Industry News

• Rolls-Royce unveils world’s largest engine testbed 15th January 2021
  The first engine run has taken place on Rolls-Royce’s new Testbed 80, said to be the world’s largest and smartest aerospace engine test rig. In development for the past three years, the £90m facility is located at Rolls-Royce’s Deby test centre. It has an internal area of 7,500m2 and was designed to accommodate both existing […]
• New crowd analytics solution deployed at Orlando airport 15th January 2021
  The Indoor Lab has partnered with Cepton to deliver a new crowd analytics solution, recently deployed at Orlando International Airport. The Indoor Lab, which provides solutions for monitoring real-time foot traffic using lidar sensors, uses Cepton‘s Helius Smart Lidar System in the new solution, named Safe Place. Helius enables The Indoor Lab to provide anonymised […]
• Britishvolt gigaplant set for Siemens’ manufacturing tech 15th January 2021
  Britishvolt has entered into a collaboration agreement with Siemens to accelerate the development and production of lithium-ion batteries at the company’s gigaplant. Siemens will give Britishvolt access to its automation, electrification solutions and Digital Twin manufacturing technology, which will simulate gigaplant production processes and flows. Britishvolt selects Northumberland site for battery gigaplant Siemens is providing […]
• Sheffield Uni engineers having a blast 14th January 2021
  Engineers at Sheffield University are launching a new laboratory to explore the blast impacts of compact explosives at close range. Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, became a prominent weapon in 21st-century assymetric warfare and were regularly used by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the physics of the type of explosions caused by IEDs is […]
• Germany to host world’s largest PEM electrolyser 14th January 2021
  Multinational chemical company Linde has announced plans to build the world’s largest proton exchange membrane electrolyser, which will produce green hydrogen. The 24-megawatt electrolyser will be housed at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. Located on the western outskirts of Leipzig, Leuna is one of Germany’s largest chemical industrial sites and is co-owned by Linde […]