Five interesting applications for the PTR-A pressure test cycling rig and why the unit is a very powerful standard solution for cycle testing for Design, Development and Production Engineers. PTR-A Pressure cycling rig intuitive touch screen. This unit for a German customer. What is cycle testing and why do you do it? Should you [...]
How soon will car hydraulics be heading to Beaulieu Motor Museum? Why do designers love electric? Electrics has big attractions for designers. Electric actuation has made big inroads towards replacing hydraulics in systems everywhere. We have discussed before about the enormous growth in pure electric actuation on aircraft. Out go those hoses, pumps, control valves [...]
The payback game: so just which hydraulic manufacturers will profit from the robot challenge? The FT recently reported that China bought 66,000 out of 240,000 robot units sold globally last year. The UK bought only an estimated 2400 units in 2015, according to statistics from the International Federation of Robotics. It makes riveting [...]
I will skate over the obvious question as to whether a 3.78% drop in your zinc level in your sweat coupled with a 1.91% rise in blood glucose is something that will make a Healthcare Professional take notice. Interpreting vast swathes of data from one human body would be quite some job. I thought that [...]
Will the sort of home automation that was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 6-9 th give us slick and dependable products? Once again, we all had our annual glimpse into the future of home electronics, with a daily dose of the next big thing in our newspapers and on the web. [...]
