Backblaze, Inc., San Mateo, Calif., published its 2025 Year-End Drive Stats report that analyzes the performance of 344,196 hard drives across 30 models and found the annual failure rate drops to 1.36% across 344,000+ drives and high-capacity models are on the rise as first 26TB drives enter service.
Continue readingUnited Safety launches new lithium-ion battery failure detection sensor
United Safety & Survivability Corporation, Exton, Pa., a global leader in advanced safety solutions, launched its latest innovation, a groundbreaking lithium-ion battery failure detection sensor that could help prevent electric vehicle fires before they happen and sets a new standard in safety for electric vehicles across industries.
Continue readingPhase3D to develop cold spray 3D printing quality inspection system for Air Force Research Lab
Phase3D, Chicago, Ill., has been awarded a two-year 1.25 million USD contract from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop a quality inspection system for cold spray additive manufacturing.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Gas flow measurement and control: Rotameters
Rotameters are one of three basic types of devices used in the thermal spray to control gas flow, a much-disputed topic in the thermal spray industry that wrestles with issues including the type of measurement instrument, its calibration, accuracy, and so on.
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