Tag: bridge

  • Munich Airport and Dabico agree to develop autonomous passenger boarding bridges

    Munich Airport and Dabico agree to develop autonomous passenger boarding bridges

    Munich Airport says it plans to build “fully automated passenger boarding bridges” under an agreement with its Terminal 2 subsidiary and Dabico Airport Solutions Germany. On the occasion of inter airport Europe 2023 in Munich, Munich Airport, together with its Terminal 2 subsidiary and Dabico Airport Solutions Germany, today signed a letter of intent (LOI)…

  • Dual Extruder 3D Printing Advantages How to Use

    Dual Extruder 3D Printing Advantages How to Use

    A dual extruder allows people to print things in two colors, and it helps to make the printing process a little faster, or perhaps a little more efficient, and as yet may prove to offer a broader range of printing options as we advance the technology behind 3D printing. 

  • Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines partner to develop smart ship and autonomous ship control solutions

    Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines partner to develop smart ship and autonomous ship control solutions

    Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Robotics have agreed a collaboration that they say will deliver “comprehensive remote command, autonomous control and intelligent crew support systems to the marine market” and complement Rolls-Royce’s mtu NautIQ marine automation portfolio. The companies say the plan is to provide customers with “complete automation solutions from a single trusted source”. As…

  • MX3D’s 3D-printed bridge unveiled by robot and Dutch queen in Amsterdam

    MX3D’s 3D-printed bridge unveiled by robot and Dutch queen in Amsterdam

    Dutch technology company MX3D has unveiled what it says is “the world’s first stainless steel 3D printed bridge” in the city center of Amsterdam. The opening ceremony was led by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, and an ABB YuMi robot.  The futuristic multi award-winning bridge, designed by Joris Laarman Lab with Arup as lead engineer,…

  • DFI’s Bridge Crane solution provides one-off customization and worry-free management

    DFI’s Bridge Crane solution provides one-off customization and worry-free management

    Industrial computing specialist DFI has unveiled its Bridge Crane solution, which it says provides one-off customization and worry-free management An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments. An overhead crane consists of parallel runways with a traveling bridge spanning the gap. A hoist, the lifting component…

  • ‘World’s first 3D printed fiber reinforced polymer footbridge paves way for circular composites’, say designers

    ‘World’s first 3D printed fiber reinforced polymer footbridge paves way for circular composites’, say designers

    The world’s first lightweight 3D printed fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) footbridge will be installed at Kralingse Bos park – the green heart of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Its designers say the construction will herald the transition towards “the next generation of bridges, offering high performance with extreme versatility, circularity and sustainability”. Science and technology company…

  • HOOPS Exchange 2020 ramps up support for manufacturing as a service

    HOOPS Exchange 2020 ramps up support for manufacturing as a service

    Tech Soft 3D, a provider of software development toolkits to engineering software companies, has released HOOPS Exchange 2020. The company describes it as “the industry’s fastest and most accurate CAD data access and reuse technology for manufacturing and architecture, engineering and construction workflows”. Tech Soft adds that HOOPS Exchange 2020 continues to improve support for…

  • Swisys adopts twin-track route to progress with networks for machines

    Swisys adopts twin-track route to progress with networks for machines

    Taiwanese automotive electronics and communications solution provider Swisys has adopted a twin-track approach to the development of company and its technologies. The company, which was founded in 2016 by a professor at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology and a team of electrical engineers. It specialises in technologies based on the CAN Bus and…

  • Drones are bridging the gap in US inspection technology

    Drones are bridging the gap in US inspection technology

    Drones and non-destructive testing devices are shaping the future of bridge inspection and rehabilitation, by helping to improve project safety, reduce costs, and create more efficient and sustainable methods. There are critical infrastructure needs across North America, especially when it comes to bridges. In the U.S., for example, over 54,000 U.S. bridges are structurally deficient,…