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RS Components Refreshes Offering of Pneumatic Components from SMC with Addition of more than 600 New Products

Most extensive range of SMC pneumatics now available for new applications and maintenance of existing installations RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for ...

From RS Components Ltd. 5 Jan 2016

Precision Control Tension and Compression Tester

Mecmesin has launched the first of a new generation of universal testers, with a focus on precision control.

From Mecmesin 5 Jan 2016

CPI Installs NovaCentrix PulseForge Photonic Curing System

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has recently partnered with NovaCentrix to install a specialist system designed for the high speed photonic curing of printed electronics inks. The NovaCentrix PulseForge 1300 state-of-the-art system is the first of its kind in the UK to be available to clients on an open access basis and will aid the commercialisation of a host of applications including printed sensing and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC) antennas for smart packaging. The recent installation builds upon CPI’s existing capability for the market adoption of printed sensing technologies, allowing companies to develop and scale up their concepts from laboratory scale right through to pilot production.

5 Jan 2016

$New 2D Metamaterial With Unusual Light Refraction Holds Promise for Faster Computers$

New 2D Metamaterial With Unusual Light Refraction Holds Promise for Faster Computers

A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Russian Academy of Sciences has proposed a two-dimensional metamaterial composed of silver elements, that refracts light in an unusual way.

29 Dec 2015

Nondestructive AFM Probe Technique to Study Material Behavior at the Nanoscale

Understanding where and how phase transitions occur is critical to developing new generations of the materials used in high-performance batteries, sensors, energy-harvesting devices, medical diagnostic equipment and other applications. But until now there was no good way to study and simultaneously map these phenomena at the relevant length scales.

29 Dec 2015

Study on Photonic Crystal-Metamaterial Phase Transition Could Help Create New Electromagnetic Materials

A team of physicists from ITMO University, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute and Australian National University have researched the phenomenon of phase transition between photonic crystals and metamaterials - two types of periodic structures capable of manipulating light in intricate ways. The study helps to gain an insight into the fundamental properties of periodic structures and opens new possibilities for the design and creation of new electromagnetic materials. The results of the study were published in Nature Communications.

26 Dec 2015

Magnesium with Ceramic Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles Deliver Super-Strong, Lightweight Metal

A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with extremely high specific strength and modulus, or stiffness-to-weight ratio. The new metal is composed of magnesium infused with a dense and even dispersal of ceramic silicon carbide nanoparticles. It could be used to make lighter airplanes, spacecraft, and cars, helping to improve fuel efficiency, as well as in mobile electronics and biomedical devices.

26 Dec 2015

Spaceworthy Encapsulants from Picosun

Picosun Oy, leading supplier of highest quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) thin film coating solutions for industrial manufacturing, successfully applies ALD technology to protect sensitive electronic components against harsh environmental conditions.

From Picosun Oy 22 Dec 2015

€2.86M funding from Tekes for Picodeon

Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, provides €2.86M funding to Picodeon for next generation Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) Separator Coating equipment production.

22 Dec 2015

Hardide Coatings Technology Approved by Airbus

Hardide Coatings, the provider of advanced surface coating technology, has announced today that its Hardide-A tungsten carbide coating has met the technical performance requirements as a potential alternative to hard chrome plating on some specific Airbus aircraft components.

From Hardide Coatings 18 Dec 2015

Primary Dispersions Limited working to develop graphene based epoxy resins for the aerospace industry

CPI spin out company Primary Dispersions Limited has announced extremely promising results from a UK collaboration that aims to commercialise specialist graphene based epoxy resins for the aerospace industry.

From CPI - Centre for Process Innovation 18 Dec 2015

LECO Corporation Unveils the AMH55

LECO Corporation is pleased to introduce the AMH55 hardness testing system. The AMH55 allows users to maximize their productivity and easily measure impressions on various surface conditions with accurate micro/macro-indentation hardness testing available in fully automatic, semi-automatic, and lite configurations.

From LECO Corporation 18 Dec 2015

Collaboration to Build New Surfactant Manufacturing Unit Based on NiTech’s COBR Technology

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is working with major speciality chemical manufacturer Croda Europe, NiTech Solutions and The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing on a collaborative research and development project to develop a novel method for the continuous production of a range of market-leading surfactants.

18 Dec 2015

Spectro Scientific Reappoints Quantitech as Exclusive Distributor of InfraCal 2 Portable Infrared Analyser

Quantitech, the Milton Keynes based instrumentation specialist, has been reappointed by Spectro Scientific as exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for a portable infrared analyser, the InfraCal 2.

18 Dec 2015

Trumpf Expands Metal 3D Printing Portfolio with Selective Laser Melting Technology

German industrial machining and tooling equipment manufacturer, Trumpf, has added another type of metal 3D printing technology to its portfolio.

18 Dec 2015

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RS Components Refreshes Offering of Pneumatic Components from SMC with Addition of more than 600 New Products

Precision Control Tension and Compression Tester

CPI Installs NovaCentrix PulseForge Photonic Curing System

New 2D Metamaterial With Unusual Light Refraction Holds Promise for Faster Computers

Nondestructive AFM Probe Technique to Study Material Behavior at the Nanoscale

Study on Photonic Crystal-Metamaterial Phase Transition Could Help Create New Electromagnetic Materials

Magnesium with Ceramic Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles Deliver Super-Strong, Lightweight Metal

Spaceworthy Encapsulants from Picosun

€2.86M funding from Tekes for Picodeon

Hardide Coatings Technology Approved by Airbus

Primary Dispersions Limited working to develop graphene based epoxy resins for the aerospace industry

LECO Corporation Unveils the AMH55

Collaboration to Build New Surfactant Manufacturing Unit Based on NiTech’s COBR Technology

Spectro Scientific Reappoints Quantitech as Exclusive Distributor of InfraCal 2 Portable Infrared Analyser

Trumpf Expands Metal 3D Printing Portfolio with Selective Laser Melting Technology

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