Engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh took gallium, a metal that melts at room temperature, and enriched it with magnetic particles. When an alternate magnetic field is run through the metal, it can melt, move, and re-form.
Copper is one of the most used metals in the world, and the first one that humans started to use; see the entire copper mining process in this video from QuantumTech.
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Sintering refers to joining particles through the combined actions of pressure and heating. The pressed material is heated to below its melting point, and binding between particles occurs due to chemical diffusion between the particles. Further comminution and sieving is necessary to achieve the required particle size distribution. The fabrication of metal shapes from small […]
Ametek Germany, part of Ametek Inc., inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art Customer Center of Excellence in Weiterstadt, Germany, that will provide enhanced support to its customers through in-person demonstrations of Ametek innovations and solutions across major industries. The new facility features the latest products from numerous Ametek businesses, including SPECTRO, Taylor Hobson, Solartron Metrology, Creaform, MOCON, […]
