The ES Blog

Growing artificial tissue

2009-01-30T04:06:00.000-08:00

Taking a giant step in growing artificial tissue, scientists have devised a fully automated process, which could revolutionize the production of the non-natural skin.Making use of such skin produced in the laboratory bioengineers and medical scientists can perform transplants more efficiently and that without taking much time.Alternatively, the tissue can be cryopreserved - that is, deep-frozen and stored for later use.

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Ilog introduces Transportation Analyst 2.0

2009-01-30T03:44:00.000-08:00

Ilog has announced the availability of Ilog Transportation Analyst 2.0, a transportation planning application. Transportation Analyst 2.0 enables companies to analyze many different strategies to determine the best way to deliver products and utilize transportation assets.Transportation Analyst 2.0 is tailored for supply chain analysts, consultants and planners in retail, consumer packaged goods, and third-party logistics providers.

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Software for Orthotics Design

2009-01-30T02:48:00.000-08:00

CRISPIN has launched a new version of its software for the design and manufacture of orthotic insoles. The most obvious change has been the division of the software into two programs – OrthoModel and OrthoMill for design and manufacture, respectively.The use of computer-based design and manufacturing techniques brings the engineers to manufacture products with accuracy and quality in the orthotics industry.

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A Virus That Rebuilds Damaged Nerves

2009-01-29T00:32:00.000-08:00

Genetically engineered viruses could form a scaffold for nerve cells.Researchers working on tissue engineering hope to eventually be able to use a patient's own cells to grow replacement tissue for damaged hearts, livers, and nerves.Some biological engineers are using scaffolds made of polymers to try to mimic the supportive matrix of real tissue.

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First-Ever Dynamic Thermal Mechanical Fatigue Test

2009-01-27T22:14:00.000-08:00

Test Devices Inc. (TDI),has achieved the first-ever thermal mechanical fatigue (TMF) dynamic test, which was conducted on a turbine engine bladed high compressor component. The test is the first of its kind in the industry, and was performed using TDI's exclusive Advanced Spin rotational testing platform.TDI's pioneering Advanced Spin thermal mechanical fatigue testing is able to conduct complex tests that simultaneously measure the combination of thermal and mechanical stresses on a component in a cyclic fashion.

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New Cryogenic Treatment Service for Racing

2009-01-27T22:01:00.000-08:00

The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. announces a new cryogenic treatment service that is specially tailored for racing and other high performance enthusiasts.Cryogenic treatment of racing parts benefits the components in several ways. First, residual stresses from part fabrication are removed, greatly reducing distortion, warping and fatigue failures that are caused by crack propagation of stress lines. Second, steel components adopt a uniform grain structure, eliminating imperfections that improve thermal properties such as heat dissipation.

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FORAN V60R3.0: New Developments and Improvements

2009-01-26T19:49:00.000-08:00

The Spanish company SENER has recently launched the new CAD/CAM marine system FORAN release V60R3.0, with new developments in all disciplines that considerably improve performance during the ship design process.FORAN V60R3.0 has new functionalities regarding the ship structure definition, while the visualisation and performance has been considerably improved.New features for cable routeing in FORAN benefit the ship electrical design.

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Intrinsic safety engineering comes to fieldbus

2009-01-26T02:14:00.000-08:00

Intrinsically safe (IS) explosion protection has developed into a mature and widely accepted technology: with fieldbus. Fieldbus systems afford new possibilities in digitalisation, de-centralisation, and product standardisation, and intrinsic safety technology must adapt to these new levels of simplification and cost reduction.They solve the potential equalisation problem with galvanic isolation, that is, they separate the intrinsically safe from non-safe equipment by using relays, transformers, or opto-couplers, which require their own power supply.

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New Technology of 3D Spacer Fabrics

2009-01-26T01:52:00.000-08:00

Mayer & Cie has launched Technit D3, a new machine design capable of fine rib knitted fabrics and 3D spacer fabrics for use in the home textile, automotive and medical sectors. The Technit D3 has been designed to knit 3 threads in 3 plies per feeder.The Technit D3 is undoubtedly set to open up new and exciting scope for replacing conventional methods by lower-cost circular knitting technology with all benefits.

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Aerospace Composite Manufacturing

2009-01-22T21:33:00.000-08:00

LMI Aerospace, Inc. is a leading provider of design engineering services, structural components, assemblies and kits to the aerospace, defense and technology industries. Through its Engineering Services division, operated by its D3 Technologies subsidiary, the company provides a complete range of design, engineering and program management services, supporting aircraft lifecycles from conceptual design, analysis and certification through production support, fleet support and service-life extensions.

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Design of Geogrid-Reinforced Steep Slopes

2009-01-22T21:27:00.000-08:00

Strata Systems, Inc. announces an upgrade to its advanced interactive computer software program designed to assist engineers with the design and analysis of geogrid-reinforced steep slopes. Earthen slopes up to 70 degrees from horizontal can be safely designed in accordance with methodologies accepted by the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S.Optimized for the design of reinforced slopes, the software accommodates complex geometries with up to three different soil zones (reinforced, retained and foundation), along with inclined toe and top slopes.

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Microdrainage WinDes-Road and Drainage Design Software

2009-01-22T21:21:00.000-08:00

Designed by engineers for engineers, Micro Drainage WinDes uses proven and universally adopted methodologies to design and analyse drainage systems, including a powerful flow simulation module, and a comprehensive costing and quantities package.Drainage designs for storm and foul drainage networks by the Modified Rational Method can be tested under surcharged flood conditions.

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Grid Technology Design Nano Chips

2009-01-21T23:44:00.000-08:00

Researchers from five universities are designing a new generation of nano-electronic circuits that will power the computers and mobile phones of the future. The circuits may also make possible entirely new forms of electronic device that could benefit a range of sectors, including entertainment, communications and medicine .This new project will allow circuits to be designed and it will use e-Science and Grid technology – which draws on shared data and massive computing power – to bring together computer simulations of transistors that do not yet exist and simulations of circuits that use them.

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Celerity Introduces Next Generation GF100 Series

2009-01-21T23:25:00.000-08:00

Celerity, Inc., a technology leader in precision instruments and advanced gas and liquid delivery solutions for the global semiconductor, solar and electronics industries, announced today the introduction of its new GF100 series mass flow controller (MFC) designed to precisely measure, monitor and control ultra high purity process gas chemistry in semiconductor device and solar cell manufacturing processes.GF100 Series MFCs provide seamless RoHS compliant upgrade featuring enhanced quality, reliability and reduced cost of ownership.

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Drafting Services and Solutions

2009-01-21T23:06:00.000-08:00

DRAFTING Simplified offers its services in converting drawings in any form to editable CAD files.Drafting Simplified provide CAD drafting services to Architects, Structural Engineers, Surveyors, Designers, Consultants.It also provides mechanical product and machine drawings in different views and perspectives, dimensioning, scaling, material listing, detailing, blow up.

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New Imaging Method for Molecules

2009-01-21T22:37:00.000-08:00

The new technique – liquid STEM – uses a micro-fluidic device with electron transparent windows to enable the imaging of cells in liquid. In the PNAS article, the investigators demonstrate imaging of individual molecules in a cell, with significantly improved resolution (the fineness of detail in the image) and speed compared to existing imaging methods.

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Cocoons used to make new biosensors

2009-01-21T22:12:00.000-08:00

Bioengineer Fiorenzo Omenetto at Tufts University is using silkworm cocoons to develop new biosensors that can be inserted into patients and used as a tracking device to monitor a person's post-surgical progress or a chronic disease like diabetes.Using the biosensors for cancer, implanting them during tumor surgery enables to detect any later resurgence of the disease.

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Advanced Software Has Designs For Energy

2009-01-21T21:56:00.000-08:00

Advanced technology is being deployed in many sectors of the energy business.Abaqus provides solutions for modelling and visualizing a design's behaviour for structural integrity when the structure is subjected to loads and contact. Abaqus is being used to evaluate conceptual designs and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) .Dassault Systèmes software are used in the fusion, oil exploration and wave power industries.
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DesignBase 2.0 Platform for Electrical Power Systems Design

2009-01-21T04:26:00.000-08:00

EDSA Micro Corp – a leading provider of software tools for electrical power systems design and management – today unveiled a dramatic new version of its Paladin DesignBase software for the design of complex electrical power systems. New capabilities in the Paladin DesignBase Power Flow and DesignBase Power Systems Optimization (PSO) modules now make it even easier for power systems designers to design systems for maximum energy efficiency.

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Low-Carbon Manufacturing Solution

2009-01-20T04:01:00.000-08:00

The ultimate aim of the project is to utilize an additive manufacturing approach, specifically Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of metallic components, to ensure the design, manufacture and distribution of fully optimized automotive/aerospace components are more sustainable with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.This is mainly a consequence of conventional processes that restrict our current design, manufacture and supply chains. Manufacturing Engineering will apply state-of-the-art Rapid Manufacturing (RM) techniques.

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New Method to Authenticate Photographs

2009-01-13T03:24:00.000-08:00

Scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute have developed a new chemical analysis technique that could revolutionize the authentication of historic photographs.Scientists used nondestructive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry analysis to analyze the chemical signatures of numerous historic photographic processes.

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Thermite fuels high-strength nanostructured metal alloy

2009-01-13T02:51:00.001-08:00

Structural metals are everywhere and, being a widely used commodity, new developments are often constrained by practical considerations like large-scale production and price. In an age where nanomaterials are turning materials science and engineering upside down, progress in metallurgy is often deliberate and incremental.But innovative work in metallurgy that has the potential to scale to industry and can be applied to multiple alloy systems is a varity indeed.

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New AC Parallel Shaft Gear Motor

2009-01-12T03:11:00.000-08:00

Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. designs and manufactures fractional horsepower electric motors, gearmotors and gear reducers used in industrial and commercial OEM applications worldwide. The new VWDIR20 AC parallel shaft gear motors are designed by engineers for high torque, single phase commercial and industrial applications such as electromechanical pool covers and bleachers, compactors, can crushers, conveyors, commercial garage door operators and a wide variety of poultry and other agricultural equipment.

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Soil, crop and pasture services offered by Fertile Farm

2009-01-12T02:29:00.000-08:00

Fertile Farm offers a complete range of farm services to grain growers and rural agribusiness owners with soil fertility control and plant health management needs.The fertilizer programs organized by Fertile Farm help in analyzing the fertility status of farm lands. Through independent testing and chemical and microbiological analysis, Fertile Farm designs complete application plans for the farm lands.

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New Inverted Metallurgical Microscope ECLIPSE MA200

2009-01-09T23:39:00.000-08:00

Tokyo – Nikon Corporation is pleased to introduce the ECLIPSE MA200, a new-type inverted metallurgical microscope for the material science world that enables microstructural observation, and evaluation and analysis of a variety of materials, including metals, ceramics and polymers. The uniquely designed cube-shaped microscope provides solutions for research and development, and for inspection and quality assurance in the automotive and materials-related industries.

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