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Vitronic to Display Welding Seam Inspections System at Automatica

VITRONIC will exhibit the welding seam inspection system VIROwsi at this year's AUTOMATICA that takes place in Munich June 8-11, 2010. The new generation of the system with a completely reengineered sensor and new ap...

7 May 2010

Coffee Rings May Hold the Secret for Nanofabrication Processes

Understanding micro- and nano-particle transportation within evaporating liquid droplets has great potential for several technological applications, including nanostructure self-assembly, lithography patterning, particle coating, and biomolecule concentration and separation.

6 May 2010

Semiconductor Transistor-Type Hydrogen Sensor Wins Gold Medal

NCKU Microelectronics and Chemical Engineering students, led by Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Microelectronics Prof. Wen-Chau Liu and Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. Huey-Ing Chen, have w...

6 May 2010

CVD to Develop Equipment to manufacture Unique Solar Modules

Bloo Solar, a West Sacramento renewable solar energy company, announced today the selection of CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) to develop and manufacture the equipment for its unique 3rd generation three dimensional arch...

6 May 2010

Applied Materials SunFab Line Used to Produce First Photovoltaics Certified by UL

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, announced today that photovoltaic modules produced by an Applied Materials SunFab Thin Film Line are the first to qualify for UL's Maste...

From Applied Materials Inc 6 May 2010

OLEDs Used to Create Small Night Vision Device

A University of Florida engineering researcher has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device that uses organic light-emitting diode technology similar to that found in cell phone or laptop screens for night vision. But unlik...

6 May 2010

TenCate Advanced Composites Group Secures Long Term Supply Deal for Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The TenCate Advanced Composites Group in Morgan Hill, California (USA) has reached a long-term supply agreement with the Boeing Company. This five-year contract extension culminates a multi-year initial design and build ...

From Toray Advanced Composites 6 May 2010

Microporous Metal-Ceramic Membrane Filters for Hazardous Environments

A white paper from Porvair Filtration Group describes the development of a micro porous sintered metal-ceramic membrane filter capable of absolute filtration to 0.5 microns in noxious or hazardous environments at temperatures of 500 °C and beyond.

From Porvair Filtration Group 6 May 2010

Florock Make Perfect Decorative Concrete Floors Easier to Achieve

In order to better service customers’ needs, Florock® is now stocking plastic chip blends for its FloroChip decorative epoxy coating system. No more mixing and measuring on the job-site or having to pay for those expensive custom blends; Florock® customers can now rely on their friendly neighborhood polymer flooring company to provide everything they need to roll out the perfect decorative floor.

6 May 2010

Distribution Cable Sets World Record for Current Density

Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, and the firms Labein Tecnalia and Nexans, coordinated by the electrical company Endesa, have constructed a 30m cable and the terminals needed to connect it to the network using the high-temperature superconducting material BSCCO.

6 May 2010

Celanese Acquire product Lines from DuPont Performance Polymers

Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE), a leading, global chemical company, today announced that its Advanced Engineered Materials business has completed a transaction to acquire two product lines, DuPont Zenite liquid crystal p...

From Celanese Corporation 6 May 2010

Rio Tinto Restart Iron Ore Expansion in Canada

Rio Tinto has announced the re-commencement of its expansion programme in its Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) operations. The Board of IOC has approved new investment of US$401 million (Rio Tinto share US$235 million) t...

6 May 2010

Biomaterials that Mimic Muscles

Engineered artificial proteins that mimic the elastic properties of muscles in living organisms are the subject of an article in Nature magazine to be released May 6. “Our goal is to use these biomaterials in tissue engineering as a type of scaffold for muscle regeneration,” said co-author Dan Dudek, an assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics at Virginia Tech.

6 May 2010

Global PVD Industry Expected to be Worth Almost $15 Billion by 2014

According to a new technical market research report, PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD): GLOBAL MARKETS (MFG015D) from BCC Research, the value of the global PVD industry was nearly $9 billion in 2009, but is expected to increase to more than $14.8 billion in 2014, for a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7%.

6 May 2010

Cutting Edge Powder Research Facilities Choose the Freeman FT4 Rheometer

The recent installation of a FT4 universal powder tester from Freeman Technology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in the USA, reflects the increasing adoption of the system by those working at the cutting edge of powder research.

From Freeman Technology 6 May 2010