The long-sought elusive goal of practical, seamless control surface technologies to reduce drag and improve aircraft fuel efficiency—chased by the defense and commercial aviation industries and researchers for several decades—was finally realized with the introduction of a variable geometry airfoil, called FlexFoil, by FlexSys, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. The variable geometry surface completely replaces jointed […]
New ISO standard for cutting safety
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., effectively implemented the new European EN ISO standard 17916 for the safety of thermal cutting machines. ESAB spearheaded the initiative to establish the new EN ISO standard.
Flower wins the 2013 grand prize in image contest
FEI Co., Hillsboro, Ore., will launch the 2014 Image Contest on February 3, 2014.
Bioinspired glass dents instead of shatters
Engineers inspired by the mother-of-pearl lining of mollusk shells have found that etching wavy lines in glass can actually give the brittle material the ability to bend and dent instead of shatter.
Automated deburring and finishing speed throughput
With a new advance in abrasive technology, machining center operators are now able to add surface finishing simultaneously in the same operation to speed things even further.