A new high-speed rail project is under construction in Florida. Brightline is the project of a high-speed inter-city railway line that will connect Miami and Orlando, with a total length of the line of 378km. The project has became operational in January 2018 and has an estimated cost of $3bn. The Brightline trains...
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AI and Tunnel Boring Machine
Academic Istitutions are researching how to use technology to better assist tunnel boring machines’ operations. The studies show that an operator can’t control more than three or four of the more than two dozen parameters TBMs generate, to include real-time information about surface and subsurface settlement, vibrations, cutter-head speed and...
Stainless steel and its applications in medicine
Recent studies have underlined the advantages due to the diffusion of stainless steel inside hospitals. Always more often, stainless steel equipments are present in our hospital facilities. And it is not a case. Thanks to a recent discovery (due to a Spanish scientist), stainless steel applications in hospital could increase… With...
The New York State and the wind energy project
The project provides for the construction of an onshore wind farm and related transmission infrastructure, including underground and overhead lines, substations, an operation and maintenance base and related facilities. The proposed wind farm will use up to 48 turbines, the output of which is expected to be enough to supply...
The whole global cement industry presents at Cemtech Europe 2018
More than 200 representatives of the global cement industry gathered for Cemtech Europe 2018. Cemtech Europe 2018 conference and exhibition took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14-17 October 2018. It included a plant tour of Nuh Cimento’s Hereke facility on Wednesday, 17 October. The cement works is one of the largest...
Stainless Steel and Environment
Stainless steel is a green product. It is 100% recyclable, as it is not coated with any toxic material it does not produce toxic run-off. A huge difference can be made by companies and individuals by simply choosing stainless steel over non-recyclable materials. During production, stainless steel uses scrap metal...
Stainless steel’s history
The inventor of stainless steel is Harry Brearley and was born in Sheffield, England, in 1871. Have already established his reputation for solving metallurgical problems, Brearley was given the opportunity in 1908 to set up the Brown Firth Laboratories, which were financed by the two leading Sheffield steel companies of the...
Does stainless steel improve modern day life?
What are the real benefits to use stainless steel? Stainless steel products enable us to lead a healthier life and are cleaner for the environment as well. Below you can find some examples where stainless steel is used in a beneficial way: Improvement to air quality: the effect of increased...
Russian state nuclear company develops small reactors
Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear company, has developed small reactors effectively placed on floats can be assembled quickly, these reactors can be put in a wider range of locations and respond more nimbly to fluctuating supply on power grids that increasingly rely on wind and solar. The Russian design involves...
Latin America steel market
The Latin American Steel Association says that for the first six months of 2018, steel consumption remained roughly the same as it was during the same period in 2017. However, crude steel and finished production grew 3% and 5% respectively while imports were down 10%. Steel consumption consisted of 35%...