A recent trip to Sweden, a hub of modular design, inspired this engineer to reflect on the pros and cons of modular design for medical devices. Modular design is a way of life in Sweden: it reflects ...

Modular process design represents a transformative approach in chemical engineering that utilises standardised and pre‐engineered units to assemble production facilities. This strategy facilitates ...

Modular design is reaching new audiences by letting users build systems that are suited to their unique needs and can evolve. The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community ...

Company’s Methanol-To-Go® Plant Will Be Instrumental in Waste Wood Biomass to Methanol to Renewable Gasoline Production HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modular Plant Solutions (MPS), a global engineering ...

When considering the building blocks of your plant, imagine actual building blocks. “The principle of modularity is best explained by Lego building blocks,” said Jakob Dück, global industry segment ...

Develop a longer wind turbine blade that will produce more power output without increasing blade weight, the load on the turbine or the costs for transportation to and assembly at the wind farm site.

Do more, faster, and with fewer resources: this seems to be the current mandate for the manufacturing world. To help meet this challenge, many producers in the food and beverage industry have embraced ...

For the first tower, FCRC formed a design team that includes architect-of-record SHoP Architects and multidisciplinary engineer-of-record Arup, both New York City. The team's initial charge for the ...

A recent study of 17 permanent modular construction projects found that, on average, schedules can be slashed 45% and costs cut 16% over onsite construction. Of the completed projects reviewed, there ...

There is no shortage of developers or builders who have tried prefabrication and now swear against it. I hear more and more, “we tried it and it didn’t work.” Yet, some are achieving huge success. But ...