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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
Articles: Materials
There are longwave, midwave, and shortwave camera systems—each with its own advantages for specific industries and uses.
Briefs: Aerospace
Titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could create high-performance alloys for medical device and aerospace applications.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece positioner. The laser wire additive system...
Blog: Materials
How does testing a metal 3D-printed part compare to testing a casted one? That's the elephant in the room, says industry pro Kevin Brigden.
Special Reports: Materials
Advanced Materials - February 2020
Breakthroughs in plastics, composites, metals, and other materials technologies are enabling exciting new applications in industries ranging from aerospace to automotive to medical. Read more in this Special...Briefs: Materials
This process turns carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes with small diameters.
Briefs: Materials
These materials may replace metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, computers, cellphones, and refrigerators.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Hybrid organic-inorganic materials transfer ultra-small, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices.
Briefs: Materials
The films could be used in impact-resistant glazing, windscreens, and displays.
Blog: Materials
NASA is using the International Space Station as a testbed for 3D printing.
Blog: Test & Measurement
As additive manufacturing supports the creation of critical metal parts, designers need to know that the parts are high-quality.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Manufacturers in almost every industry are looking to design lighter parts. Here are five lightweighting strategies.
Briefs: Materials
Chromium Removal from PVC Filters
The process does not cause any structural changes to the PVC filter membrane.
Briefs: Materials
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
Briefs: Energy
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
Briefs: Transportation
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
Blog: Automotive
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
Briefs: Automotive
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
Briefs: Propulsion
Made with “Jenga chemistry,” the material could help in understanding how high-temperature superconductors work.
Articles: Aerospace
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
Briefs: Energy
Ultra-Thin Layers of Rust Generate Electricity from Flowing Water
When combined with saltwater, rust can be a source of electricity.
Blog: Materials
What's the best aluminum for extrusion? A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert.
Blog: Materials
A team in Germany has a quicker, cleaner approach to welding metal to plastic: The HPCI® Joining Gun.
Facility Focus: Materials
In recent decades, NSF-funded researchers have discovered quite a bit, including many of the fundamental particles of matter.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Undercooled metal technology was developed that features liquid metal (in this case, Field's metal, an alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin) trapped below its melting point in polished, oxide...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An advanced manufacturing process was developed to produce nano-structured rods and tubes directly from high-performance aluminum alloy powder in a single step. Using a Solid Phase Processing approach,...
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News: Energy
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