Video description In a study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, robotics researchers, engineers, and materials scientists from Rice University and Harvard University showed it is possible to make programmable, nonelectronic circuits that control the actions of soft robots by processing information encoded in bursts of compressed air.
One Minute Mentor: Controlled Atmosphere Furnaces
In the past, atmospheric furnaces were used quite often for heat treatment of tool steels. Due to the improved furnace technology of vacuum furnaces and their increased distribution in the market, the percentage of tools heat treated in atmospheric furnaces has fallen significantly over the last 20 to 30 years.
Quintus Technologies rolls out HPP model with industry’s largest vessel diameter
Quintus Technologies, Västerås, Sweden, has introduced the newest generation high pressure processing (HPP) system to meet the productivity needs of medium to large food and beverage processors.
Constellium celebrates expansion of its operations in Decin, Czech Republic
Constellium, Decin, Czech Republic, is celebrating the expansion of its facility, including a new casthouse and extrusion press to serve the growing market for automotive aluminum.
Seco/Warwick signs deal with GreenIron for fossil free metal production
Seco/Warwick, Poland, has an agreement with the Swedish company GreenIron H2 AB for the delivery of a series of furnaces for fossil-free metal production from ore, residuals, and waste recycling.