Tim Jordan reports on an automotive plant meets environmental regulations and saves money by treating oily wastewater with ultrafiltration.

On 23rd August 2006, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA, the JCB Dieselmax achieved a stunning 350mph (563km/h) to break its own land speed record for diesel-powered cars set the previous day by Andy Green.

Lotus Engineering, the engineering consultancy division of Group Lotus, has developed a bio-ethanol E85 version of the Lotus Exige.

Mario Töpfer looks at some of the latest developments in rubber and plastics technology.

Right from the outset, the aim was to create a family of portable gas analysers that would use common components – and technologies carried across from some of the company’s other product ranges.

Kübler’s Sendix family of absolute shaft and hollow shaft encoders are offered in singleturn (max 17Bit) and multiturn (max 29Bit) versions.

Recent advances in sensing technology have contributed to using conductivity for traditionally difficult measurements of aqueous concentrations of acids, bases and salts.

The NASA Langley Research Center has chosen ThermaCAMS65 as the preferred infrared camera system for its shuttle and International Space Station programmes. The modified camera system was successfully used during the July 2006 STS-121 Discovery mission.

In the past a dc power supply only needed to deliver power, now loads can return power.

Grant Instruments is introducing the Datataker DT81, which is claimed to be the world's first data logger with USB Flash drive support, which allows the use of low-cost USB memory sticks to unload, control or reprogram multiple loggers.

Charles Austen Pumps manufactures pumps designed to specific customer requirements that cannot be satisfied by off-the-shelf units.

Imagine a class of material with twice the strength of stainless steel, an elastic limit more than double that of most metallic alloys, yet it can be processed in ways similar to thermoplastic polymers.

Devices with high resolution displays are now a part of everyday life; mobile phones, PDAs, in-car entertainment, satellite navigation equipment, industrial instrumentation and control systems provide unmatched levels of performance and reliability, while being smaller, slimmer and more lightweight than ever.

Epoxy syntactics and structural adhesives can now meet a range of critical and demanding applications for the world’s aerospace manufacturing and repair industries. Dr Phillippe Christou looks at some of the latest product developments and applications in this field.

Significant enhancements to a broad range of engineering and thermoplastic materials have been introduced over the past few years. This article focuses on two types of innovations, a range of new high flow specialised thermoplastics, and a look at aesthetics. A Oosterlaken, B. Havenith and H G Schoot report.

Ken Massett outlines the advantages of spiral retaining rings over standard circlip rings.

The ongoing trend to miniaturise increases the demand for small and compact damping devices. The answer is the use of miniature shock absorbers.

Epoxy adhesives are now available with a wide range of material properties. As such, grades can be specified for use on almost any material type in most industries.

Epoxy adhesives are set to play a vital role in Europe’s biggest-ever scientific experiment at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, thereby helping scientists gain a better understanding of the origins of the universe.

Anders Keife examines aspects of fastener technology, including a bolt securing system that does not use any traditional technique to secure the fastener.