Maintenance & Inspection Services, Inc.

Phys.org | June 21, 2017

Airbus and Boeing wheeled out the usual round of order announcements at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, but alongside the big ticket purchases, the aerospace rivals are also eyeing the lucrative maintenance and servicing market as they seek to boost growth....

Rolls-Royce | July 18, 2018

At a press conference during the Farnborough Airshow, the engine-maker provided details of four separate projects it is working on. They involve different academic and industrial partners and are at varying stages of development, but each has the potential to significantly reduce maintenance time and improve engine availability. Alongside Harvard University, Rolls is developing swarm robots that can perform on-wing engine inspections. The beetle-like bots will be about 10mm in diameter an...

imeche | January 29, 2018

Broken lifts need fixing quickly, as anyone who has been stuck in one will know. City traffic can delay technicians coming to the rescue, but now two companies hope an autonomous robot could provide a solution. Thyssenkrupp Elevator displayed its delivery robot from TeleRetail at the Washington Auto Show last week, where they highlighted its use in a research project aimed at making lift maintenance in cities quicker and more efficient. The droid, which is just 85cm wide and can avoid road conge...

Fast Company | January 17, 2020

In an effort to build a more sustainable future, architects and policy makers are nodding to the past with structures entirely made of timber. From a 70-story timber skyscraper in Tokyo to an all-wood, 200,000-plus square foot university residence hall in Arkansas, constructions that have eschewed steel and concrete for forest-grown materials have been sprouting up across the world. Next up in this timber trend: a Copenhagen neighborhood built fully with wood, with housing for 7,000 people, a sc...