Power Generation

Four types of ready-to-mount hydraulic integrated circuits (HICs) that fit seven low-speed, high-torque motors are said to speed production of off-highway mobile machinery.

Most air cylinders are prone to wear and contamination, don’t withstand extreme temperatures, and generate significant friction.

The hybrid powertrain in a Prius won’t help much if the task is moving tons of refuse.

A company building relatively low-cost, steel-tube towers for wind turbines was able to lower the price of construction by 30%, but was having difficulty with large, transient wind loads shaking the structure.

Hale, Boeing’s High Altitude Long Endurance unmanned aircraft, recently completed ground testing of its hydrogen fueled engine which was developed by the Ford Motor Co.

A backpack-sized unmanned aerial vehicle from Honeywell will likely use a 60-cc engine designed and built by RCV Engines Ltd., Brighton, U.K. (rcvengines.com).

Hydrogen holds the promise of being a clean, renewable source of power.

It's not a matter of "if" but of “when” a wind turbine will see overvoltages and currents that must get bypassed to ground.

New York City's Department of Sanitation and Baltimore's Bureau of Solid Waste will test hydrostatic regenerative brakes from Bosch Rexroth, Rochester Hills, Mich.

Tumble valve bearings in manifolds of next-gen V6 and V8 Mercedes Benz engines are reportedly the first to be made from an in-mold assembly process.

After proving two-mode full hybrid technology in transit buses, GM has put a scaled– down version in its Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. and Livermore, Calif., hope to produce military Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) fuel from plants, including microalgae, for the U.S. and NATO.

Developments debuted at the Paris Air Show put airliners on a track toward flying more passengers while using less fuel.