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Once again, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) organized the 2024 European EtherCAT Plug Fest, this time hosted by ETG member Panasonic Industry Europe at their Customer Experience Center in Ottobrunn near Munich. EtherCAT invited all vendors of controllers, devices, codes, and tools to participate in the event and share their experience working with the technology.…
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bitsensing, a leading provider of advanced radar solutions, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NXP® Semiconductors, the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets. The collaboration aims to offer high-performance, scalable radar systems across automotive, smart cities, robotics, healthcare, and beyond by combining NXP’s…
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Entrepix, Inc., a globally recognized expert in CMP and wafer cleaning, and a subsidiary of Amtech Systems, Inc., is pleased to introduce its latest product, the LK Prime pad conditioner gimbal flexure. Designed to reduce downtime of Applied Materials Reflexion LK Prime CMP systems, this enhanced conditioner gimbal flexure reduces breakage through optimized geometry and…
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Image credit: esi-africa As electrification increases and more intermittent renewables are incorporated into the grid, ensuring sufficient dispatchable capacity is front of mind for system operators across Europe. This urgent issue initiated a candid discussion that took place at Enlit Europe, where panellists answered tough questions about practical strategies to secure system flexibility and dispatchable…
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Listen to this article Between 1994, when the railway was privatised, and the pre-Covid year of 2019, railway passenger numbers more than doubled. Yet over the same period the railway’s cost to the taxpayer increased by 270%. With high fixed infrastructure costs, increasing passenger numbers should have decreased its cost to the taxpayer. Thus, as…
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Listen to this article At around 19:26 on the evening of 21 October 2024, train 1J25, the 18:31 Transport for Wales (TfW) passenger service from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, collided with train 1S71, the 19:09 Machynlleth to Shrewsbury passenger service, also operated by TfW. The trains collided approximately 800 metres west of the passing loop located…
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Listen to this article The Permanent Way Institution’s annual electrification conference was attended by around 150 delegates and was opened by its president, Mona Sihota. While there remains uncertainty about future electrification, both the Midland Mainline and the Transpennine Route upgrades are well underway, and existing electrification assets (which power around 80% of UK rail…
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Listen to this article In 2009, the Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEP) was estimated to cost £1 billion. By 2015 the cost had risen to £2.8 billion. As a result, the programme was cut-back in 2017 with no electrification to Oxford, Bristol, or Swansea. This also led to a negative government perception of rail electrification…
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Listen to this article At the RSSB sponsored Vehicle/Track System Interface Committee seminar, RSSB’s Dr David Griffin and University of Huddersfield’s Dr Philip Shackleton explored how the industry might explore additional measures for the guidance of derailed trains. This work was commissioned to follow up a recommendation from the RAIB investigation into the Carmont accident…
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Listen to this article The collision at Fisherton Tunnel, Salisbury in October 2021 was primarily caused by poor wheel/rail adhesion. That said, RAIB’s investigation pointed to numerous other factors arising from management and communication within and between organisations in the industry, as well as autumn leaf fall management and treatment. One issue was knowledge of…
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