Materials & Manufacturing

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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Explore innovations supporting advances in manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Access the developments and solutions that have an impact on applications in 3D printing and automation.

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Blog: Electronics & Computers
The battery was made using sodium-sulphur — a type of molten salt that can be processed from sea water at a low cost.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
One promising metal-based additive technology for in-space 3D printing is Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM). Instead of fusing metal powders, UAM welds foil at (near) room temperature.
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Quiz: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the hyperloop - a system that moves people and goods safely and sustainably by bringing airplane speeds or even greater to the ground.
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Blog: Power
Gift giving always induces anxiety. It’s never easy to pick a present that someone will enjoy, especially if the recipient is an engineer.
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Blog: Materials
A research team has demonstrated a promising method to easily manufacture self-folding origami honeycomb structures.
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Quiz: Wearables
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
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Articles: Motion Control
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
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Articles: Materials
One promising way to meet modern industrial challenges is by using additive manufacturing processes.
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Briefs: Materials
Ultra-efficient catalysts were developed that are cost-effective to make and simple to scale.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Instead of adding soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers have taken a soft body and added rigid features to key components.
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Briefs: Energy
Manufacturing on Mars with 3D Printing
High-Martian content materials would be useful in making coatings to protect equipment from rust or radiation damage.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This device could pave the way to higher-bandwidth wireless communications.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The new IRB 1010 robot from ABB (Cary, NC) offers electronics manufacturers the opportunity to increase their production of small wearable devices.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A new robotic system fuses visual information and radio-frequency signals to efficiently find hidden items buried under a pile of objects.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Companies in many industries are completely revamping the way in which their manufacturing arms are designing, building, producing, and servicing their goods.
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Blog: Materials
The drawing machine uses pens with ink containing conductive material or regular mechanical pencils with varying graphite content.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced that it has developed a gripper capable of all gripping movements, inspired by elephant trunks. It mimics how...

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Quiz: Aerospace
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the rise of 3D printing in space and its future outlook.
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Blog: Wearables
The system aims to add the sense of touch to the metaverse for use in virtual-reality shopping and gaming, and potentially facilitate the work of astronauts and other professions that require the use of thick gloves.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2022 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed a new 3D printing technique that could be used to produce customized chip-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Automotive Test & Simulation - November 2022

In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering magazine, learn about the latest simulation and test technologies for ADAS, EV batteries, NVH, vehicle cybersecurity, and...

Special Reports: Motion Control
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Medical Robotics - November 2022

"Millirobots" swimming in your bloodstream...soft robots you can print on demand...cobots hard at work in the test lab. Read about these and other innovative technologies in this compendium of recent articles...

Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Additive Manufacturing - November 2022

AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present...

Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Despite additive manufacturing's popularity, there are still several technological barriers that must be addressed to understand the process.
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Products: Imaging
New products on the market in November 2022, including automotive relay, power inductors, RFID Read/Write modules, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This below-the-hook device enables gentle crane placement to decrease the risk of property damage.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The integrated tool eliminates the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures.
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