The deployable cold spray metal additive manufacturing technology from SPEE3D, Australia, enabled the Tennessee Army National Guard, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory to demonstrate the rapid repair of a combat support vehicle and other critical assets during a live mission scenario, enhancing military readiness.
The Helmut Fischer Group, Germany, introduced an all-new generation of its high-end segment for coating thickness measurement and material analysis using X-ray fluorescence with two devices, FISCHERSCOPE XDAL and FISCHERSCOPE XDV.
A $10 million programmatic increase at the Army Research Laboratory for rapid deposition research is anticipated to support cold spray engineering research at Florida International University.
As with all coating technologies, thermal spray has some limitations; understanding them is important so that engineers can design effective solutions to the challenges of surface modification.
NASA is advancing nuclear power and propulsion in space to accomplish new national space objectives. This has put a new spotlight on nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP). NTP systems work by pumping a liquid propellant, most likely hydrogen, through a reactor core. Uranium atoms split apart inside the core and release heat through fission. This physical […]
