Sonoware, a young Kiel firm founded by four signal processing experts, has launched in-vehicle communication software designed to facilitate conversation in a moving car. Engine and road noise, as well as the radio and other sound sources such as talking GPS can make discussions among vehicle occupants very difficult....
The adoption of additive manufacturing technology has accelerated in recent years thanks to advances in material science and design software. Use is growing in aeronautics and the automotive sector, and the nuclear industry is pushing into the game.
In a December 2016 report on additive manufacturing, Gartner...
At this year’s GreenTec Awards at IFAT, the laureate in the Automobility category went to Germany’s Schaeffler and LuK GmbH & Co. KG, for its E-Clutch. Markus Kneissler, head of development, automated clutches, talked to DirectIndustry e-magazine about the automatized clutch, which takes over from the driver as...
Wheels: -29%. Differential: -14%. Diesel pump housing: -18%. Nuts: 6 g each. At Hannover Messe, the Lightweight Forging Initiative, a primarily German consortium of forging companies and steel producers, has been trumpeting an impressive list of weight-saving measures for automotive parts which could result in a total...
At Hannover Messe, different green and lightweight materials found in the American car manufacturer’s vehicles were showcased —from recycled plastic bottles to plant-based elements.
Henry Ford was always interested in using sustainable materials in his cars. In the 1940s, the prototype “soybean car” used...
Visitors of the Datalogic booth at the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg could see the market’s most compact high performance fiber laser marker in action, which promises to render adhesive labels passé.
Marking the Automotive Industry
One touch of his smartphone, and product manager Lorenzo Bassi gets the UniQ going: The...
