This video shows the preparation of an ingot and a piston: sawing, grinding, and etching. Individual grains are visible. Several steel specimens are prepared: Flame hardened tooth of a gear wheel, induction hardened cylindrical shaft, induction hardened splined shaft, case hardened tooth of a gear wheel, weld joint. Weld pass structure and heat treated zones […]
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you microwaved dry ice? Here’s your chance to find out, without risking your microwave!
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), Germany, recently introduced a range of high performance plastics materials for the railway industry.
Dried tomato skins could become vehicle wiring brackets or the storage bin a driver uses to hold coins and other small objects.
A new way of switching the magnetic properties of a material using just a small applied voltage, developed by researchers at MIT could signal the beginning of a new family of materials with a variety of switchable properties.
