Materials/Fastening Trend Watch 2007 - 2008 Editor's Letter There’s a war underway in engineering materials. The winners will be the lightest, strongest and the best able to perform under harsh conditions, ranging from fire to extremes of heat. The big new factor pushing performance requirements is environmental. Full Story
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Southco Develops Position-Control Hinges New technologies allow a creative approach to fastening and joining, one of the most important areas in product design. One hot area is precision fastening for LCD screens. Full Story New Materials and a Plethora of Processes In just about every aspect of materials processing, excitement for new applications of the technology and industry growth starts with new materials. And it does not matter if the end application is mature or emerging. Full Story Advanced Materials Solve Problems When design engineers face a specific challenge, they often turn to advanced materials, either plastics or metals. Full Story 3D Printing and Rapid Manufacturing in the Spotlight at Rapid 2007 Rapid 2007 began with an emphasis on the huge growth of low-cost 3D printers and the commercial potential of rapid manufacturing. Full Story Organizations Go Green The restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS), concerns for global warming and meeting the Kyoto Protocol are some of the factors that have challenged the materials sector. Several industry organizations are working to ensure success of their members. Full Story Read More in the Materials/Fastening, Joining and Assembly Trend Watch Table of Contents
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New 'Green' Plastics Start to Sprout Machine vision, laser-cutting and precision control challenged INVOTEC engineers on an automation project for a medical customer. Full Story From Bolts to Volts Nuts and bolts have been integral parts of many products for so long the phrase has even been ingrained into the English language. Yet, these often-overlooked commodities continue to evolve to give engineers something that meets the needs of seemingly any design they can come up with. Latches are making even greater strides, employing electronics to improve security. Full Story Use MIM to Produce Small Complex Shapes Using a range of low alloy steels, stainless steels, tool steels, magnetic alloys and tungsten alloys, the Metal Injection Molding (MIM) process produces complex three dimensional shapes. Full Story Rapid Prototypes Expand into Offices, End Parts Now a mature industry, rapid prototyping is diverging to two distinct applications: lower-priced 3-D printers and those that manufacture customized parts. The push to trim equipment prices is creating new roles for these complex systems. Full Story Read More in the Materials/Fastening, Joining and Assembly Trend Watch Table of Contents
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Accumold – Micro-Mold® Manufacturing
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