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Done-on-One Machines from Okuma
The machines are capable of milling, turning, grinding, 3D-metal printing, and heat treating for a range of workpiece sizes and shapes.
Automation Solution for Fast Bending-Tool Changing
The key elements are a sensor system and integrated robotics technology that create a versatile bending system that sets itself up.
Mill Software Package Aims at Flexibility and Speed
To streamline and simplify workflow the software supports region chaining preview, which allows users to see their machining, air, and containment regions.
Old Technology Yields Advanced Functional Material
Researchers have woven a material that mimics periosteum, a tissue that envelops most bones in the human body, paving the way for designing smart materials based on the tissue’s composition.
Calibration Process May Improve CNC Accuracy
An improved calibration process for machining and milling tools may help reduce flaws in the large parts manufactured for the aircraft and heavy equipment industries.
Smart Damper Boring Bar for Lathe Ops
New damping mechanism suppresses vibration in lathe operations.
NASA: Jet Propulsion by Hummingbird
A new engine design allows for distributed propulsion as well as subsonic to high supersonic flight with the same flowpath.
Inventor Dyson Launches Institute to Bridge Engineering Gap
Best known for a vacuum cleaner, Dyson said he’ll invest more than $12 million over five years in a technology institute to help meet growing demand for engineers.
REMADE Program to Boost U.S. Manufacturing
Energy efficiency gains and sector improvements are sought through reuse/recycling cost reductions.
Efficient Gas Dehydration Technology
The process reduces size, weight, and cost of natural gas dehydration for land-based and offshore operations.
Tight Tolerances Achieved on Massive Parts
Where parts cut on other equipment often require further processing to reach final tolerance, waterjetting may enable shops to achieve that tolerance in a single operation.
Liquid Crystal Panel Achieves Million-to-One Contrast Ratio
Conventional liquid crystal panels can suffer black floating in dark parts when the backlight intensity is increased, as well as a loss in sparkle in bright parts when the backlight intensity is lowered.
Getting the Jump on Industrial Failures
The team’s statistics-based approach involves construction of a memory chart of multiple monitoring parameters using a technique known as principle component analysis.
Oil Recycled from Tires Yields a Cleaner Diesel Blend
When the oil was blended with diesel, it was found to produce a fuel with lower emissions and no loss of engine performance.
Robots Break Free from the Factory--Part 1
A Q&A with the legendary Red Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University.
Jaguar Land Rover Grows Its Own Engineers
Since the program started in 2012, 42 program participants have secured apprenticeships at JLR.
University Offers Certificate in Forensic Engineering
The certificate in forensic engineering will cover principles of investigation involving product failure, automobile and aircraft accident reconstruction, and fire and explosion.
Can Negative Reports Help Balance Publication "Bias"?
Scientists may be able to prevent the canonization of incorrect research results by publishing more reports of negative or inconclusive research.
What to Look For in a Thermal Design Solution
Computational fluid dynamics enable engineers to model thermal responses including all the modes of heat transfer, namely conduction, convection and radiation. The results can be used to judge component and environment design viability.
Research Finds Students Often Abandon Creativity
The newer the idea, the less likely a student would be to pursue the idea, says a Penn State researcher.