Putting the spark back into direct injection

Article Abstract:

Orbital Engine Corporation Ltd.'s new combustion process technology has achieved vehicle emission levels well within European requirements. The low pressure injection system does not require high pressure fuel pumps and is unique because the fuel is atomised in the manifold rather than the piston chamber. Another advantage of the system is that it can be retrofitted onto an existing powerplant.

Power transmission equipment industry, Orbital Engine Corporation Ltd.

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VR gives robots second sight

Article Abstract:

Virtual reality (VR) software has been taken beyond its traditional use in simulation packages into real time processes. Magnox Electric has developed a system which combines VR with existing Snake robotic technology for use in dealing with radioactive chemical waste. The manipulators in the underground tanks at the Hanford nuclear establishment in Washington State have previously been viewed via closed circuit television systems, but the restricted angles in dim lighting conditions provide only partial information. This will be supplemented for the operators by additional reference to a VR image of the process.

All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing, General industrial machinery, not elsewhere classified, Materials Handling Robots, Management, Usage, Cover Story, Industrial equipment and supplies industry, Robots, Industrial, Industrial robots, Virtual reality, Radioactive wastes, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Magnox Electric

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Surviving the backlash

Article Abstract:

A cam-based speed reduce is being developed at McGill University in Montreal by Professor Jorge Angeles and Max Antonio Gonzales-Palacios. It is based on the design of pure-rolling indexing cam mechanisms, with a specially shaped input shaft with conjugate cams attached to it, angularly offset. The unit exhibits zero backlash and zero friction losses as well as high stiffness, necessary for high-torque applications.

Speed reducers, Reduction gears

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