Laser solid forming (LSF) is an innovative method for direct fabrication of metallic components in additive manufacturing.
Laser solid forming produces metallic parts
More efficient transformer materials
Transformers convert the standard voltage from the wall outlet into the lower voltages required by electronic devices.
TimkenSteel to invest $40 million in quench-and-temper facility
TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, announces that it will locate an advanced quench-and-temper facility in Perry Township in northeast Ohio.
Shape-memory polymer designed to fill bone defects having irregular shapes
Researchers at Texas A&M University, College Station, report that they have developed a shape memory polymer scaffold that exhibits an open porous structure and has the capacity to conformally self-fit into irregular defects.
Shape-memory alloy coated with shape-memory polymer enables robotic fabric
Researchers at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., report that they have developed variable stiffness fibers made from shape memory materials in which a shape-memory alloy is coated with a thin film of shape-memory polymer.