NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) ion engine has set a new world record by clocking up 43,000 hours of continuous operation at NASA’s Glenn Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory.

IndustryWeek’s coverage of lean and continuous improvement over the past year presents a wealth of wisdom to help advance ...

Continuous processing, for decades an essential characteristic of advanced large-scale manufacturing, has been adopted slowly for mammalian cell-based processes, and even more haltingly for microbial ...

Paradise Fossil Plant Unit 2’s record-setting performance of 259+ days of continuous operation for a cyclone-fired boiler is attributed to excellence in plant operations and maintenance processes, a ...

It is possible to operate Sheaumann’s diode laser pumped 2.94 µm Er:YAG MIR-Pac laser product 1,2 in the quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) pulsed mode of operation. This mode is often referred to as ...

The Heysham 2 nuclear power station broke a nearly 22-year-old record for continuous operation when it shut down Unit 8 on September 16 after 940 days online. The previous record—held by Pickering 7, ...

In the day-to day world of continuous operations, work events are everywhere and commonplace. We are not talking about holiday gatherings or employee going-away parties, but instead about planned and ...

Implementing an effective and sustainable continuous improvement (CI) program is hard work. It typically requires dedicated effort from multiple operations and CI leaders who, let’s face it, start out ...

Continuous learning is critical in manufacturing operations. The issue is that the pace of technological progress means that workers’ skills become outdated rather quickly, resulting in the ...

Sheaumann’s diode laser pumped 2.94 µm Er:YAG MIR-Pac laser product 1,2 can be operated in the quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) pulsed mode. This mode - also known as normal-mode or long-pulse operation - ...