These materials are being adopted to make technology lightweight, durable, flexible, and easier to manufacture by implementing advances like 3D printing.
This eBook will help design and plant engineers to better understand cable basics, differences between types of cables, how to select the proper cables, and how to ensure the best cable design for industrial applications.
We've rounded up some of the latest products, from surface-mount terminal blocks to an auto-darkening welding helmet, to help optimize your applications, devices, and systems.
Ford Motor Co. has been working for two years with several companies, including the H.J. Heinz Co., on developing a 100% plant-based plastic that could be used to make automotive parts and fabrics and replace petroleum-based materials.
Now the t...
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2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
April 21-25, 2014
San Francisco, California
2014 world congress on powder metallurgy & Particulate Materials
MAY 18-22, 2014
oRLANDO, FLOR...
Put a special kind of plastic called an electro active polymer (EAP) between two electrodes and you can apply an electric field to change the plastic's shape. This idea has been used for many years to make up sensors that react to stretching or...
Dole Food Company Inc., West Lake Village, Calif., has introduced a new option for consumers at shopping markets. Bags. These seemingly magical poly bags are said to keep bananas fresh up to 6 days longer. Roberto Rodriguez of Amarillo Globe...
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Germany recently developed an extremely resilient polyurethane-based sandwich material. It is intended to replace steel or aluminum in train or car components, while being more...
