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Fewer Malfunctions and Lower Costs Thanks to Smarter Maintenance Model
Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a mathematical model for improving the maintenance schedule for trains, rails, aircraft, self-driving cars, robots and nuclear power plants.
New Ultrafast Flexible and Transparent Memory Devices Could Herald a New Era of Electronics
A new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics.
Model Solution Establishes New Technique for Molding Flexible PCBs
A wearable device developer benefitted from new production tools and an innovative method to hold flexible PCBs in place while molding around them.
SKF Corrosion-Resistant Spherical Roller Bearings
SKF is manufacturing the first-ever corrosion-resistant steel spherical bearings, available in nine standard sizes.
E-Gloves to Protect Workers from Dangerous Vibration Levels
Gloves embedded with tiny sensors are being developed by Nottingham Trent University to help protect construction workers from exposure to vibration.
Legos Inspire Next Generation Materials
Researchers from Tianjin University of Technology and Harvard University have used the idea of assembling building-blocks to make the promise of next-generation materials a practical reality.
Reusable Carbon Nanotubes Could be the Water Filter of the Future
A new class of carbon nanotubes could be the next-generation clean-up crew for toxic sludge and contaminated water, say researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Proto Labs Adds PolyJet Technology to Its 3-D Printing Service
PolyJet technology is now offered along with stereolithography, selective laser sintering and direct metal laser sintering.
What Do Industrial Engineers Do?
IEs are responsible for optimizing complex systems and eliminating waste from those systems. As a result, they play an important role in streamlining the use of time, materials, machinery and employees to generate the most value for their companies.
GE to Deploy Predictive Maintenance Analytics on Noble Rigs
By using Predix-based data analytics, GE and Noble hope to achieve a 20% reduction in operating costs across the rigs.
ABM Drives: Custom, Continuous-Duty Motors and Drives
Comprehensive standard continuous-duty motors and drive product platform and flexible modular systems allow for cost-effective, low-volume production runs.
Molecular "Treasure Maps" to Help Discover New Materials
Scientists at the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the University of Liverpool, have developed a new method that has the potential to revolutionize the way we search for, design and produce new materials.
Flexible Electronic Devices with Roll-to-Roll Overmolding Technology
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has, for the first time, performed all manufacturing stages for a flexible in-molded LED foil with a roll-to-roll process.
New Type of Sensor Material Developed
Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in developing a nickel complex that changes color and magnetism when exposed to methanol vapor.
Global Anticorrosion Cut-Off Valves: Markets and Forecasts
Current market trends and forecasts through 2021 are analyzed for the anticorrosion cut-off valve sector.
A Big Leap Toward Tinier Lines
For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make the patterns of wires and components in their microchips ever smaller, in order to fit more of them onto a single chip and thus continue the relentless progress toward faster and more powerful computers.
Surprising Twist in Confined Liquid Crystals: A Simple Route to Developing New Sensors
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found a material used for decades to color food items ranging from corn chips to ice creams could potentially have uses far beyond food dyes.
Researchers Create Artificial Materials, Atom-by-Atom
Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties.
Corona Detection Goes 21st Century High Tech
High Definition and Layered Views Contribute to a New Zenith in Hand Held Corona Detection
Steering Valve Cuts Off-Highway Equipment Cab Noise
The valve allows machine designers to tailor equipment steering performance to operator’s driving habits or operating conditions.