Materials/Manufacturing

Cyclic Extends Magnet Recycling Reach: Microsoft Investment Targets Hard Drives; Auto Salvage in UK Marks First Overseas Supply Deal 

Recycling magnets from computer hard drives has garnered the attention — and opened the wallet — of Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. It’s one of several new avenues that Cyclic Materials of Toronto is pursuing to gather more magnets into its supply stream and extend the reach for its technology. Auto salvage in the UK is another, marking the company’s first overseas feedstock deal – and with ties to parent companies IAA and Ritchie Auctions which have extensive worldwide operations in the used vehicle business.  […]

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Heidenhain Speeds Up Angle Encoders

Heidenhain, the Germany-based manufacturer of magnetic and optical encoders, has introduced smarter and faster versions of its RCN absolute angle encoders series for use in machine tools. With permissible speeds are up to three times higher than older RCN encoders, the […]