Material Handling and Packaging

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Self-powered Ionizing Gun for the Cleanroom Released

    NRD is showcasing one of its new products, the Staticmaster P-2021-5502 and P-2021-5602 Cleanroom Ionizing Gun.

  • New Three-Layered Nanostructure Material Developed for Renewable Fuel Production

    KAUST researchers have developed a new method to make triple-layered, hollow nanostructures for hybrid materials which have been particularly difficult to develop.

  • Maersk and IBM Introduce TradeLens Blockchain Shipping Solution

    Using blockchain smart contracts, TradeLens enables digital collaboration across the multiple parties involved in international trade.

  • New 3D Printer Allows for Bigger Desktop 3D Printing at Manufacturing Centers

    The new EVO 22 is outfitted with a cartridge-style planetary extruder assembly and a three-bolt-reinforced QuickChange hot end for faster extrusion of materials.

  • 3D-printed Guide Could Empower Spinal Cord Injury Patients to Regain Partial Function of Their Bodies

    Researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printed guide device that could change the lives of patients with spinal cord injuries.

  • Watch: 3D Printers Create a Less Expensive, More Refined MFP Production Process

    NYU professors have teamed up and found that 3D printing can create cheap, functional and integrated microfluidic probes (MFP).

  • U.S. Army Backs Development of a Custom 1,000-Ton Hydraulic Press

    Beckwood Press Company has been awarded a contract by the United States Army — Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC) — to produce a custom 1,000-ton hydraulic press.

  • Manufacturing Laser Improved with Higher Cutting Speed and Power

    LaserCoil Technologies LLC has increased the cutting speed and power of it laser blanking systems.

  • Abrasive Waterjet Cutting Machine to be Demonstrated at IMTS 2018

    ProtoMax is a compact, self-installed cutting system for prototyping and low-volume cutting of almost any material around 1 in. thick.

  • New CNC Machine Tool to be Presented for the First Time at IMTS 2018

    Tsugami LaserSwiss announced today that it will introduce an all-new LaserSwiss CNC machine tool for the first time at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at McCormick Place in Chicago, September 10 through September 15.

  • Heating Method Turns Fatbergs into Energy

    UBC researchers have developed a method to turn pesky and harmful fatbergs into energy using heat and hydrogen peroxide.

  • What Are Aluminum Discs and How Are They Made?

    Aluminum discs or circles in various sizes and thicknesses are commonly used to manufacture products, as well as for more creative uses.

  • Watch: Restraining Order on 3D Printed Guns, Technology to Quit Smoking, Drone Specialized Landing Pad

    This week's edition of the Engineering360 news brief.

  • Novel Packaging Gives Food Waste the SLIPS

    A method for wicking chemically compatible vegetable oils into the surfaces of common extruded plastics results in super slippery industrial packaging.

  • Nord Expands Helical Worm Product Line

    Use of high-strength aluminum alloy delivers reliable performance in cost-effective and lightweight design.

  • New Magnetic Separation Pulley Takes Away Need to Recover Hardened Material by Hand

    Industrial Magnetics Inc. now stocks a magnetic separation pulley and conveyor system for automated separation of weakly-magnetic stainless steel from a waste stream.

  • Hotter than Lava Flow – This Printing Ink Can Withstand 1000° C

    Leibinger is introducing new pigment inks for industrial component marking with CIJ printers.

  • 5 Tips for Maintaining Efficient Parts Production

    Shortcuts and quick fixes may seem like the fastest way to produce a part, but they typically end up costing everyone more time. Here are some tips for more efficient part production.

  • Chitin, Cellulose Form Basis of New Food Packaging Material

    Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology developed a material derived from crab shells and tree fibers that has the potential to replace the flexible plastic packaging used to keep food fresh.

  • Working Together, These Robots Solved a Problem

    Researchers based their work on swarm robotics, drawing on the collective and organized behavior of social animals to create groups of robots that exhibit artificial intelligence.

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