Mechanical Engineers’ Device Helps Electricity Conservation January 1, 2007 — Smart meters are small computers that provide real-time information on how much electricity is being used by each customer and when, and can relay information back to the head office over the very same power lines they feed from. Smart meters [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Editor
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Rexroth Brochure Highlights Sustainable Manufacturing Bosch Rexroth announces a new brochure featuring a wide range of products, technologies and concepts designed to maximize manufacturing energy savings and sustainability – one of today’s key engineering challenges. Available at www.boschrexroth-us.com/sustainable, Sustainability with System: Rexroth Solutions for Energy Efficiency focuses on helping industries meet ambitious goals for energy [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Editor
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HAWE HYDRAULICS COMPACT PUMP IDEAL FOR WIND POWER PLANTS HAWE Hydraulics, supplier of controls to the mobile and industrial markets, announces the type KA power unit, the latest model in the HAWE Hydraulics product line.? The compact power unit type KA increases the service life of costly components such as gearboxes, rotor blades, towers and [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Editor
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CMM Measures Coordinates of Wind Energy Belgium wind turbines and instruments…. TVL (Toeleveringsbedrijf van Landuyt) in Wetteren, Belgium has been finishing transmission housings for wind turbines for the past several years. When they began, production numbered around 2,000 housings annually. Today, their production has doubled to 4,000, while future planning calls for an annual capacity [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Editor
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