Energy & Green Tech
Transforming base materials into gold was one of the elusive goals of the alchemists of yore. Now Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich has accomplished something ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing metal that could help reduce costs and make more efficient use of resources.
Oct 30, 2023
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Engineering
It's not hard to understand why some of the world's largest corporations have made huge investments in metal 3-D printing recently. Manufacturing metal parts at scale currently requires companies to navigate complex global ...
Oct 5, 2018
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Engineering
For years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineers and scientists have used an array of sensors and imaging techniques to analyze the physics and processes behind metal 3-D printing in an ongoing effort to build ...
Sep 14, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
An increasing number of electric cars are being sold, consequently raising the quantity of produced electric motors. At the end of their useful life, these electric motors are shredded and then recycled. The individual components ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have improved flaw detection to increase confidence in metal parts that are 3D-printed using laser powder bed fusion.
Oct 26, 2023
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Robotics
A lizard-like soft robot that can creep into walls, ductwork, and pipes to perform inspections and three-dimensional mapping tasks that could be dangerous or impossible for humans has been developed by WPI researchers partnered ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Engineering
In additive manufacturing (AM), metal parts are commonly 3D-printed using a fabrication technique called "laser powder bed fusion" (LPBF). LPBF involves repeated rapid metal powder melting and solidification using a laser ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Engineering
A new deep-learning framework developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is speeding up the process of inspecting additively manufactured metal parts using X-ray computed tomography, or CT, while ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Engineering
A research group has created an analysis method to predict wear and seizure locations in the sliding parts of engine piston pins. The breakthrough will help limit wear and tear on transportation and industrial machinery components ...
Oct 5, 2022
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