WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT IS WELL CONNECTED A
new project to build the world’s quickest electric motorcycle - covering a quarter of a mile in less than
seven seconds at speeds of 200mph - is using the Hypertac range from Smiths Connectors to ensure the electrical systems would transmit the power reliably, efficiently and in complete safety for protection of the engineers and Rob
Moon, the rider of the bike. In order for the attempt to be successful the components being used
transmit a huge amount of electrical energy safely, securely and with minimal losses. Phil Edwards, managing director of Sussex-based Weald Technology, and the man leading this 1,000hp
electric motorcycle project, commented, “The project is all about quality, performance and efficiency and Smiths Connectors, being world leaders in this field, are a natural fit for the EV1000 project team.” Gabriel Guglielmi, vice president of business development for Smiths Connectors added, “Our technology has the
flexibility and performance needed by world record challenges. We understand the complexity associated with implementing the interconnect solution for an all electric application, and loved the challenge to design a high performance connector for such a small space.” The team are due to start construction of the bike shortly, with a view to running it at slow speed late in 2014
before challenging for the title of ‘world’s quickest electric motorcycle’ in 2015.
www.ev1000.co.uk
Three year project to boost data centre efficiency
2.0 today to less than 1.3. GreenDataNet will enable energy monitoring and optimisation of IT, power, cooling and storage at three levels - servers and racks, individual data centres and networks of data centres. The whole solution will be implemented on an
open source platform to allow third parties to provide additional optimisation modules and ensure the long term sustainability of the project. “The intention of GreenDataNet is to make it
The European Commission has awarded a €2.9m grant to a consortium of manufacturers, users and academics to develop new technologies to build smarter, more energy efficient data centres. The GreenDataNet project is led by power
management company Eaton, along with several key European partners. The GreenDataNet project will develop technologies that will allow urban data centres to reach 80% of renewable power use and decrease their average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) from an average of 1.6-
easier to design data centres that balance rising demand for their services with sustainable energy policies,” said Eaton’s Cyrille Brisson (pictured). “We aim to achieve three things with this project - create significant efficiency gains for data centres and overall environmental benefits, demonstrate networks of data centres running on renewable energy and finally, create new market opportunities for data centres that can use and store and share renewable energy.”
www.greendatanet-project.eu
Hager has recently partnered with two specialist panel building companies, Select Switchgear and Severn Controls. The new partnerships will mean
larger retail, commercial and industrial customers will be able to benefit from a full switchgear solution backed by Hager’s technical and design experience.
www.hager.co.uk
TÜV SÜD Product Service has launched a UK-based Safety Integrity Level (SIL) certification service, so that manufacturers of safety related controls can assure purchasers that their product functions according to the required performance levels. The initial phase of the new TÜV
SÜD service includes a gap analysis process to ascertain if the safety component will achieve the required SIL or performance level, or if other measures must be taken before certification. This will minimise the certification process phase, saving safety related control manufacturers costs and reducing time to market for newly designed products.
www.tuv-sud.co.uk
Global AC drives manufacturer Vacon is providing local support for its customers in the Adriatic area by opening a representative office in Zagreb, Croatia. Johann Goldfuss of Vacon’s
subsidiary in Austria, said, “I think this was a good time for Vacon to establish an office in this region. There are many promising business sectors in Croatia such as the marine and offshore industry and many others where Vacon AC drives can help customers with cost and energy efficiency.”
www.vacon.com
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