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NASA selects four small businesses for its Artemis moon mission
The businesses will help to establish a sustainable presence on the moon.
The versatility of laser cutting: From large-scale manufacturing to small shops
For manufacturing shops and fabricators, investing in a laser machine is one way to diversify into new processes, clients or markets. A well-designed laser machine can cut, mark and engrave materials, and can help create products ranging from custom engraved gifts in a makerspace to rapid prototypes and sheets of burr-free cut metal parts.
Laser engraving cooking utensils
Lasers can be used to engrave all kinds of items, from coffee cups to leather belts to awards. One often overlooked use of laser engraving is personalizing cooking utensils.
New, combined-cycle power plant gives chemical manufacturer Evonik a future-viable power supply
Once completed, it will be able to generate electricity with an overall efficiency of more than 93% and a capacity up to 270 MW. It will provide efficient, uninterrupted power to a key chemical processing site.
Video: Chemical Safety Board issues weather warnings for chemical manufacturers
This video is particularly timely, as the U.S. prepares to enter hurricane season in a few weeks.
Watch: A longer life for legacy robots
Old robots do not have to die and fade away: they can be refurbished to extend and expand service life in a bid to improve the environmental sustainability of robotics technology.
Clippard debuts new high pressure control system
Electronic valve manufacturer Clippard announces its Cordis HP500 high pressure controls featuring Clippard's EV line of electronic valves to allow for steady, repeatable downstream pressure under static conditions. The result is precise, linear pressure control within a closed-loop system.
Bringing self-driving car technology to space satellites
AImotive and C3S are collaborating on a new platform for space observation, docking support, asteroid mining and more.
Team develops fractal cubes that disperse shockwaves
Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed 3D-printed plastic cubes with built in fractal voids that can disperse shockwaves.
Team develops 'catch and kill' air filter
Recognizing that the virus cannot survive temperatures above 70° C, the researchers heated porous nickel foam commonly used in air filters to 200° C.
Novel machine learning produces 50 times higher-resolution climate data...fast!
Researchers at NREL have developed a faster, more accurate way to enhance climate data by incorporating adversarial training into machine learning.
Researchers give biofuel production effluents a jolt
An electrochemical oxidation process demonstrated to efficiently remediate these effluents may also be applicable in the pharmaceutical and pulp and paper industries.
Valve manufacturer offers two valves in one
Industrial control valve manufacturer Regeltechnik Kornwestheim (RTK) has introduced the RTK Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve.
3 ways manufacturers can benefit from diversifying strategy
Fabricators and manufacturers adopting an attitude of diversification form can provide significant benefits if done correctly. Below are three ways fabricators can diversify their companies.
UL plans new wire and cable training in the virtual classroom
Three virtual classroom training workshops are aimed at delivering firsthand industry and technical training to customers and stakeholders worldwide.
Product adaptability is key to weathering the economic storm
Savage circumvents fluctuations in market-specific demand through continuous design and product flexibility.
New valve tech company begins operations in China
Neles’ new valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, has started its operations.
Watch the 3D printing of sensors onto a moving lung
The 3D-printing system uses motion capture technology, similar to that associated with moviemaking, to print functional devices on and inside the human body.
Fleet of robotic birds developed by German company
A team from a Germany-based robotics firm has developed a fleet of robotic birds.
Researchers develop specimen-taking robot
In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, a team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has built a robot capable of collecting specimens from patients in healthcare settings.