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New 3D Microprinting Process Helps Create Tiny Copper Objects

A group of researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an advanced 3D microprinting method, that can be utilized to develop small, intricate, overhanging metal structures in just one simple step. This latest technique holds potential for designing a wide range of microtools, such as tools for keyhole surgeries and complicated components for watches.

22 Jan 2016

Dow Corning’s Siloxane-Based Additive Offers Foam Control in Coatings and Inks

Dow Corning Corporation, a leader in silicon-based solutions for inks, paints, and coatings, have launched a new siloxane-based additive. Called Dow Corning® 108F Additive, it can be used for controlling foam in low-to-medium-PVC water-based inks and coatings.

22 Jan 2016

Omniseal Solutions Presents Technical Paper on Cold Temperature Sealing at SAE A-5/A-6 Committee Meeting

Omniseal Solutions presented a technical paper at the SAE International Joint Technical Committee event titled, “Cold Temperature Hydraulic Seals for Aerospace Hydraulic Systems,” during the A-5B Struts and Couplings and A-6C2 Seals panels, and A-5/A-6 Joint Committee meeting.

From Omniseal Solutions 22 Jan 2016

Harper Awarded Major Contract for Nuclear Material Processing Equipment with KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KNF)

Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, was recently awarded a contract for a Pusher furnace line with KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KNF).

From Harper International 21 Jan 2016

Hexcel congratulates Airbus on the first delivery of the A320neo

Hexcel Corporation congratulates Airbus on the first delivery of the A320neo (new engine option) to Lufthansa on January 20, 2016.

From Hexcel 21 Jan 2016

Peel Back Heat-Sealed Food Lids Without Strain

Lloyd Instruments, a market leader in the field of materials testing instruments, has developed a fixture specifically to test the peel strength of heat sealed plastic film covers on food containers.

From Lloyd Instruments Ltd. 21 Jan 2016

Lehigh Professor Receives Grant to Explore Anti-Thermal Behavior of Materials

The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Lehigh to study and discover the mechanisms that govern anti-thermal processes that appear to reverse nature.

21 Jan 2016

Pitt Scientists Work on Development of New Storage System Using Metal-Organic Frameworks

Although compressed natural gas represents a cleaner and more efficient fuel for vehicles, its volatile nature requires a reinforced, heavy tank that stores the gas at high pressure and therefore limits vehicle design. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering are utilizing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to develop a new type of storage system that would adsorb the gas like a sponge and allow for more energy-efficient storage and use.

21 Jan 2016

RocTool Introduces New Performance Cooling Units

RocTool, the technology and manufacturing solutions provider, enriches its range and launches new RocTool Performance Cooling (RPC) units! They are used to complement its induction heating process for plastic injection and composites processes. “RocTool Systems & Engineering teams have developed a wide range of new performance cooling units to meet the manufacturers’ growing demand in our Heat & Cool technologies in production globally” says Jean-François Martinez, RocTool’s Manager for Systems and Peripherals.

21 Jan 2016

DuPont, ADM Develop Method for Producing Furan Dicarboxylic Methyl Ester from Fructose

Today, science and agricultural leaders DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced a new breakthrough process with the potential to expand the materials landscape in the 21st century with exciting and truly novel, high-performance renewable materials. The technology has applications in packaging, textiles, engineering plastics and many other industries.

21 Jan 2016

Innovative Nanoparticle Inks to be Used as Coatings on Flexible Touchscreens

INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials will present new nanoparticle inks, created using transparent, conductive oxides (TCOs), at the 2016 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference (Nano Tech) in Tokyo, Japan. The nanoparticle inks are capable of providing cost-efficient, patterned, conductive, and transparent coatings for flexible touchscreens.

21 Jan 2016