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2010
Machinery & Equipment

BarrowBooster

Those who work with wheelbarrows even if only occasionally, know that moving loads about in this way can be hard work and even cause injury.

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Patrick Andrews
Crieff, United Kingdom
Votes: 2
Views: 4348
Machinery & Equipment
Apr 18, 2010

BP Oil spill Repair

This is a rough drawing to show my idea. It consists of a machine that would be lowered over a semi straight area of the 21" diameter pipe. A hinged clamp would then be rotated around and bolts would be tightened.

A saw then pivots around and cuts a clean surface for a cap to seal against.

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Lonny Doyle
Red Oak, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5457
Machinery & Equipment
May 26, 2010

CAT

CAT (car adaptive tender)

It’s a mobile phone cradle that transforms your mobile into a personal car digital assistant.

The idea comes from the need of having a companion when you’re alone in your car.

CAT makes the use of your mobile functions safe and very simple: it suffices to insert your smart phone into and,

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Federica Aruta
Afragola, Italy
Votes: 12
Views: 4886
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 30, 2010

Cleaner Electricity from Coal

The U.S. is the largest user of energy and also has vast deposits of coal. Existing methods of producing electricity from coal has the problem of releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which increases global warming.

A more efficient method would be to fuel pulse combustion devices with coal gas. A pulse combustion boiler (see expired U.S.

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Robert Zinke
Sterling Heights, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4192
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 28, 2010

Clothing Creator

Clothing Creator is an automated manufacturing process to fabricate clothing without direct human labor. The process can go from bolt of cloth to finished garment in a 45 second cycle. This volume oriented,

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Brett Stern
Portland, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 5069
Machinery & Equipment
May 17, 2010

Containment Cap for Uncontrolled Oil/Gas Well

With reference to the BP oil spill, this containment cap can be made quickly from readily available materials, and be used to temporarily (until relief wells can be completed) stop the flow of oil and gas from the well head.

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Paul Behling
Lewisville, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4064
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 24, 2010

Continuous Composite Grid Manufacturing

The Altus manufacturing method utilizes a patented spool movement system (US #7132027) to braid and consolidate composite grid poles (see www.isotruss.com). While multiple grid pole designs are possible, they are all stronger than any conventional pole currently in the market such as wood, concrete, steel, composite, or other advanced materials.

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Mark Jensen
Mapleton, United States
Votes: 14
Views: 6703
Machinery & Equipment
Mar 5, 2010

Controlled Voltage Transformer Regulating System

System can effectively detect an input and output voltage and adjust the transformer to give the required output voltage for the process. Should include multiple layers of protection including, but not limited to, overvoltage, undervoltage and surge protection.

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Richard Mansur
Denham Springs, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3797
Machinery & Equipment
May 27, 2010

Cooling Fuel Cells

Cooling of bipolar plates in fuel cell systems affects the performance of the fuel cell directly and also provides system stability. It ensures dynamic response of fuel cell systems to launch innovative environment-friendly products on the market, which plays an important role regarding greenhouse effect and global warming.

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Evren Firat
Duisburg, Germany
Votes: 1
Views: 5295
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 2, 2010

Dynamic simulation to test control system software

Control system software testing is done to determine if a program will correctly meet its specifications and not perform unintended functions. For machinery OEMs, large portions of the software testing process are completed during machine commissioning. New machinery is often a multi-vendor effort between the machine builder and other machinery vendors or electric drive suppliers.

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Bob Bettendorf
Appleton, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4503
Machinery & Equipment
May 9, 2010

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