HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Boeing Spacecraft to Include 3D Printed Parts
Starliner space taxis under development by Boeing Co. will include about 600 3-D printed plastic parts.
Ultrasonic Energy Bolsters Solid-State Weld Process
NASA’s Ultrasonic Stir Welding technology improves current thermal stir welding processes by adding high-power ultrasonic energy at 20 kHz frequency.
Room-Temperature Ceramic Coating
In the process, submicron particles suspended in a gas, are accelerated by a nozzle and layered onto the surface.
Mitsubishi Unit to Build Factory for VI/VCB Production
The company says it will use its “e-F@ctory” concept to realize what it calls "innovative IoT-based efficient production."
Deep Fuel Desulfurization with Potassium Salt
Traces of sulfur remaining in petroleum fuels after hydrodesulfurization can be virtually eliminated by a potassium salt-based treatment.
Cost-Efficient Wind Blade Fab with Composites
A prototype 9-m wind turbine blade features impact-resistant components and continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic parts.
Keeping Compressed Air Products as Quiet and Energy-Efficient as Possible
Nex Flow manufactures a plethora of compressed air-operated products just like this with applications you may not have thought about.
Doubling the Performance of a Bending Machine
Trumpf says it has a way of doubling the performance of its TruBend 8000 machines for bending large-format components.
Boeing Plans First European Parts Factory
The move advances Boeing’s plans to increase in-house manufacturing in order to boost production efficiency, enhance quality control and reduce supply-chain costs.
Chuck Hull Receives Award for 3-D Printing
The Washington Award is conferred upon an engineer whose professional attainments have preeminently advanced the welfare of human kind.
National Engineers Week Marked with Programs, Online Events
Celebrate the profession during the 65th annual National Engineers Week.
3D Printing Technique Adds Polymers to Printed Objects
The technique, called “living polymerization,” yields materials whose growth can be halted and then restarted.
Sounding the Trumpet for CNC Machine Tools
A world-class trumpet maker now relies on CNC machine tools for precision and speedy production.
Fiber Lasers Are Replacing CO2 Machines
Fabrication specialist Hydram Engineering commissioned a manufacturing cell containing two of Bystronic’s flat-bed, fiber laser cutting machines fed with sheet from a six-tower storage and retrieval system.
New Additions to Anti-Vibration Technology Lineup
Big Kaiser has made three additions to its Smart Damper family of anti-vibration technology.
Daimler to Build Passenger Cars in Russia
Daimler says it plans to invest more than $260 million on the facility. The first cars are due to leave the assembly line in 2019.
Engineering Technology Awareness Is Low, Report Says
One-third of employers said they didn’t know the difference between work performed by traditional engineers and work performed by engineering technologists.
Students Harvest Success by Taking on a City’s Food Desert
Engineering students from Rutgers University in New Jersey are part of an effort to end a food desert in one corner of the Garden State.
Graphene Foam Gets Big and Tough
A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and bounce back to its original height.
Improving Wireless Systems for the Factory Floor
An ongoing study by a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to address the issues around using wireless communications on the factory floor.