Technology from ABB is being used to build the world’s largest desalination plant in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, while separately, ABB has won a contract to modernize the City of Nashville’s water infrastructure. On today’s World Water Day, both projects underline ABB’s long-standing expertise in water solutions and services.
We know that the resources of these fossil fuels are finite and, more importantly, that burning them releases greenhouse gases that are a significant part of the climate crisis we face today. Other pollutants are released too, including the particulate matter which constitutes a considerable threat to health, particularly in developing nations.
RINGFEDER has recently released its GWE 5113 series of elastomer jaw servo-couplings, featuring a new hub design. This design eliminates radial loads and achieves uniform power transmission with an even clamp force and symmetrical arrangement of clamp and screw positions.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have developed a technology for the energy-efficient and economic separation of hydrogen from natural gas. This membrane technology makes it possible for the two substances to be routed through the national natural gas grid together and then isolated from one another at their final destination. A major step forward in the transportation and distribution of hydrogen as an energy source.
New flange vibration dampers, wire rope vibration dampers, spring vibration dampers and, ideal for applications in industrial, military or naval sectors, are now part of the Elesa+Ganter range.
It is the proverbial thorn in the side of UK manufacturing: the skills gap – a fundamental discrepancy between the skills that employers require in their employees, and the skills that job seekers have.