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网页Celebrating the very best in UK collaborations and innovations in engineering. Now in its ninth year, The Engineer’s Collaborate To Innovate awards (C2I) was established to uncover and celebrate great examples of technology-led engineering collaboration across a range of different disciplines and sectors. Enter the Awards.
Late Great Engineers: László Bíró - mightier than the sword
网页2022年2月3日 · When it comes to simple engineering solutions to everyday problems, there are few finer examples than the ballpoint pen. An early print advertisement for a ‘new writing instrument’ called the Biro seems to say it all, for the gadget could write ‘an average of 200,000 words’ (that’s about three times more than most novels) with ink that ‘dries as …
Octopus raises the temperature with Cosy heat pump
网页2023年9月15日 · Customers who require new radiators, piping or a hot water tank should be able to adopt the system for a cost of around £3,000, according to Octopus. “This paves the way to heat pumps for everyone,” Octopus Energy Group CEO and founder Greg Jackson said at the Energy Tech Summit in London, run in partnership with Wired.
Salary survey: What’s a UK engineer worth in 2022?
网页2022年3月2日 · This appetite for change is one of the key findings of The Engineer’s latest annual salary survey. According to this year’s survey, which attracted responses from almost 800 engineers across 11 different sectors, the mean average salary for UK engineers now stands at £58k which marks a modest 2.3 per cent increase on last year’s figure.
The Engineer - The Engineering Design Show
网页2023年2月20日 · The Engineering Design Show (EDS) returns to The Coventry Building Society Arena on the 11 th – 12 th of October 2023. This two day exhibition has been curated specifically for design engineers and will bring together over 200 suppliers, thousands of products and all the latest industry innovations. Exhibitors span a massive …
ZF’s UK R&D Facility paves the way for autonomous driving
网页2023年1月23日 · A new £70m R&D hub in Solihull focuses on all aspects of future mobility, from motor design to connected and autonomous vehicles. Chris Pickering reports. ZF Group leads the way in the industrialisation and commercialisation of steer-by-wire technology - ZF. The West Midlands has long been a focal point of the UK automotive …
Jewel in the crown: Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade …
网页2017年9月19日 · An ancient form of metalworking is being used by Rolls-Royce to create a single-crystal turbine blade for jet engines. Casting is one of the oldest and most basic methods of metalworking. If you can make a fire hot enough to melt a metal, and manufacture a crucible to melt it in and a mould that can withstand the heat, you can cast …
Late Great Engineers: Rudolf Diesel - Powering the modern world
网页2022年3月29日 · Late Great Engineers: Rudolf Diesel - Powering the modern world. In-Depth. With the development of his eponymous engine, Rudolf Diesel was to have a profound effect on the way industry, transportation and international freight shaped the 20th century. Written by Nick Smith. Diesel engines play a part in the lives of us all.
The Engineer - Viking Link connects UK and Danish grids
网页2024年4月19日 · Viking Link connects UK and Danish grids. National Grid has formally launched Viking Link, a new 1.4GW interconnector that directly joins up the UK and Danish grids for the first time. The 475-mile capacity link is claimed to be the longest land and subsea cable in the world, running from Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire to southern Jutland, …
Jet Power: Bladon's microjets enable Jaguar turbine hybrid
网页2010年10月18日 · For the Jaguar project, Bladon teamed the turbine, spinning at a constant 80,000rpm, with a switched-reluctance generator capable of putting out 70kW of power. The integration of the two turbine-generator combinations with the vehicle drew on Jaguar Land Rover’s experience with the JET1. According to Heading, the engines are not noisy; the ...