Materials & Coatings

Metals

Learn what’s trending in the engineering metals used in 3D printing, military, medical devices, automotive, and manufacturing. Find the latest applications that design engineers are using to meet their design challenges.

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Products: Electronics & Computers
Motion controllers, electric cylinders, cobot brakes, and more.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Learn seven key design considerations for implementing electrohydraulic valves.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The tiny motors mimic how rock climbers navigate inclines.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
With this advance, so-called “flextronics” move closer to reality.
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Briefs: Energy
The soft and stretchable device converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Ewellix (Gothenburg, Sweden) has developed a planetary roller screw that's now on Mars.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The technology could improve the control of prosthetic hands and provide a sense of “touch” for amputees.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Power distribution units, pressure sensors, connector straps, and more.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new high-speed sensor pushes the boundaries in light-starved conditions.
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Briefs: Automotive
Applications include manufacturing structural components for aerospace vehicles, cars, trucks, trains, ships, and submarines.
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5 Ws: Wearables
The durable soft electronics could be used in wearable electronics and soft robotics and could someday be part of a stretchable smartphone.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Synthesis of fiber-metal laminates is performed using RF plasma spray deposition.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A folded plastic bladder could store and pump the fuel.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
High-yield synthesis of carbon nanotubes is enabled via free electron laser ablation.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An alternative, environmentally friendly production method creates permanent magnets.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The new battery is degradable, recyclable, non-toxic, and safer than lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The membrane prevents dendrite formation, at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium-metal battery.
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Briefs: Lighting
An entire 20-story concrete building could store energy like a giant battery.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The rechargeable batteries could be a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
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Blog: Materials
Researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered a way to convert "stubborn" metals like platinum and tungsten into thin films.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology recovers pure and precious metals from alloys in cellphones and other electrical waste.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This new technique shields electronics from ionizing radiation in applications such as military and space exploration.
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Briefs: Materials
The desalination method produces clean water while, at the same time, potentially capturing valuable metals such as gold.
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Briefs: Energy
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn how to reuse more material without recycling.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The material could be used in security, health, industrial, and safety applications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The new metal lattice material can be used to create models that regain shape after being crushed.
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Briefs: Materials
Potential applications include lightweight building materials and growing cells for biomedical purposes.
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