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May 13 2008 02:23 PM EDT
The latest news and information on materials, fastening/joining/assembly technologies, and materials processing technology for design engineers
The Seattle area is rapidly becoming an American and global center for carbon composites research and development.
3D Systems, the company that virtually created the rapid prototyping industry in the 1980s, announced a dramatic shift in business strategy today. more >>
Oct 01 2009 03:46 pm EDTThe next revolution in aircraft design could be the use of lightweight, heat-resistant membrane fuel cells that show potential to provide power for commercial aircraft. more >>
Sep 18 2009 01:45 pm EDTToday a six-member engineering team at Ford is looking for new applications for soybeans and other sustainable materials in an industry-leading effort to replace hydrocarbon-based materials. more >>
Sep 09 2009 08:44 am EDTSynthetic elastomers offer significant promise in addressing global green issues, ranging from water purification to PVC replacement. more >>
Sep 02 2009 11:23 am EDTInjection molding tops the list of new processing technologies engineers are exploring to reduce costs and improve product performance, and half of the respondents to a Design News research survey say they are exploring plastics-for-metal substitutions. more >>
Aug 17 2009 02:00 am EDTJoin Design News' Engineer of the Year finalist David Danitz as he discusses his use of plastics and metal injection molding in his new laparoscopic surgical tool.
What's the best way to prototype injection-molded plastic parts? The answer to that question will influence not only how quickly you can put parts into production but also how well they will actually perform in the finished product.
There are a growing number of realistic options for use of bioplastics for design engineering applications. The latest: starch blended with high-impact...
Materials/Fastening | Oct 26 2009 09:19 AM EDTWeight and assembly time are reduced with a patent-pending system of embedding a Farraday cage in a molded plastic radio...
Materials/Fastening | Oct 21 2009 04:04 PM EDTHigh-quality, thin-gauge films made from high-performance plastics are relatively new tools in the design engineering arsenal that can solve a wide variety of...
Materials/Fastening | Oct 16 2009 08:50 AM EDTZ Corp.'s ZScanner 600 is an affordable, handheld, portable device that eliminates post-processing time by capturing data in one continuous...
Materials/Fastening | Sep 15 2009 09:36 AM EDTSyntactic foams, whose hollow particles constitute half or more the volume of the composite, resulting in lower density, higher strength, resistance to compressive stress and a lower coefficient...
Materials/Fastening | Aug 20 2009 02:03 PM EDT
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