Keeping up with the latest and greatest in AM is a reminder to always be looking for available white papers and publications on your subject of interest. The progress being made with new techniques and materials is geared toward pushing the…
Print orientation
3D printed components.
Ask anyone that's used a desktop 3D printer. We've all got stories about printing out pieces of the puzzle, finding the right adhesive and gluing them together. The fact is, there's rapid innovation and new…
Happy 2018!
Thanks for visiting the our site. If you've recently taken a deeper dive into some of our past posts, you may have noticed that there's a big gap between May 2016 and November 2017 - what happened to all of our posts?? We did find most of them…
The StraFlo turbine
Back just a few years ago the Faye family website, http://frenchriverland.com/, was one of the few solid sources of info on small and micro hydro. They've done some remarkable work over the years and are very accomplished. If you haven't taken a look…
ORNL SMH Innovator Handout – Nov. 2017
Interesting follow up to June 2017 SMH workshop led by Adam Witt, research scientist at ORNL water power group.…
Bolt-on micro-hydro S-turbine
Getting closer to finalizing a full scale 3D printed powertrain plus conveyance as an integrated system that will be installed at the Rome Mill. The pre-swirl stator housing is designed to bolt onto an off-the-shelf PVC flange. Following some quick…
Design to flow characteristics
Cadens' approach leverages the rapid design and build capabilities enabled by auto-optimized CAD tools and additive manufacturing (AM). Mass customization is becoming a reality across market segments through the rapidly evolving technologies in AM. As…
E-Motors in Dept. of Energy $9.1M Clean Energy Innovation Announcement
E-Motors Consulting, LLC, our partner in the development of ultra low-head hydropower technologies, is featured in DOE's announcement with EERE's small business funding support of $ 9.1M for clean energy innovations. The Phase I STTR team…
Dept. of Energy EERE – Facebook Post
The Dept. of Energy, Water Power, shared our story produced by Milwaukee Public Radio on their Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/eeregov/posts/10156571429620062…
E-Motors Consulting, UW-Milwaukee and Cadens recommended for DOE award!
Cadens would like to congratulate Dr. Bruno Lequesne, E-Motors Consulting, LLC, on his DOE STTR award for very low-head hydropower technologies. Along with our partners at UW-Milwaukee, we look forward to continuing progress and expanding on our efforts…