PECM Issue 17 2015 | Page 88

Machining & Machinery Hyperloop: Transport into the Future Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, vacuum pioneer based in Cologne, imparts extensive expertise in vacuum technology to one of the most challenging transportation projects of the future. The GermanAmerican visionary Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, has set the goal of making the seemingly utopian idea of Tesla founder Elon Musk become reality: From 2018 onward, people shall travel with aircraft speed through a reduced pressure tube system. Manufacturer of High Quality Anti Vibration Products Before any implementation, however, a multitude of tests and calculations for the vacuum conditions are required, before the Hyperloop track will be built in Quay Valley, California starting in 2016, transporting the inhabitants of this conceptual city. The track will be an eight kilometers long tunnel, to which the vacuum pumping equipment from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum is connected. For further information, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] • www.oerlikon.com/leyboldvacuum FlyMarker® mini: Most likely the lightest, portable marking unit in the world The fourth generation of the mobile dot peen marker called FlyMarker® mini, can be described as a new milestone in the history of the battery operated hand-held marking units. It builds on the strengths of the proven previous models and convinces with its light weight of only 2.7 kg and its compact design as well as also due its unique introduction price. Email: [email protected] Visit: www.fibet.co.uk | Tel: 01282 878200 Thanks to the less weight and the powerful Lithium-Ion-Battery, this marking unit for durable markings can be carried through the works premises directly to the work piece. This is very helpful when big and unmovable work pieces need to be marked. Nearly all materials can be marked – from plastics, aluminum, stainless steel up to hardened steel. More information on www.flymarker.com 88 PECM Issue 17