New technologies in the forefront of industrial developments

Dornier's efforts to introduce the findings of aeronautics and astronautics into a broad spectrum of technical processes are described. Development trends in electronics using microprocessors are reviewed. They result in a higher technical performance, a cost reduction, and savings of energy and raw materials. In the domain of energy technology heat pipes developed for satellites are used in solar energy systems; an energy saving system to produce hydrogen from water using high temperature vapor phase electrolysis (Hot Elly) was developed. Medical equipment for renal calculus therapy using shock waves was developed.