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Striking a Hammer Blow for Metals Recycling

Footprint Tools – one of the leading manufacturers of traditional hand tools in the UK – is at the heart of a research project that could see Sheffield spark a recycling revolution in industrial forging that unlocks a step change in the manufacture of safety critical components for the aerospace, defence and energy sectors using machining waste and state-of-the-art linear hammer technology.

3 May 2023

Valmet Continues to Invest in Press Felt Production in Finland

Valmet has decided to further strengthen its press felt production capabilities in Tampere, Finland, by investing in a new weaving machine and a new heat-setting machine in addition to the ongoing press felt investment announced in August 2022.

3 May 2023

Mechnano Polycarbonate ESD Release and Validation on ARBURG 3D Printers

ARBURG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of plastic processing machines, has successfully printed Mechnano’s new Polycarbonate Thermoplastic pellets with static dissipative properties “PC ESD” on their Freeformer line of pellet extrusion Additive Manufacturing printers.

From Mechnano 3 May 2023

PostProcess Launches Proprietary New Rinse as Part of its Complete Automated Resin Removal Solution

PostProcess Technologies, the leading provider of automated and intelligent post-processing solutions for 3D printed parts, is pleased to announce its release of AUX-400-RINSE, a new rinse solution developed as an improved alternative to the isopropyl alcohol (IPA) rinse step in the additive manufacturing resin removal workflow.

From PostProcess Technologies 3 May 2023

Thixotropic Epoxy Features Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

Master Bond EP5LTE-100 is a one part, non-premixed and frozen epoxy with a very low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), high glass transition temperature (Tg), and extremely high modulus.

From Master Bond Inc. 3 May 2023

Nanalysis and QUAD Systems Launch Full 400MHz High Field System

Nanalysis Scientific Corp. ("the Company", TSXV: NSCI, OTCQX: NSCIF, FRA: 1N1), a leader in portable NMR machines and MRI technology for healthcare and industrial applications announces...

From Nanalysis Corp. 2 May 2023

Transforming Textile Trash into Functional Coatings

In an attempt to make textiles more sustainable, a novel approach enables scientists to break down old clothing chemically and repurpose polyester compounds to produce anti-bacterial, fire-resistant, or wrinkle-free coatings that could further be employed in fabrics and clothes.

2 May 2023

Using Chemistry to Make Ancient Roman Concrete Better

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past.

2 May 2023

New Approach to Constructing Thermoelectric Modules Using Silver Nanoparticles

Several high-performance thermoelectric materials have been discovered over the past two decades, but without efficient devices to convert the energy they produce into emission-free power, their promise has been unfulfilled.

2 May 2023

Mobile Hot Cell Could Change How Radioactive Materials are Handled

A crowd gathers around a black wooden box that resembles a short refrigerator, waiting for the motion of a pair of robotic arms sitting just outside the box.

2 May 2023

SUNY Poly Installs Our ALD System

Leading New York Research Centre Installs Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology ALD System to Accelerate Atomic Scale Processing to High Volume Manufacturing.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 2 May 2023

Sustainable Component Found For Superconducting Technologies

Magnesium diboride (MgB2), a low-cost, non-toxic superconductor, is employed in electric motors, field magnets, and generators. Nevertheless, it is expensive to make nanoscale boron (B) particles to fabricate MgB2.

2 May 2023

Sodium-Ion Battery Defects Captured with X-Ray Imaging

Sodium-ion batteries have indeed been heralded as a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries since they are driven by a more abundantly available resource.

2 May 2023

Pirani/Bayard-Alpert Vacuum Gauge from Pfeiffer Vacuum Ensures Process Control and Operational Reliability

Many vacuum applications operate only within a specific pressure range. In order to operate such vacuum systems efficiently, the total pressure must be measured reliably. Therefore offers Pfeiffer Vacuum a large product portfolio of measurement gauges available both for a digital and analog output signal.

From Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH 2 May 2023

SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Partner to Advance Semiconductor Research

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology announced SUNY Poly’s purchase of a new tool that will enable various types of plasma processing, a process used to engineer material ...

2 May 2023