Driving power: Eco-friendly drives are a big issue in the automotive industry. Source: AP
In the competition with global competitors put the German carmaker always higher billions in research and development. As the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) reported in Berlin on Sunday, the means used worldwide in 2013 increased compared to 2012, a total of around 7 percent to 29.6 billion euros. Figures for the now outgoing year not yet called the VDA.
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Wind Energy
Individual wind turbines can be improved in their performance thanks to sophisticated technologies. In addition, solutions have been developed that optimize both performance and volume of an entire wind park. The offer of GE these control options are already available
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New imaging systems
Along with GE Healthcare’s Global Research team high-end applications for ultrasound, CT, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging developed in the diagnostic area. Among them is the development of a new hybrid PET / MRI system – a device that combines positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in it. The applications range from cancer neurological diseases to heart and lung disease
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ATVs for mining
The difference between a hospital ward and mining sites could not be greater be – but Global Research Europe has also supported the mining industry in making ATVs powerful. The researchers have helped to invent the electric drive for the new wheels, and to simplify the drive mechanism of this huge truck.
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waste heat recovery
is in the area of waste heat utilization the European Research Center a major role in the development of ORegen played – a new waste heat recovery system that allows a gas turbine to produce additional energy without releasing additional emissions or consuming water. In Alberta, Canada, this system will be used to supply 14,000 households (14MW) with clean electricity and save more than 11 million liters of water and 38,000 tonnes of CO2. In Brunei, the use is planned
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Easier and heat-resistant turbine blades
Another success is based on the development of a manufacturing process for the production of extremely light and heat resistant turbine blades made of titanium -Aluminid used in the GEnx-2B engines. These are used in turn in the Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 is used. The new production process was introduced in Regensburg at the site of GE Aviation. The manufacturing process was designed by researchers of Global Research in the United States in connection with GE Aviation. The team of Global Research Europe optimizes production continuously through the automation of individual process steps.
Wind Energy
Individual wind turbines can thanks to sophisticated technologies in their performance can be improved. In addition, solutions have been developed that optimize both performance and volume of an entire wind park. The offer of GE these control options are already available.
Approximately 93,000 employees at car manufacturers and suppliers working in research and development (R & D). “That’s one in four R & D employees of the entire German economy,” federation chief Matthias Wissmann said, according to a press release.
Among the main activities there were networked and automated driving, but also alternative propulsion methods such as electric mobility, optimizing normal internal combustion engines. The research spending is expected to continue to increase, estimated Wissmann.
The home sites are for the industry after. VDA information on the research and testing of critical technologies of the future: More than half (56 percent) of all investments accounted for by Germany, whereas only about one-third of global car production German corporate brands is located in Germany. The carmaker lift in Germany according to the VDA also about a third of the research and development spending throughout the economy.
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