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The Village for the Homeless Built From 3D Printed Houses

3D printing now pervades industries from aeronautics to space travel and helps provide new habitats for coral polyps as well as new homes for humans.

By David J. Cross 20 Sep 2019

Flamingo Light Sheet Microscopes with PI Precision Motion Systems

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 20 Sep 2019

Michelman Highlights Primers for use in HP Indigo Digitally Printed Compostable Packaging at 40th Anniversary Labelexpo

Michelman is featuring a selection of water-based in-line and off-line primers, and overprint varnishes at the 40th-anniversary edition of Labelexpo Europe.

From Michelman Inc 20 Sep 2019

Sustainable Solutions for Laboratory Heating and Cooling

The DrySyn range of heating & cooling blocks from Asynt is enabling laboratories around the world to undertake clean, safe synthetic reactions both individually or in parallel.

From Asynt 19 Sep 2019

Element Invests in Two New Mobile Testing Rigs in Aberdeen, UK and Milan, Italy

Element Materials Technology (Element) has invested in two new mobile test rigs. Set up within ISO containers, the rigs can carry out weld fatigue testing of steel catenary risers either on-site or at its laboratories in Milan, Italy and Aberdeen, UK.

From Element Materials Technology 18 Sep 2019

New Automated Manufacturing System Can Produce Ultra-Pure Porous Plastics

A new state-of-the-art automated manufacturing system is enabling Porvair Sciences to produce ultra-pure porous plastics that are fully compliant with FDA, USP Class VI and European Pharmacopoeia statutory regulations as well as being free from heavy metals.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 18 Sep 2019

A Nano-Positioner Manufacturer uses Zygo Displacement Measuring Interferometer

When Physik Instrumente (PI), a premier supplier of nano-positioners, needed to characterize and quantify the performance of their PICMAWalk positioner, ZYGO's ZMI™ Displacement Measuring Interferometer was the right choice.

From Zygo Corporation 18 Sep 2019

PerkinElmer Announces New Liquid Particle Counter Solution

PerkinElmer Inc. has today announced its new LPC 500™ Liquid Particle Counter (LPC 500) platform which will couple with PerkinElmer’s existing Avio® 500 ICP-OES Oils system to join, for the first time, particle counting and sizing as well as wear metals analysis of in-service oils and lubricants.

From PerkinElmer 18 Sep 2019

How Boyce Technologies Uses BigRep Additive Solutions

How NYC’s Boyce Technologies integrated AM beyond prototyping into vacuum forming and end-use parts.

From BigRep 18 Sep 2019

High Tg, Ultra Low Viscosity Epoxy meets NASA Low Outgassing Specifications

Master Bond Supreme 112 is a new two part epoxy for bonding, sealing, potting, and impregnation applications.

From Master Bond Inc. 18 Sep 2019

Loop Detectors for Single and Dual Loops

CARLO GAVAZZI is pleased to announce the launch of Loop Detectors for either single or dual loops, available in either plug-in or DIN rail mount housings.

From Mahr Inc. 17 Sep 2019

K 2019: ENGEL to Present Tube Shoulder Production via e-mac Injection Molding

At K 2019, ENGEL will take its ENGEL e-mac 280 to the packaging floor, allowing for an even more granular performance gradation for the packaging industry in all-electric use cases.

From ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH 17 Sep 2019

K 2019: SIGMA to Highlight Use of Virtual DoE for Polymer Part Development Process

At K 2019, SIGMA Engineering (hall 13 at booth B31) will highlight it motto “SIGMAinteract – Autonomous Optimization connects departments”. At company’s booth, this immediately becomes visible with a completely new design concept.

From Sigma Engineering 17 Sep 2019

K 2019 – BASF to Present Super-Slim, High-Performance Insulation Materials

At K 2019, BASF will present its innovative, super-slim high-performance insulation materials - SLENTITE® and SLENTEX® - for the new applications.

From BASF Corporation 17 Sep 2019

FachPack 2019: FKuR’s New Terralene® rPP Range for Bioplastic Packaging & More

At FachPack 2019, FKuR (Booth 7-316 in Hall 7) will present a wide range of possible uses for biobased plastics which all contribute ideally to the circular economy.

From FKuR Kunststoff GmbH 17 Sep 2019