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Lights-Out Manufacturing Achieved in Lightning Speed

Investment in a new CNC mill-turning machine at WES Hardmetal Engineering has instantaneously secured lights-out manufacturing for the precision engineering firm.

From WES Engineering Solutions 19 Jun 2019

First Ever 3D Printed Diamond Composite with Exceptional Heat Conductivity - Sandvik

Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has created the first ever 3D printed diamond composite. While this diamond does not sparkle, it is perfect for a wide range of industrial uses.

From Sandvik AB 19 Jun 2019

DuPont Introduces Reinforced & Unreinforced 3D Printing Pellets and Filaments

DuPont launches new additions to the company’s portfolio of 3D printing materials, including six new Zytel® polyamide and Hytrel® thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPC-ET) pellets and two new Hytrel® filaments.

From DuPont Inc. 19 Jun 2019

LANXESS Launches Polyurethane Casting Grade for Injection Molding

Adiprene C930, a unique Low Free MDI based cast urethane from specialty chemicals company LANXESS, has just proven as an appropriate material for being processed via injection molding.

From LANXESS Corporation 19 Jun 2019

Scientists Create an “Intrinsically Reversible,” Super-Glue-Like Material

Snails produce a mucous that functions like super-glue, enabling them to stick to rough surfaces such as rocks.

18 Jun 2019

“Self-Healing” Polymer Helps Reduce Lead Leakage in Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) state that a protective layer of epoxy resin will help arrest leakage of pollutants from perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

18 Jun 2019

3D Modeling Expands the Measuring Power of the Olympus IPLEX NX Videoscope

The IPLEX NX industrial videoscope’s ground-breaking HD RVI imaging is now supported by an advanced software capability, 3‑dimensional modeling.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 18 Jun 2019

Element Six Single Crystal Synthetic Diamond Shortlisted for Laser World of Photonics Innovation Award 2019

Element Six, a world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and part of the De Beers Group, is excited to reveal that its quantum diamond for room temperature MASER is a finalist in the optical device category of the Laser World of Photonics Innovation Award 2019.

From Element Six 18 Jun 2019

New Metallic, Air-Stable 2D Magnet that can be Integrated into Spintronic Devices

All are familiar with the image of electrons that zip around the nucleus of an atom and form chemical bonds in molecules and materials. However, a lesser known fact is that electrons possess an additional exclusive property—spin.

18 Jun 2019

New Approach to Improve Thermoelectric Performance of Cu12Sb4S13 Tetrahedrites

Chinese scientists have announced that they have realized high thermoelectric performance of Cu12Sb4S13 tetrahedrites by doping Ge at Sb site and introducing ZnO to ulterior optimization of the thermal and electrical transport properties at the same time.

17 Jun 2019

Strategy of In-Situ Catalytic Grafting at the Solid Electrolyte Interface

A team of researchers, headed by Professor LI Chilin from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has suggested a new method of in-situ catalytic grafting at the interface.

17 Jun 2019

Researchers Use Transverse Surface Waves to Move Droplets

Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip can become a lot more efficient if individual droplets can be controlled.

17 Jun 2019

Researchers Discover “Concert of Spins” Generate Complex Magnetic Configurations

A global collaboration between scientists from the Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea has revealed a new kind of interaction of the electron spins in layered materials.

14 Jun 2019

Foundrax Hardness Testing Solution Guarantees 100% Quality of Suspension Components for Prestigious German Automotive Manufacturer

Foundrax, the world’s leading specialists in Brinell hardness testing, has just shipped a second bespoke system for the intricate inspection of automotive suspension components to a full-service supplier of aluminium and plastic automotive solutions in Mexico.

From Foundrax Engineering Products Ltd 14 Jun 2019

Imec Presents a Manufacturable Solution for Field-Free Switching Operation of Spin-Orbit Torque MRAM Devices

This week, at the 2019 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (June 9-14, 2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, demonstrates field-free switching operation of spin-orbit torque MRAM (SOT-MRAM) devices – eliminating the need for an external magnetic field during write operation.

From IMEC 14 Jun 2019