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NOTICEBOARD Kemppi’s X8 MIG Welder redefines industrial multi-process welding Design and technology
give life to ‘Mutant’
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emppi has launched the X8 MIG Welder, a multi-process welding solution for future-proof industrial welding. The solution is enabled by the newest IoT based technologies and connectivity. With new technology, Kemppi redefines performance, usability and welding management in demanding industrial MIG/MAG welding. The X8 MIG Welder becomes available for customers in 2017. “The X8 MIG Welder is the ultimate choice for demanding welding,” said Dr Petteri Jernström, Kemppi’s director of Product Management and Technology Services. “With its focused and intense arc, groundbreaking user experience, upgradeable power source, Digital WPS feature, and full integration with the WeldEye welding management software, the X8 MIG Welder lets you perform, control and manage welding production in a way that was not possible before.” The X8 MIG Welder is designed to grow with the changing needs of manufacturers. It can be easily upgraded with software to work with new materials, applications and welding management demands. Even the welding power is upgradeable. The X8 MIG Welders are made in Finland. Visit: www.kemppi.com
MetGen wins John Sime Award for biotechnology
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innish enzyme producer MetGen won the John Sime Award for Most Innovative New Technology at the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB). MetGen produces customised industrial enzymes particularly for the the pulp and paper industry. “Small companies like us in the biotechnology sector do accept even great challenges and, thereby, risks, in their quest to change the world. We are also taking the industrial sector in a more sustainable direction and pointing the way for large-scale operators,” says MetGen’s chief technology officer Matti Heikkilä. The enzymes tailored by MetGen speed up processes in the pulp and paper industry, generating considerable savings in energy and raw materials. According to Heikkilä, the company is now aiming at strong international growth. “We have just launched sales in our main market and will now aim to scale this into larger growth. Finland possesses a vast amount of first-rate biotechnology know-how, but no-one is going to come over here and carry us away. Rather, we have to be bold, enter the international arena together and make ourselves known.” Visit: www.metgen.com
he 2016 edition of the Tecnargilla Design Award, focused on the theme ‘Light and shadows’, awarded the project ‘Mutant’, developed by System Ceramics in collaboration with Tosilab, for its ability to respond in the best way possible to the five requisites set by the judging panel: aesthetics, versatility, marketability, originality and technological content. So what was the idea behind ‘Mutant’, the work with an oriental touch, featuring flakes that chase one another in an infinitely changing sequence? In oriental design philosophy, the forms of objects are ever-changing, limited to small moments, ready to mutate as if part of a continuous flow. This is in contrast to western culture where form, ‘morphé’, is what determines an object once and for all. ‘Mutant’ is made up of a base element with five sides which is multiplied infinitely when overlapped, likened to the scales of fish or reptiles, creating a precise web of scales that rapidly move in a single flow. The web in turn twists the reference system, folding over itself; colour is then added to this dynamic framework, positioned on each bend, amplifying the threedimensional design of the relief structure. Visit: www.system-group.it
Xylem wins 2016 IBEX Innovation Award X
ylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, was recently recognised as the winner of the 2016 Innovation Awards – Mechanical Systems announced at the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) for its Rule brand next generation bilge pumps. “This award comes as a result of our commitment to ‘best in class’ products, and represents
a testament to Xylem’s capability of meeting the ever-evolving needs of our customers,” said Steve Tilders, global director of marine sales at Xylem. Rule’s small submersible bilge pumps provide ultimate pumping performance, helping to keep bilge clear of nuisance water. The next generation of Rule’s bilge pumps offers higher flow and backflow prevention that prevents water from re-entering the bilge, and features a built-in
thermal cut-off (TCO) that provides added protection for pump and vessel. Installation is easy in different configurations, due to the threaded discharge that allows for different port sizes. Rule bilge pumps are tested to the highest standard, including meeting performance testing at 12V vs. 13.6V, resulting in higher flow for the toughest applications. Visit: www.marine.xylem.com Industry Europe 19
