Innovation in GREY: Concrete Convinces with Tailor-made Properties

 Solid foundations, massive constructions, pipes, ducts, casings or even entire football stadiums are just some examples, which demonstrate that concrete is a material, which is of central importance for the realisation of industrial projects. Innovation in GREY: Concrete Convinces with Tailor-made Properties - read more

The Surface of Components and Parts – Innovation on Top

 Material surfaces are specific areas of components and parts that stand in direct contact with the technical surroundings and the environment. Therefore, they have a special relevance. In addition to important technological features - like hardness, wear and corrosion protection - the quality of a material surface is also a central design feature. The Surface of Components and Parts – Innovation on Top - read more

wire and Tube 2010: World's biggest showcase for wire, cable and tube technologies

From April 12 to 16, 2010 companies from the wire, cable and tube industry showcased their latest technological developments at the trade fairs wire 2010 and Tube 2010.  wire and Tube 2010: World's biggest showcase for wire, cable and tube technologies - read more

The electric car – growth engine for the wire & cable industry

 The future car is quiet and clean: According to plans of the German government, by 2020 one million electric cars will be on the road across the Federal Republic. To make that happen, it has adopted a national development plan last year which is supposed to turn the country into the world's leading market in electric mobility. The electric car – growth engine for the wire & cable industry - read more

Piping Systems – The Lifelines of Modern Energy Technologies

 Pipes and tubes fulfil a central function in modern energy technologies. These technical veins deliver and transport all kinds of solid, liquid and gaseous substances which activate, support and protect technical systems.  Piping Systems – The Lifelines of Modern Energy Technologies - read more

Communicating Materials: Marking – Informing – Documenting

 It is obvious that materials, prefabricated parts and components firstly have to fulfill their constructive and functional requirements in their specific applications. Besides their availability, processability and their environmental compatibility additional characteristics are of growing importance... Communicating Materials: Marking – Informing – Documenting - read more

Transport Technology: The Movement of Weight

 Raw materials, semi-finished products, components and even complete systems still show a very significant similarity - they all need to be moved and transported along their different steps of the value chain. Transport Technology: The Movement of Weight - read more

Perfectly Connected: Innovative Joining Techniques

 Positive, non-positive and adhesive bonded – these are the central keywords for characterizing and differentiating state-of-the-art joining techniques. The field of joining is of major importance in all engineering disciplines utilizing advanced production technologies for the realization of modern products, facilities and processes. Perfectly Connected: Innovative Joining Techniques - read more

Metal commodities after the Crisis: Is the next boom just around the corner?

 While everybody’s still talking about energy security, sufficient supply of our industry with metal commodities has hardly ever been a topic. And yet, they just as well form the industrial basis for the creation of value in modern economies. Metal commodities after the Crisis: Is the next boom just around the corner? - read more

Printed circuit boards: Electricity in a proper flow

 Printed circuit boards are the central core for a wide range of electrical equipments and systems in the high-tech area. Their durable and long term functionality is the indispensable requirement, to guarantee that the particular end devices work solidly. Printed circuit boards: Electricity in a proper flow - read more

Test – Maintenance – Inspection: Impulses for the oil industry

 In the oil industry, oil country tubular goods, drills and pipelines but also enclosures, ropes and wires are components of key importance in view of the achievable production quantities, ecologically responsible procedures as well as loss-free transport and safe storage. Test – Maintenance – Inspection: Impulses for the oil industry - read more

Hot or cold - Thermal properties as criteria

 The requirements profile of materials that are to be used in the form of cables, wires or contacts is extremely varied, especially with respect to their thermal properties. Properties like high temperature strength, sub-zero toughness or thermal expansion Hot or cold - Thermal properties as criteria - read more

Transmission system expansion in Germany: Underground cable or overhead lines?

 The reliable transport of electricity according to customers’ needs is crucial for a state’s security of energy supplies. In Germany, to provide sufficient transmission system capacities according to the amount of power to be transferred is the task of the transmission system operators (TSO) which experts say have been doing a good job so far... Transmission system expansion in Germany: Underground cable or overhead lines? - read more

If wires and interfaces are too big and too expensive

 The miniaturization of components, combined with the integration of complex functionality, is a strong driver to create unique product features. In technologically sophisticated products – such as wires and interfaces –, this type of concepts is becoming more important and begins to play a key role in the implementation of the innovative solutions of the future. If wires and interfaces are too big and too expensive - read more

New pipeline to deliver gas from the Caspian Region to Europe

 In order to cover Europe's growing demand for gas, its import infrastructure needs to be considerably expanded in the forthcoming years. Aside from liquified natural (LNG) gas terminals new pipelines are being planned to fill the gap. One of them dubbed Nabucco is supposed to deliver gas from the Caspian Region and the Middle East to Europe. New pipeline to deliver gas from the Caspian Region to Europe - read more

Intelligent composites: Plastic metal hybrids

 Plastics are usually good electrical insulators – which is frequently a welcome and extensively used property. However, this property prohibits any applications that require the removal of electric charges, such as the grounding of components or uses in constructive discharging structures. Intelligent composites: Plastic metal hybrids - read more

Protection against corrosion: An enabler of sustainability

 Corrosion is a critical factor that limits the lifetime or service life of technical products, causing billions of economic damage every year –in Germany alone, this cost is estimated at about 90 billion Euros. Protection against corrosion: An enabler of sustainability - read more

Hard materials – hardness is not everything that matters!

 Materials scientists commonly define hardness as the resistance that a material offers against penetration by another material. It is obvious that this material property is of high importance for technical applications. Hard materials – hardness is not everything that matters! - read more

Innovations for offshore applications

 The offshore industry is expanding worldwide, and its economic importance for the oil and gas production and for the exploitation of wind energy is increasing. Tubes and wires are key components to enable the reliable operation of offshore installations and make them more efficient. Innovations for offshore applications - read more

Communicating semi-finished products

 In industrial applications, the materials used are generally subjected to a complex set of requirements. In addition, pipes and wires are often used in critical environmental conditions and very demanding surroundings. Communicating semi-finished products - read more

New Jointing Technologies: Bonding, soldering and adhesion drive optimized manufacturing processes

 The various jointing processes have always played a central role in every industrial application because they bring together what belongs together – in a defined, functional and safe manner. New Jointing Technologies: Bonding, soldering and adhesion drive optimized manufacturing processes - read more

Glass fibers: Intelligent solutions for the tubes of the future

 The use of composites is a successful approach when it comes to developing a set of technologically sophisticated properties for structural applications. Glass fibers: Intelligent solutions for the tubes of the future - read more

Tribology: Successfully challenging wear processes

 Intelligent material technologies are available that are capable of significantly reducing harmful and hazardous wear processes in materials, parts, components and systems within the context of tubes and wires. Tribology: Successfully challenging wear processes - read more