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Listen to this article Rail Engineer’s sister magazine RailStaff recently reported on 20 years of Darwin, the heart of all customer train information and one of the most critical systems serving the industry. Darwin is maintained and continually improved by Rail Delivery Group (RDG) in partnership with Hitachi Rail, and in this article Rail Engineer…
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Listen to this article In the connected world we all live in, Wi-Fi has become one of the main technologies for wireless short haul and indoor communications. However, a Wi-Fi wireless protocol that is yet to receive widescale adoption is Wi-Fi HaLow (pronounced halo). This uses 900MHz Radio Frequency (RF) bands to provide longer range,…
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Listen to this article Innovation continues to be one of the rail industry’s buzz words but can be used in many contexts. Some of these may be a plea for new thinking to solve a particular problem; a product or service that could improve a traditional system or work method; blue sky thinking that might…
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom and rapid expansion of cloud-based services are accelerating the need for data centers to be more powerful, efficient and highly reliable. To meet the growing market demands, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has released the Flashtec NVMe 5016 Solid State Drive (SSD) controller. The 16-channel, PCIe Gen 5 NVM Express (NVMe)…
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Listen to this article Sekisui celebrates 10 years since the first installation of its synthetic wood on network rail and over 44 years of use worldwide. Since 1980, Sekisui has engineered and manufactured synthetic wooden sleepers made from Fibre-reinforced Foamed Urethane (FFU). In 2014, Network Rail engineers installed the first FFU baulks and cross-sleepers as…
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Air bearings are a crucial component in ultra-precise motion control systems, offering frictionless operation by suspending components on a thin film of air. This eliminates mechanical contact, reducing wear and vibration while achieving unparalleled accuracy and smooth motion. They are essential in industries like semiconductor manufacturing, metrology, and photonics, where even minute inaccuracies can lead…
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Tektronix shares the availability of a new remote procedure call (RPC)-based solution, TekHSI, for faster data transfer from testing instruments to a user’s PC. TekHSI (Tektronix’s high speed interface) functions as a new firmware capability on the Tektronix MSO 4B, 5 and 6 Series models (including B and LP instrument renditions). The abstractions provided in…
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Nexperia announcesd that the expansion of its NextPower 80V and 100V MOSFET portfolio with the release of several new LFPAK devices in industry-standard 5x6mm and 8x8mm footprints. These new NextPower 80/100V MOSFETs are optimised for low RDS(on) and low Qrr, to deliver high efficiency and low spiking in applications including servers, power supplies, fast chargers…
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Published: 07 August, 2024 The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult,a leading UK technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewables, has announced it has appointed Maida Zahirovic as a Non-Executive Director. ORE says Zahirovic, Head of Renewables at James Fisher & Sons, a trusted supplier of engineering services to the global energy, defence and maritime…
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Published: 07 August, 2024 Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wind, has announced it is deploying heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCD) for the first time in an operational campaign at the Borssele 1&2 Offshore Wind Farm. The company says this pioneering move marks a significant leap forward in operational efficiency and safety in the offshore wind…
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