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September 2019 High Maintenance the New Wave of Technologies Keeping Planes in the Sky 160 years of innovation theengineer.co.uk September 2019 High Maintenance The new wave of technologies keeping planes in the sky Late Great Engineers In the fi rst of a new series of articles we look back at the life of enigmatic power pioneer Nikola Tesla Sea change Pride of the Valkyrie Light speed Thales UK CEO Victor Chavez Inside the V12 powerplant of Aston How Li-Fi technology promises a goes deep on maritime Martin’s new supercar data speed revolution autonomy »34 »38 »44 »54 ® NEW ProtoTRAK KMX n BETTER New hardware, faster feeds, 24 NEW powerful features. n EASIER Now with up to 15.6” touchscreen. n FASTER Now you can program your dxf files with just a few touches. 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Pre-register online now for your free NORTHERN MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS entry badge and show preview at is an ETES event organised by European Trade & Exhibition Services Ltd www.industrynorth.co.uk Tel 01784 880890 email [email protected] Supported by: editor comment thisissue ouropinion Volume 300 Issue No. 7910 Established 1856 Air time engineering news 06 Energy Danone unveils plan to slash emissions with biomass boiler n a world where the rapid pace of technological change means that many 10 Automotive VW to cut carbon with engineered products are obsolete in the blink of an eye, the aviation industry “downspeeding” tranmission occupies a curious position. 12 Medical Bionic chip trials restore sight From the development of advanced propulsion technologies, to the deployment of a host of advanced manufacturing processes there’s no doubt in patients that the sector is at the absolute cutting edge of technological innovation. 16 Materials Leeds Univeristy team strikes And yet its end products - whether they’re military fighter jets or civil airliners gold with ultrathin material – are typically expected to last for decades. Indeed, with the exception of large chunks of infrastructure like bridges opinion and power stations, it’s hard to think of another area of engineering that presents such an extreme challenge in terms of complexity and longevity. 18 Viewpoint Ethical engineering Against this backdrop, the 20 Ma ilbox Your letters to the editor aviation sector has been one of the 30 Ta lking Point Is sustainability pioneers of the concept of Ithrough-life engineering, the “It’s hard to think of sustainable? notion that a manufacturer doesn’t wash its hands of a product once it any other field that features rolls off the production line. 24 Cover story The maintenance and repair The technology that enables presents such an innovations that are helping keep planes existing aircraft to continue operating safely and to evolve to in the air extreme challenge” meet emerging efficiency and 34 Interview Thales UK CEO Victor Chavez safety demands is a key part of on maritime autonomy delivering on this vision, and in this issue’s cover story we take a look at how 38 Automotive The Cosworth V12 at the innovations from the often overlooked MRO (Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry are at the heart of this approach. heart of Aston Martin’s new supercar As we report, it’s a fertile area of technology innovation, with technologies ranging 40 Bloodhound Q&A interview with Ian drone-mounted inspection systems cable of detecting defects invisible to the human Warhurst eye; to AR devices able to guide technicians through complex inspection and 44 Photonics Could visible light power a processes; through to the development of robots that can crawl into the combustion chambers of jet engines and carry out repairs in-situ. data revolution Elsewhere in this issue we take an in depth look at one of the most hotly anticipated 53 Car of the issue Hyundai Nexo car engines in recent years – the naturally aspirated V12 powerplant at the heart of 54 La te Great engineers Nikola Tesla Aston Martin’s Valkyrie supercar - and present the first in a new series of articles 57 Ar chive profiling some of historical icons of engineering. This month it’s the turn of the enigmatic 58 Di gest Nikola Tesla – one of the founding fathers of modern electrical power (page 54). Your number-one website for engineering news, Jon Excell Editor views, jobs and products theengineer.co.uk [email protected] Cover Image: Aviation jet engine UK subscriptions £75 pa Press Ltd, Blackwood, UK/£117 pa overseas. NP12 2YA Contact comments@ Mark Allen Group, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London, SE24 0PB theengineer.co.uk. All rights reserved. No part of this publication Visit www.theengineer. 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For more information please email [email protected] Printed by Pensord tailored job alerts NEWS 020 8076 0576 DISPLAY 020 8076 0582 RECRUITMENT 020 8076 0581 SEPTEMBER 2019 | THE ENGINEER 5 news technology ENERGY Readmoreonline Council (FSC) certification scheme, to ensure fuel is being sourced from Danone plans Aerospace sustainably managed forests,” he said. “Danone also plans to broaden LightSail 2 orbiting Earth its source of fuel to include urban with solar propulsion biomass boiler wood waste.” The boiler is due to be installed by Automotive Food manufacturer invests in new plant to the end of 2020 and will be Jet engine pre-chamber slash carbon emissions HELEN KNIGHT REPORTS commissioned in 2021. tech could transfer Danone will be investing to cars lobal food producer Danone’s New Zealand operations approximately €25m in the Balclutha Danone is planning director. facility, which also includes the Electronics & to cut carbon- ‘Biomass’ is energy from plants or installation of a new water treatment Communications dioxide emissions plant bi-products, in which solar plant to more efficiently treat water Microwave resonator at one of its plants energy is captured and stored via the waste. It also plans to switch to sensor spots in New Zealand by process of photosynthesis. When renewable sources of electricity at ice-accumulation 20,000 tonnes per biomass is burned, it releases CO2 the plant by 2020, which it claims will year, with the installation of a new and other by-products but this is cut CO2 emissions by 96 per cent. Energy & Environment Gbiomass boiler. largely offset by the CO2, which is The remaining four per cent of Simple method improves The €17.5m boiler, which is to be absorbed in the growth of the plant. CO2 emissions will be generated by HVAC heat exchangers installed at the company’s Nutricia “Danone’s biomass boiler at the the plant’s gas consumption at times by 500 per cent spray-drying plant in Balclutha, on the Balclutha facility will be fuelled by when the biomass boiler is country’s South Island, is the first by-products or residue of forestry undergoing maintenance.
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