Industry Europe – Issue 27.5

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NEWS

TECHNOLOGYSPOTLIGHT

Advances in technology across industry

Flexible electricity generation from Areva Transparent coatings for

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REVA NP has installed a system to automatically adjust Goesgen Swiss nuclear power plant’s electricity generation to the needs of the grid operator. The successfully implemented solution varies the plant’s output between 50 and 100% of its installed capacity, without interaction of the operator. The output adaptation can be performed with power ramps of up to 30 megawatts per minute. AREVA NP’s Advanced Load Following Control (ALFC) technology features a software upgrade of the reactor control system, adapts the relevant interfaces in the plant and comprises a comprehensive test series as well as operator training to ensure safe and proper operation. “The intermittent electricity generation of renewable energy sources like wind and solar increases the need for balancing power. The ALFC system enhances the capabilities of nuclear power plants to deliver such services and to perform a stabilising role in the power grid,” said Carsten Dueweke, responsible for instrumentation & control projects at AREVA NP. AREVA NP has already delivered its ALFC technology to four German nuclear power plants (Philippsburg 2, Isar 2, Brokdorf and Grohnde). Visit: www.areva.com

everyday applications

Dassault Systèmes helps to develop the first and dirt-repellent sportswear and outaircraft to be made in the United Arab Emirates Waterdoor clothing, or anti-fog windshields – there assault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform has been used by Calidus, an Abu Dhabi-based advanced are many everyday products that can profit from

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technology company recently incorporated, to develop its military light attack aircraft with multirole capabilities, the first such aircraft developed 100% in the United Arab Emirates. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform enabled Calidus’s teams to virtually design, develop and optimise two prototypes within a two-year timeframe in order to unveil the aircraft at the Dubai Air Show 2017. Its single source of data and integrated applications accelerated Calidus’s design process and streamlined the company’s project collaboration both internally and externally with its suppliers. “In 2015, Calidus set out to create a highly complex technological product and achieved its ambition on time by relying on a holistic digital approach to innovation,” said Philippe Forestier, executive vice-president, Global Affairs and Communities, Dassault Systèmes. “This achievement reinforces the 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s role in connecting people, ideas and data throughout a company’s value chain and across all disciplines, as well as Dassault Systèmes’ position as the technology partner of reference to the aerospace and defence industry.” Visit: www.3ds.com/industries/aerospace-defense

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highly hydrophobic coatings. For such coatings, researchers led by Dr Bastian E. Rapp at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have created Fluoropor, a material that is both transparent and abrasionresistant and that consists of a fluorinated polymer foam with continuous nano/micro-structure. Water droplets run off the leaf surface: In nature, this phenomenon is mainly known from lotus plants. Researchers imitate this lotus effect by means of superhydrophobic, i.e. highly water-repellent, surfaces. Superhydrophobic properties develop due to structuring on the nano/microscale. Such extremely fine structures (one nanometre is a billionth of a metre) make surfaces highly sensitive to abrasion and account for the fact that they are not sufficiently robust for everyday applications. In the case of Fluoropor, in contrast, the nano-/ microstructure is not limited to the surface but occurs throughout the material, thus giving the material a high long-term abrasion resistance and suitability for daily use. The foam seems optically transparent due to its tiny pores whose diameter is below the wavelength of visible light. Fluoropor, therefore, is ideally suited as a coating for transparent substrates such as glass. The material, can, however, also be applied to e.g., metal, polymers, or textiles. Fluoropor can be efficiently manufactured in one step in different thicknesses by so-called photo-induced radical polymerisation. Visit: www.kit.edu


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Reinforcing innovative adhesive solutions

5min
pages 202-205

Pioneering bio-degradable, sustainable fabrics

4min
pages 198-201

Pioneering pipe and tube technologies

4min
pages 192-195

Flying high in airport handling systems

6min
pages 174-179

Innovation at its core Sonoco Alcore

5min
pages 196-197

High wire Elsan Elektrik

4min
pages 180-183

Rolling on the right track NEWAG

6min
pages 168-173

Your chosen partner in sheet metal manufacturing

4min
pages 184-186

Creating the stainless steels of tomorrow

4min
pages 187-191

Fast logistics, faster Flash

6min
pages 164-167

Growth, quality and sustainability on tap

6min
pages 159-163

Thriving business Grundfos Manufacturing

5min
pages 154-158

Committed to sustainable component precision

4min
pages 150-153

Cheese from the Tatra mountains

4min
pages 142-144

World-first in fitness tracking Jabra

5min
pages 145-149

energy to change Wärtsilä

4min
pages 133-137

one step ahead Tarkett

4min
pages 128-132

long lasting power Budapest Erőmű

5min
pages 138-141

expanding international profile ALUTECH Group

6min
pages 120-123

Concrete solutions Husqvarna

5min
pages 124-127

Displaying paraffin’s hidden talents Polwax

7min
pages 114-119

engineered to innovate Lubrizol

5min
pages 110-113

Bright prospects Tecnomeccanica

3min
pages 107-109

memories on the move Niesmann + Bischoff

4min
pages 98-101

Sealed for success Federal-Mogul

6min
pages 102-106

Valued system supplier IDEAL Automotive

4min
pages 94-97

leading the way Ammann Group

4min
pages 91-93

Fast-forwarding efficiency Eton Systems

4min
pages 88-90

Strong brand Poclain Hydraulics

5min
pages 84-87

Go with the flow IMI FAS

4min
pages 76-79

Pioneering new process-engineering technologies

5min
pages 80-83

High-performance precision Fidia

4min
pages 68-72

Pioneer in motion technology Schneeberger

4min
pages 73-75

leader in packaging machinery solutions Comexi

6min
pages 64-67

optimising cool solenoids Amisco

4min
pages 60-63

Plant that grows Steuler Anlagenbau

5min
pages 50-55

optimising automotive competence FKG

5min
pages 34-37

Star performance Seco Group

6min
pages 56-59

Go with the flow Pentair

4min
pages 44-49

A voice for process equipment producers

4min
pages 41-43

Integrated solutions for agriculture Ro-Sys Software

2min
page 33

Customer-driven innovation GRAS

5min
pages 38-40

Showcasing the future of crop technology

4min
pages 28-32

Winning business New orders and contracts

7min
pages 16-17

moving on Relocations and expansions

4min
page 20

Technology spotlight Advances in technology

3min
page 22

Notice board New products and processes

3min
page 23

Focus on France Ian Sparks reports from Paris

4min
pages 25-27

A bridge further with 3D technology

4min
pages 14-15

linking up Combining strengths

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pages 18-19

Steel giants join forces Consolidation in Europe’s

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