Lumenous Device Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed Gloss nitinol wire, which eliminates or reduces the need for mechanical polishing and electropolishing, thereby streamlining the manufacturing process.
Saarland University, Germany, reports that its engineers have developed a bionic hand that is based on bundled nitinol wires activated by electricity.
The University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Kiel, Germany, report that their research team has developed a new shape memory alloy so tough it returns to its original shape even after being bent and heated over ten million times.
NanoSteel, Providence, R.I., introduces its first powders designed for the binder jet 3D printing of parts having three times the wear and impact resistance of an equivalently infiltrated 420 stainless steel.
Zircotec Ltd., England, has provided its ThermoHold ceramic coating for the exhaust system and a zirconia-based coating for the composite front structure of the British Bloodhound, a car being designed to reach 1000 mph and break the land speed record.
