Latest Technology News – Page 11
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NewsCNI and Nowboat merge in technology tie-up
Hong Kong-based ‘boating experience’ business, Nowboat, and Camper & Nicholsons International (CNI), the global superyacht services business now owned by a Hong Kong group, have announced a technology merger with the objective of launching a new platform for the international yacht market.
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NewsVolvo Penta collaborates with French cat builder on electromobility venture
Volvo Penta has announced that it is to collaborate with French boatbuilder Fountaine-Pajot as it prepares to demonstrate its latest prototype electromobility technology.
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NewsFinsulate antifouling gets Dutchman into inventor awards finals
Nothing gets more attached to a boat, apart from the owner, than marine life teeming below it. Fighting hull fouling costs the global boat and shipping sectors a fortune each year and is environmentally unsound.
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FeatureMILLING, CUTTING & PRINTING MACHINES
There seemed to be more machinery than usual at this year’s JEC World. Big advances in automation and additive manufacturing – a process whereby components are built up by hot metal – have allowed some machines to create spare parts for themselves. The precision of the manufacture of components, and ...
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FeatureRESINS OVERVIEW
Advances in resin technology are aimed at reducing styrene, providing greater endurance and quicker cure times while perfecting surface finishes
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FeatureREINFORCEMENTS & RIGGING
Carbon fibre, natural materials and recycled plastics are prevalent in the drive for light, strong and sustainable reinforcements
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FeatureADHESIVES & MOULD TOOLS
There has been a great deal of development in adhesive technology – offering greatly reduced curing times and limiting the number of holes that need to be drilled into a product for fixtures and fittings.
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Clever fastening solutions from Click Bond
Click Bond provides a fastening solution for hull and component fittings – originally developed and proven in the aerospace industry – which reduces the need for drilling holes in composite and metal panels.
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Advances in additive metal manufacturing
Slade Gardener explains the advances in additive metal manufacturing with application to complex shapes requiring precise tolerances, at JEC 2019
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Automated cutting provides accuracy & less waste
Eastman’s Rey Durante demonstrates how the company’s Pro Cut software is both user-friendly and efficient in maximising the utilisation of expensive materials
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Maxcore's fibre-engineered sandwich technology
Sicomin introduces a new concept in sandwich core technology - MaXcore - at JEC, well-suited to marine applications delivering large composite panels with strength and weight advantages
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FeatureSECTOR SPOTLIGHT | Materials & Machinery
Renewables scored high on the theme of the JEC World composites show this year, but so did carbonfibre and robotic machinery
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NewsGripping coverage of 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race wins top Award
Ground-breaking, powerful live coverage and raw storytelling wins prestigious Cutting Edge Sport category
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VideoAerodynamic rigging delivers sailing performance gains
Future Fibres, a subsidiary of mast-maker Southern Spars since 2014, was receiving a lot of interest in its new range of carbon yacht rigging, where the profile has been changed from a cylinder to both an elipse and extended elipse shape. “We have a composite cable for just about ...
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Correct Craft’s ‘quiet’ aluminium boat project gets statewide showcase
Correct Craft’s quiet aluminium fishing boat project, being developed by its Watershed Innovation think-tank and the University of Central Florida (UCF), will be showcased next week at the state-wide Florida Engineering Senior Design Invitational at Florida Atlantic University.
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NewsYamaha enters into MoU to develop autonomous-driving technologies
Yamaha Motor Co, Vietnamese information technology company FPT, and urban developer Ecopark have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop autonomous driving technologies that could ultimately have applications in marine environments.
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NewsA big leap forward in propeller efficiency
The new Sharrow Propeller claims a remarkable 9-15% increase in efficiency over the industry standard Wageningen B-series design and now has 20 patents to protect the concept
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NewsFairline launches augmented reality app to showcase new model
The UK’s Fairline Yachts has launched an augmented reality app for its eagerly anticipated new F//LINE 33 day boat, which will be making its debut at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival in September.
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NewsLeading classification society introduces remote surveys
All vessels classed by leading classification society DNV GL can now make use of a new option to have some inspections undertaken remotely using the new Veracity data platform. This new digital option could prove a significant development and ease pressure on the number of available surveyors.
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FeatureCase study - Videoworks and Domotics onboard Wider’s Cecilia
Videoworks in Italy is at the vanguard of integrating onboard visual and audio entertainment tech with lighting and cybersecurity systems
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