SKF and Scotrenewables partner to advance floating tidal power
SKF's Scotland based Ocean Energy team has been on board with Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited (Scotrenewables) from the very beginning, including collaboration in the design work on the company's very first small-scale hydrokinetic prototype. SKF divisional companies have since played an important role in the world-beating SR2000 turbine development projectSKF Ocean Energy has worked with Scotrenewables’ engineering team to supply a number of key components and holistic systems for the latter’s groundbreaking SR2000 tidal stream turbine, as well as providing a range of related
Metsä Wood is calling on all architects and engineers to share their innovations in wood construction. The objective is to share knowledge of prefabricated elements and grow the use of wood in construction. Metsä is now sharing its own innovations and offering EUR 30,000 in prize money to exceptional designs during 2017."Being open and sharing knowledge speeds up the technical development of the timber structures due to the versatile network of people with different skillsets involved", says Jussi Björman, Director of Technical Customer Service, Metsä Wood.
When the modular wood
John Deere Forestry brings novel 21st Century solutions to one of humanity’s oldest industries.Twenty years ago a Finnish company – known then as Timberjack – wowed the world with a walking harvester. The ground-breaking technology, such as automation and stability systems, underwent further development and are still applied in John Deere forest machines. The walking forest machine is now displayed in a place of honor at the Deere & Company Pavilion in Moline, Illinois, as a tribute to the Finnish technology.
Now part of Deere & Company, John Deere Forestry still leads the industry in