The News Review:
- Eos Systems Announces New Professional Photogrammetry Bundles
- Richards Bay aluminium pilot plant set to produce in November
- German groups to develop C2 scrub system
- House-hunting: Can we help Robert Plant?
- Wilmington may land 900 nuclear power jobs $900M in plant expansion
Eos Systems Announces New Professional Photogrammetry Bundles
pen Press – The pen Press (press release) – Sep 28, 2007
Each bundle incorporates PhotoModeler 6 and one or more PhotoModeler modules that together represent customized industry-specific solutions at a reduced price. PhotoModeler automates the ability to generate accurate 3D measurements and photorealistic 3D models directly from photographs which can be used for any kind of visualization design or analysis. PhotoModeler is used professionally in a wide range of industries including scientific and engineering applications film and game production plant design accident and crime scene reconstruction as well as archeology and architecture. As 3D becomes a ubiquitous medium for design engineering analysis research and presentation users need even greater degrees of accuracy and speed of execution. The new bundled products from Eos Systems are tuned precisely to the needs of specialists. The new professional offerings include:The Ultimate Bundle: Incorporating PhotoModeler 6 Idealize PhotoModeler Video and Coded Targets the Ultimate Bundle allows industrial measurement specialists engineers film FX producers and researchers to use photographs and video to solve a wide variety of sophisticated problems. The Ultimate bundle can help to establish an accurate 3D shape and track its movements over time.
Richards Bay aluminium pilot plant set to produce in November
Engineering News (press release) – Sep 28, 2007
Duys Engineering CE Henk Duys states that the R10-million project is about 60% complete with only the installations of the refractories and electrical systems awaiting completion. Duys says the pilot plant is required as a low-cost option to firm up the manufacturing parameters for an expansion into a fully functional aluminium horizontal casting plant while simultaneously showcasing the flexicast technology which has significant potential for use in small batch aluminium alloying plants. “Duys is an established fabricator of various plant components required by the aluminium smelters in Richards Bay Mozambique and overseas. This includes the numerous and widely used anode stem assemblies. These comprise a fabricated steel section connected to a machined aluminium billet section. ” He adds that Duys Engineering plans to horizontally cast the anode billet and bus bar materials at the new pilot plant… “The technology being imple- mented in the pilot plant is already widely used in ferrous applications and allows for the minimill concept where special steels can be made in much smaller more economical volumes. Interstop has adapted its ferrous technology for nonferrous applications and now wants a showcase plant to demonstrate the new applications to potential nonferrous customers. Duys adds that much of the basic design and engineering has been done in-house by Duys Group engineers in conjunction with refractory and metallurgy specialist Dakot. The pilot plant aims to produce a range of materials needed in the construction of new and expanding aluminium smelters for the conveyance and distribution of electrical current such as anode stem and bus bar materials. “We also hope to make master alloys and general aluminium products for a wide range of other markets. ” The aluminium used for manufacturing could be sourced from any primary aluminium smelter states Duys. “Initially we hope to source from the Richards Bay smelter but ideally with the final full-scale plant we would wish to receive liquid metal which means that we could decide to locate the final plant in Mozambique or even at Coega.
German groups to develop C2 scrub system
Independent nline – Sep 28, 2007
Power company RWE chemicals giant BASF and Linde the leading industrial gas maker worldwide said they would build and operate a pilot plant “to test new developments and solvents from BASF for the capture of C2 – so-called C2 scrubbing”. Linde would handle engineering and construction of the pilot facility to be located at an RWE power plant in southwestern Germany. “The purpose of the planned pilot facility is the long-term testing of new solvents with a view to gaining an understanding of processes and plant engineering to improve C2 capture technology” a joint statement said. “The new technology should enable us to remove more than 90 percent of C2 from the combustion gas of a power plant and then subsequently to store this gas underground. The European Commission has said that “the technology of carbon capture and storage has the potential to contribute both to the European Union’s climate goals and to its security of energy supply. nce pilot tests had been completed the German group planned to build a demonstration plant in 2010.
House-hunting: Can we help Robert Plant?
Telegraph.co.uk – Sep 28, 2007
This week: Robert Plant’s pad in Hampstead ne of the little-known facts about Robert Plant lead singer of Led Zeppelin is that he once worked in a tarmac gang for George Wimpey the housebuilder. With a comeback album and a concert at The 2 the former Millennium Dome on November 26 Robert Plant could now afford to buy the pick of the company’s homes including Sovereign Chase in Enfield where two-bedroom apartments are available from £282500. r one of an exciting range of four-bedroom houses which is due to be released this autumn. It does seem however as if Plant will be shunning the chance to buy into this up-and-coming part of the capital. It was reported last week that he is looking for a new home in more-established Hampstead… A “modern masterpiece” in the words of the selling agents Savills it was built for furniture designer Chaim Schreiber by Scottish architect James Gowan. 95 million the five-bedroom property is a snip – providing you don’t mind endless visits from bookworms who have mistaken the building faced with Staffordshire engineering bricks for the municipal library. It would have reminded Plant of his native West Bromwich. Ross Clark Where Plant could take root Rosslyn Hill Belsize Park £7. 5 million through Savills (020 7472 5000).
Wilmington may land 900 nuclear power jobs $900M in plant expansion
Local Tech Wire – Sep 28, 2007
"The expansion reflects the renewed interest in nuclear energy around the world. As concerns about global warming and prices of fossil fuels increase governments and utility firms’ interest in alternative sources of energy. In March GE Energy opened a reactor technology design center in Castle Hayne. The 40000-square foot facility was expected to add some 250 jobs. “ur new advanced technology center will further enhance our ability to coordinate multiple reactor projects both in the United States and around the world” White said at the time. “It’s a key part of our strategy to have the most extensive and advanced engineering design and production capabilities to meet customer requirements. ”GE Energy Nuclear moved its headquarters to Wilmington in 2003 with help from $11 million in state and local subsidies… The company should bring in another 200 to 300 jobs in the next 18 months White said in March. The GE-Hitachi facility is located in Castle Hayne. Nearly 3000 people work on the campus which also includes Global Nuclear Fuel (GE is a partner) and an airline engine plant that is operated by GE. Copyright 2008 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed.