Industrial News
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Listen to this article Since 2012, the Railway Division of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, supported by the Friends of the Stapleford Miniature Railway (FSMR) which operates the railway, have run 13 Railway Challenges. These require teams of young engineers to design and build a 1/5th scale miniature locomotive. The teams and their locomotives are…
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Listen to this article Rail Engineer often describes innovation in the world of passenger information systems, online train running information, ticketing initiatives and suchlike, all based around the technology and its deployment. But how effective are these developments and do they fulfil the needs of the different types of passengers? A recent online event assessed…
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Listen to this article Visiting railways outside the UK on the IMechE’s technical tour always provides fascinating insights. In May, this year’s tour visited the Netherlands, Germany, and France. The next issue will have a full report on this tour. In the meantime, for our station focus issue, this feature describes the major station projects…
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Taking low-dose colchicine daily may slow the progression of a common acquired gene mutation found in the blood of older adults that can lead to certain blood cancers and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a subanalysis of the LoDoCo2 trial published in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, and…
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Listen to this article Stannah Lifts Services (Stannah) is managing a major accessibility upgrade at several South Western Railway (SWR) stations along the Wessex route, installing a total of 13 passenger lifts to date. These upgrades are part of a broader initiative across Network Rail’s Southern region, aimed at making stations accessible for all. Funded…
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Listen to this article Rail Engineer’s series of articles on the creation of the modern railway has so far covered motive power, permanent way, and signalling. Each of these physical assets are self-evidently essential for a railway system to function at all. Perhaps the promoters, developers, and funders of the first early railways gave less…
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Listen to this article Trackside working on electrified railways demands meticulous isolation procedures – these are vital, yet invariably time-consuming. Siemens Mobility, however, is piloting a new technology that promises to streamline the isolation process, affording trackside teams significantly more time to carry out essential works during possessions. The Siemens Remote Securing solution has been…
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Ross-Shire Engineering (RSE) is trialling an online analysis system to monitor drinking water quality at a Midlands filtration plant. Using micro-mechanical technology, the analysis system fits a highly compact footprint. So far, the trial of the system is achieving accurate and repeatable results, and it is also minimising the need for operator intervention. In a…
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Kollmorgen has enhanced its AKM and AKM2G servo motor families with a new high-resolution encoder option that provides absolute multi-turn feedback — at no additional cost compared to the existing absolute single-turn variant. The Kollmorgen SFD-M encoder option achieves four times greater positioning accuracy than previous designs. The encoder tracks and maintains the position register…
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Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have identified two specific types of brain cells that are altered in people with depression. The study, published in Nature Genetics, opens the door to developing new treatments that target these cells and deepens our understanding of depression, a leading cause of disability worldwide that affects more than 264…
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