Video description A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an artificial finger that was able to identify certain surface materials with 90% accuracy. In their research published in Science Advances, the scientists describe how they used triboelectric sensors to give their test finger an ability to gain a sense […]
Thermal spray zinc on Mabey Bridge wind towers
Video description In this video, see the Metallisation’s thermal spray zinc coating manually applied to a traditional cylindrical wind tower.
Solar Atmospheres acquires Vac-Met Inc.
Solar Atmospheres Inc. announces the acquisition of Vac-Met Inc., increasing its total commercial vacuum heat treating and brazing facilities to five plants across the U.S.
One Minute Mentor:Salt bath hardening line for high-speed steels
Tools that are heat treated in molten salt baths are heated up much more rapidly than by convection or radiation, thereby heat treating times are significantly shortened. The molten salt provides a ready source of heat and maintains the rate of heating necessary to reach equilibrium with the rate of heat absorption.
Metal reformation at nanometer scales
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published a new study that shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties. This includes recrystallization, in which the metal is deformed and heated.