HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Texas DOT moves to replace FIGG as bridge designer
Design work on the $800 million bridge had earlier been suspended after the National Transportation Safety Board cited FIGG’s role in a Florida bridge collapse that killed six people.
Work on billion-dollar bridge pauses to correct design flaw
Construction on the main pylons of the cable-stayed portion of the $962 million Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge replacement project will halt for several weeks.
Ink developed for 3D printed ovaries
Researchers have taken one step closer to creating a 3D printed ovary for humans.
Video: Gantry motion system for inspection, assembly and 3D printing
The compact XY/XYZ gantry motion system provides overhead motion for industrial automation applications in assembly, pick-and-place, alignment, inspection and custom 3D printer design.
Design for joining and assembly: Part 2
The second of Welding Digest's three-part series on design for joining and assembly, covering assembly system design and handling considerations.
Seals from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies meet the demands of hygienic applications
Seals designed for hygienic applications, such as those designed for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industry, face assorted challenges. In addition to having to comply with a number of industry- and country-specific legal regulations, these seals are oftentimes in direct contact with the products being manufactured.
10 books engineers should read in 2020
As the world welcomes a new decade, Engineering360 is welcoming a new book list.
“Expertise doesn’t recognize national boundaries”: A conversation with ISA’s Eric Cosman
A chemical engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the process industries, Cosman will be the ISA president throughout 2020, the society's anniversary year.
Design for joining and assembly: Part 1
The acronym DFM, design for manufacturing, is a relatively familiar one. DFx is a broader term encompassing varying design centered goals such as design for quality (DFQ), design for casting, design for forging or design for maintenance, among others.
Tech tips for welding magnesium — Part 1: Preheating and surface prep
To produce a sound weld, precautions must be taken to account for magnesium's low melting point, high thermal expansion coefficient and high oxidation potential.
Tech tips for welding magnesium — Part 2: Shielding and filler requirements
Part 2 of Welding Digest's two-part series on magnesium welding.
Welding Digest’s reader picks for 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, Welding Digest is highlighting its most popular topics for the year.
The biggest management trends of the 2010s: Remote teams, diversity and more
Virtual teams are becoming the norm, and design work is seeing the light.
A look back on the decade’s biggest engineering management trends
As the decade closes, take a look back to identify its biggest emerging engineering management trends — from degrees and data to responsibility and remote teams.
Custom HVAC systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
Our custom HVAC systems meet customer needs in temperature control, humidity regulation and filtration.
Undetected hydrogen gas is suspected in fatal plant explosion
A few minutes before the fatal explosion, workers told the CSB that the operator making EM 652 began yelling, apparently concerned by a problem developing in the chemical process.
2019 was a record year for supertall buildings
The tallest building to complete in 2019 was the Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, at 530 m. It is now tied for the third-tallest building in China.
Testing electron beam welding in nuclear applications
The application of electron beam welding technology to the joining of components in civil nuclear assemblies is being explored by a U.K.-based consortium led by Sheffield Forgemaster.
Cool Idea Award: Healthcare grant from Protolabs spurs a pair of creative feeding tube inventions
The MedStar Health device improves NICU feeding while the Cleveland Clinic Innovations' feeding tube enhances quality of life for patients.
MOFs effectively capture carbon from wet flue gas
A data mining approach was used to identify MOF materials and structures that maintain CO2 selectivity in the presence of water.