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And the High Volume Manufacturing Award goes to... Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology!

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology received the High Volume Manufacturing Award at the annual CS Industry Awards on 7 March 2017 in Brussels.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 15 Mar 2017

Research Team Offers Overview of Composite Metal Foams with Probable Applications

A team of researchers at North Carolina State University have created a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can be used in applications ranging from armor to dangerous material transport.

14 Mar 2017

Researchers Unearth "Structural Memory" in Bismuth Samples

A research team including Guoyin Shen and Yoshio Kono from Carnegie has performed a new study that involves using high temperature and pressure to uncover a type of “structural memory” in bismuth samples. This discovery has great electrical engineering potential.

14 Mar 2017

Researchers Create Self-Assembled, 3D DNA Crystals Capable of Binding Separate, Dye-Bearing Strand

Chemists at New York University have produced self-assembled, 3D DNA crystals that can bind a separate, dye-bearing strand - an innovation that improves the functionality of these miniature building blocks, offering promise for the formation of improved synthetic chemistry.

14 Mar 2017

MKS' Ophir® Business Unit Announces BeamCheck™, Beam Profiling System for Additive Manufacturing

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced BeamCheck™ from Ophir®, a new beam profiling system that ensures accurate laser performance in additive manufacturing applications, like selective laser sintering (SLS) and selective laser melting (SLM).

14 Mar 2017

Volkswagen Plans to Establish Battery Production Line in Salzgitter, Germany

After a host of commitments to electromobility across the German automotive industry over the past months, Volkswagen now seems to be determined to enter the production of one of the core elements of electric vehicles: The battery cells.

14 Mar 2017

New Web Application Helps 3D Print Terrain Models of Any Place on Planet

Today’s geology lesson is all about anticlines.

14 Mar 2017

Scientists Create Highly Magnetic Material that Enhances Performance of Computer Technologies

Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, have developed a facile route to a highly magnetic material that could provide fundamental improvements to the performance of current computer technologies.

14 Mar 2017

New Process Dramatically Enhances Quality of 3D Printed Resin Products

Waseda University researchers have developed a process to dramatically improve the quality of 3D printed resin products. The process combines greatly improved surface texture and higher structural rigidity with lower cost, less complexity, safer use of solvent chemicals and elimination of troublesome waste dust.

14 Mar 2017

Combination of THz Spectroscopy and AM Technique Can be Used to Evaluate Water Content in Crude Oil

Water content in crude oil is closely related to the prediction of water level of oil well, the evaluation of oil reservoir exploitation and the recovery and development of mining scheme.

14 Mar 2017

New Single Molecule Switch with Unmatched Reproducibility

Theoretical physicists, Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G. Bahoosh, recently succeeded with a team of experimental physicists and chemists in exhibiting a reliable and reproducible single molecule switch. The core for this switch is an exclusively synthesized molecule possessing special attributes.

13 Mar 2017

A Technology for Obtaining New Metal Structures Using Selective Laser Melting Technique

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Delft University of Technology have developed a technology for acquiring new metal structures using a selective laser melting technique (additive technology of producing 3D objects from metal powders).

13 Mar 2017

ELIX Polymers Offers New Line of Grade Materials for 3D Printing

Spanish manufacturer of ABS resins, ELIX Polymers is expanding its portfolio with additional grades specifically optimised for 3D printing applications.

13 Mar 2017

Norsk Titanium to Ship First 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Airbus

Metal additive manufacturing company Norsk Titanium is shipping its first 3D printed part to aerospace company Airbus.

13 Mar 2017

Researchers 3D Print High Quality Adhesive Braille Labels to Benefit Visually Impaired

Researchers from Texas A&M University's Mechanical Engineering department have used 3D printers to create high quality adhesive labels in braille for a variety of consumer products.

13 Mar 2017

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And the High Volume Manufacturing Award goes to... Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology!

Research Team Offers Overview of Composite Metal Foams with Probable Applications

Researchers Unearth "Structural Memory" in Bismuth Samples

Researchers Create Self-Assembled, 3D DNA Crystals Capable of Binding Separate, Dye-Bearing Strand

MKS' Ophir® Business Unit Announces BeamCheck™, Beam Profiling System for Additive Manufacturing

Volkswagen Plans to Establish Battery Production Line in Salzgitter, Germany

New Web Application Helps 3D Print Terrain Models of Any Place on Planet

Scientists Create Highly Magnetic Material that Enhances Performance of Computer Technologies

New Process Dramatically Enhances Quality of 3D Printed Resin Products

Combination of THz Spectroscopy and AM Technique Can be Used to Evaluate Water Content in Crude Oil

New Single Molecule Switch with Unmatched Reproducibility

A Technology for Obtaining New Metal Structures Using Selective Laser Melting Technique

ELIX Polymers Offers New Line of Grade Materials for 3D Printing

Norsk Titanium to Ship First 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Airbus

Researchers 3D Print High Quality Adhesive Braille Labels to Benefit Visually Impaired

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