Materials/Manufacturing

Thyssenkrupp to Buy Rare Earths from Northern Minerals in Australia While Helping to Expand the Operation; Key Separation Testing by K-Tech

Northern Minerals Ltd, one of the few producers of rare earth minerals outside China, and steel company Thyssenkrupp have made an offtake agreement whereby Thyssenkrupp will purchase 100% of the output from Northern’s Browns Range Pilot Plant […]

News

Lake Shore F71/F41 teslameters win R&D 100 Award

Lake Shore Cryotronics recently announced that the company’s F71 and F41  teslameters have been named a 2019 R&D 100 Awards winner in the Analytical/Test category. Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies introduced to the market, honoring great R&D pioneers and their ideas in science and technology. “Being named as one of the R&D 100 is an incredible honor,” said Paul J. Heney, Vice President and Editorial Director for R&D World. “These 100 winning products and technologies are the disruptors that will change industries and make the world a better place in the coming years.”Lake Shore and other winners will be recognized at a Dec. 5 awards dinner in San Francisco.  The F41 and F71 teslameters and their compatible Hall […]

Electromagnetics

Revolutionary Ferrite-Magnet Fault Current Limiter Graduates from Testing and Heads to Market; Eriez Magnetics Takes Major Position in the Developer, FaultCurrent Ltd in UK

FaultCurrent Limited, a UK-based developer of passive magnetic fault current limiters, is reporting successful results from a recent round of independent tests of its next generation fault current limiter. With 25 tons of magnetic ferrite ceramic tiles at the core of its novel design, it’s a beast. It […]

Materials/Manufacturing

THEVA High-Temperature Superconductor Wire Making Breakthroughs in Windpower Turbines and Electrical Transmission Applications

THEVA, a German developer of high-temperature superconducting wire – notably which is very pricey compared to copper wire but has extraordinary magnetic properties, is making important progress in demonstrating the effectiveness of its wire for […]