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Foerster Expands Test Portfolio with Pruftechnik Acquisition, Establishes Subsidiary in Turkey

Institut Dr. Foerster GmbH & Co., manufacturer of products for non-destructive material testing and magnetic field measurement, has made important expansions. It has acquired Pruftechnik NDT GmbH, based in Ismaning, formerly a company of Fluke Corporation. Pruftechnik is known for its advanced testing methods and systems for industrial quality control, some which employ sophisticated eddy current technology for alignment of bearings and rotating machinery. The move comes only a few months after Foerster established its 17th subsidiary, this one in Turkey. […]

Electromagnetics

New Stellarator Design Points the Way for Future Fusion Power Plants 

Using a new approach, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany have developed a stellarator design that fulfils all the basic physics requirements for a viable fusion power plant. Inside the complex magnetic coils of a stellarator, the new design limits toroidal current in the plasma. […]