Mechatronics

A Belgian high-tech optical/mechanical company sets its sights on the stars – and other heavenly bodies.     In 2004, when astronomers first...

Commercial pressures within the hydrocarbon processing industry mean that operating refineries and other installations demand high reliability and efficient operation...

When British company Extec developed machines that allowed crushing and screening to be done on-site, it revolutionized the industry. In an...

Composites and titanium are increasingly replacing aluminium and steel in aircraft. This and fly-by-wire technology are two routes to more...

Drive-by-wire technologies for car designs are moving ever closer to being incorporated into marketable products. The Bertone-SKF Novanta concept car –...

A motor is normally supposed to rotate. Yet a Swedish start-up has developed a revolutionary new motor that walks. Electrical motors...

Fendt customers wanted a smaller tractor that could drive backwards as well as forward. Fendt turned to Neumaier Industrie-Technik to...

When the General Motors fuel-cell and by-wire concept car Hy-wire debuted at the Paris Motor Show in September 2002, no...

Combine hydraulic-free operation with highly sophisticated mechanical and electronic components, package them in a concept forklift, and you’ve got the...