Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif., researchers developed an efficient method to measure residual stress in metal parts produced by powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing.
Method measures residual stress in 3D printed parts
Building up bamboo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, scientists, along with architects and wood processors from England and Canada, are looking for ways to turn bamboo into a construction material more akin to wood composites, like plywood. The idea is that a stalk, or culm, can be sliced into smaller pieces, which can then be bonded together to […]
Constellium supplies high-strength aluminum structural parts to Ford F-150
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminum structural parts for the Ford F-150 pickup truck in which high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloys are the primary build materials.
Harper vertical and rotary reactors support microelectronics research in China
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has finalized a contract exceeding $3 million for high-temperature vertical and rotary reactors to support the East China Research Institute of Microelectronics (ECRIM).
Bruker TriboLab’s modular platform enables a variety of tribology tests
Bruker, Tucson, Ariz., has release the UMT TriboLab, the latest generation of the Universal Mechanical Tester (UMT) platform.