This video made by Saarland University in Germany shows how Nitinol wires control a bionic hand.
Bionic Hand Uses Smart Wires To Mimic Muscle Fibers
Bodycote expands capacity for treating specialty stainless steels in Ohio
Bodycote, England, announces that it has expanded capacity for specialty stainless steel processes (S3P) at its facility in London, Ohio, and is building a new S3P facility in North Carolina that is to open in 2016.
Harper’s three-meter PAN oxidation oven provides uniform air velocity
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., announces that initial data on its three-meter wide production-scale oxidation oven for carbon fiber manufacturing shows outstanding performance for key metrics, including air-velocity uniformity and temperature uniformity.
Nitrex low-pressure carburizing furnace features precise parameter control
Nitrex Metal Inc., Quebec, began operation of a new low-pressure carburizing (LPC) furnace at its plant in Franklin, Indiana.
Can-Eng to build automated system for heat treating diecast aluminum auto parts
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission an automated system for the heat treatment of thin-walled high pressure diecast aluminum automotive structural components.