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Temperature and Humidity Monitors for Timber Conservation

The Mary Rose Museum, which was officially opened at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, is giving visitors a captivating insight into 16th century maritime engineering. However, the safe passage of the historic warship into the limelight was made possible only by a contemporary kind of engineering.

From Hanwell Soultions Ltd 28 Jul 2017

Measuring Temperatures in Difficult Climates and Conditions

Malaysia is famous for its tropical rainforest climate. The country’s salad production can only take place within the mountains because of the high relative humidity being around 80% and warm temperatures ranging from 22 °C to 35 °C.

From Hanwell Soultions Ltd 28 Jul 2017

Zero 20/20 Project – Ground-Breaking Energy Retrofit

Cian Molloy reports that an energy retrofit cladding system developed by Cork Institute of Technology, Kingspan and AMS may give a new lease of life to dozens of institutional buildings built in the 1970s.

From Hanwell Soultions Ltd 27 Jul 2017

Wireless Monitoring Technology for Cold Chain Distribution

With the installation of intelligent wireless temperature monitoring technology for its cold chain distribution, Malaysia-based Cold Chain Network has enhanced its assurance of optimal storage conditions.

From Hanwell Soultions Ltd 27 Jul 2017

The Development of Flexible and Photoresponsive Materials

Despite recent advances across various photoresponsive materials, the quantitative conversion in solids during photochemical reactions is hampered by the intrinsic structural flexibility of the materials.

By Liam Critchley 3 Aug 2017

Textiles Testing – Determining how Washing Impacts Fabric Elasticity

Repeated washing can lead to a change in tensile elongation characteristics and the knowledge of the effect of cleaning product formulation is important to the clothing maker, textile fabric manufacturer and the detergent producer (for care and washing instructions).

From Mecmesin 18 Jul 2017

Testing the Strength and Durability of Spider Silk

A depth of expertise in the fields of Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology can be found in the School of Life Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

From Mecmesin 18 Jul 2017

Determining the Tensile Strength of Flexible Plastic Tags

There is a requirement for more sophisticated testing of plastic tags to ISO 37 and ISO 527-1 standards, because earlier tags were tested by just hanging weights.

From Mecmesin 19 Jul 2017

Determining the Operating Torque of Plumbing and Heating Valves

Established in the 1890s, Pegler Yorkshire is one of the world’s major Manufacturers of sophisticated integrated heating and plumbing products.

From Mecmesin 18 Jul 2017

Determining the Force Required to Remove Layers of High-Performance Plasma Coatings

Alphatek is a coating company that supplies heat, corrosion, wear, or electrically resistive coatings to a number of different industries. The quality of its plasma coatings depend entirely on adhesion to their substrates and must meet the industry standard ASTM C633.

From Mecmesin 19 Jul 2017