Lead-acid batteries are still the best choice for starting cars and trucks. The Engineer Guy explains why this is true, in spite of the development of many other battery types.
Why Lead-Acid Batteries Rule
Industry-university team studies how lubricant additives affect metal surfaces
ASB Industries, Barberton, Ohio, announces that an industry-university team of researchers recently concluded a project that examined the relationship between lubricant additives and ferrous and nonferrous surfaces.
Electron beam additive manufacturing system to build titanium aircraft parts for Airbus
Sciaky Inc., Chicago, announces that Airbus has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art electron beam additive manufacturing EBAM 110 System to build large structural parts of titanium.
Nitinol-based engine converts waste hot water into electricity
Exergyn, Dublin, has developed a new engine called the Exergyn Drive, which turns waste hot water into electricity by means of Nitinol, which undergoes a phase transition when heated and reverts back to its original shape when cooled.
Linde and Praxair announce intention to merge
Linde AG, Germany, and Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., announce that the companies intend to combine in a merger of equals that would bring together two leading companies in the global industrial gas industry, leveraging the proven strengths of each.