When the ­Machine Reports Its Status

26-Jul-2023 - Even if the central concern of digitally integrated production or Industry 4.0 is networking industrial systems – the individual machine remains a central focus point of optimization. The reasons: Networking requires interfaces that must first be implemented on the individual machine. Fraunhofer ...

Digitizing chemistry with a smart stir bar

A magnetic stirrer bar with an integrated process monitoring system

24-Jul-2020 - Miniaturized computer systems and wireless technology are offering scientists new ways to keep tabs on reactions without the need for larger, cumbersome equipment. In a proof-of-concept study in ACS Sensors, researchers describe an inexpensive new device that functions like a conventional ...

5G is smartening up production

27-Aug-2019 - Modern sensor technology can already collect an extensive range of data from machines and equipment. Analyzing these data can expose anomalies between planned and actual production in order to support optimization purposes. However, data storage and analysis still tend to be decentralized and ...

Smart tomographic sensors control industrial processes of tomorrow

HZDR coordinates European Doctoral Training Network TOMOCON

01-Sep-2017 - Modern parallel computer architectures are capable of processing huge amounts of data at high speed. This allows for the increasing use of imaging techniques as sensors to control machines and process plants. In the new European collaborative project TOMOCON twelve research institutions and 15 ...

Thermal cameras snoop beneath surfaces to reveal materials’ secrets

19-Jan-2016 - Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are pioneering the use of infrared cameras to image additive manufacturing processes in hopes of better understanding how processing conditions affect the strength, residual stresses and microstructure of 3D-printed parts. ...

Eppendorf supports the smartLAB project

The special exhibit premiers at LABVOLUTION

07-Sep-2015 - Eppendorf AG will be presenting the incorporation of its laboratory devices and consumables into digitalized work processes at the smartLab stand. The advantages of topics such as documentation, process monitoring and automation of repeatedly performed tasks in the laboratory are illustrated by ...

How strong is your booze?

True strength of alcohol revealed by new portable device

26-Mar-2010 - Both legitimate brewers and distillers - and authorities on the track of illicit alcohol from home stills - will soon have a helping hand. Measurement experts have unveiled a portable device to determine the strength of alcoholic drinks quickly and easily, almost anywhere. Published in the ...

Leeds research brings terahertz closer to everyday use

01-Apr-2008 - A collaboration between the Universities of Leeds and Harvard has turned the heat up on terahertz technology, bringing a handheld terahertz device a step closer to reality. The Leeds team, led by Professors Edmund Linfield and Giles Davies from the Faculty of Engineering, has recorded the highest ...

Ashland Foundry Products Division Invests in Quality Enhancement Upgrades

30-May-2002 - Dublin, Ohio (USA) – The Foundry Products Division of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, a division of Ashland Inc., has begun a $1 million capital improvement project to install automated process controls and other upgrades for enhancing product quality at its Cleveland-East manufacturing ...