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Solar3D Seeks Patent Protection for 3-Dimensional Solar Cell in China

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that the company has filed a patent application to protect its next generation solar cell design and methods of fabrication in China.

19 Apr 2013

New Book On Food Industry and Packaging Materials From Smithers Rapra

New book Food Industry and Packaging Materials - Performance-oriented Guidelines for Users from Smithers Rapra provides detailed and comprehensible information about Quality Control (QC) in the industry. Differen...

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 18 Apr 2013

Custom Radial Seal Rings From Metallized Carbon Corporation

Metallized Carbon Corporation, a global leader in the manufacture of oil-free, self-lubricating, carbon-graphite materials for severe service lubrication applications, announces the availability of custom radial seal rin...

From Metcar (Metallized Carbon Corporation) 18 Apr 2013

Caesium Ion Gun for SIMS Released By Hiden

The Hiden IG5C high-brightness caesium ion gun produces an intense beam of caesium ions ideally suited to SIMS depth profiling, surface physics and surface modification for analysis of electronegative elements and MCs+ c...

From Hiden Analytical 18 Apr 2013

Hollaender Introduces New Post Mounted Interna-Rail VUE Glass Railing System

Hollaender Manufacturing has introduced the new post mounted Interna-Rail VUE glass railing system. The handrail system is constructed using Hollaender's aluminum Interna-Rail handrail, glass or acrylic panels, and Hollaender's panel clips and bottom support channels.

18 Apr 2013

Aluminum Remains Material of Choice to Reduce Vehicle Body Mass and Boost Fuel Economy

A new study released today shows that an all-aluminum vehicle can shed more than 40 percent body mass, boosting fuel economy by 18 percent when combined with secondary mass savings and other design changes.

18 Apr 2013

Students Print Prototype Designs on Cornell’s New 3-D Printers

Identify a consumer need, design a solution under a certain price, and sell it online. Those were the basic guidelines this semester for engineering students in Mechanical Synthesis 2250, an introduction to product design.

18 Apr 2013

Novel Process to Spread Extremely Thin Organic Transistors

Like spreading a thin layer of butter on toast, Cornell scientists have helped develop a novel process of spreading extremely thin organic transistors, and used synchrotron X-rays to watch how the films crystallize.

18 Apr 2013

NRL-Developed Phthalonitrile-Based Polymeric Composites Exhibit Superior Properties for Marine and Aerospace Applications

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Chemistry Division scientists have developed a second generation, cost-effective polyetheretherketone (PEEK)-like phthalonitrile-resin demonstrating superior high temperature and flammability properties for use in numerous marine, aerospace and domestic applications.

18 Apr 2013

MesoCoat Engages EWI to Accelerate Manufacturing Scale-Up of CermaClad Clad Pipes

Abakan Inc. ("Abakan"), an emerging leader in the advanced coatings and metal formulations markets, today announced that its subsidiary MesoCoat has engaged EWI, the world leader in welding and allied technologies, to accelerate manufacturing scale-up of its CermaClad™ clad pipes.

From Abakan Inc. 18 Apr 2013

BMW Employs Linde’s Hydrogen Fueling Systems for Material Handling Equipment Expansion

BMW Manufacturing’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has more than doubled its fleet of material handling equipment using hydrogen fueling systems provided by Linde North America. The 4.0 million square foot production facility now powers its entire hydrogen-fuel cell fleet of more than 230 units to service the plant’s production and logistics functions, making it one of the largest fuel cell forklift sites in the world.

From Linde plc 18 Apr 2013

Simulation for Annealing Process to Soften Steel Tubing

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Lisa Deibler and Arthur Brown had a ready-made problem for their computer modeling work when they partnered with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant to improve stainless steel tubing that was too hard to meet nuclear weapon requirements.

From Sandia National Laboratories 18 Apr 2013

Cyclists Employ EOS Direct Metal Laser Sintering for Innovative Bike-Hub/Drive Assembly

To American inventors, the “home garage” has always been a symbol of possibility—a place for tinkerers to create and innovate. More than a century ago, the Wright brothers founded a cycle sales and repair business from a modest storefront and soon after invented a bike hub that was self-oiling. Everyone knows what they did next in the field of aviation.

18 Apr 2013

Outokumpu to Supply Lean Duplex and Stainless Quarto Plates for Tonopah Crescent Dunes Solar Plant Project

Outokumpu has won another contract for a pioneering Crescent Dunes solar plant project in Tonopah, Nevada, USA. In addition to 650 tonnes of stainless quarto plate, Outokumpu will also supply more than 60 tonnes of lean duplex LDX2101®.

18 Apr 2013

Collaborative Program Resource Team for Pittcon 2014

Pittcon's Special Projects Committee announces the formation of a Program Resource Team (PRT) for 2014. The purpose of this team is to collaborate with the Pittcon Program Committee to further develop the technical p...

From Pittcon 17 Apr 2013