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Good Design Award of the Year — AdvanCell

AU Manufacturing

Two other astounding features include the fact that this product replaces a machine the size of a small bedroom and it negates the requirement to source radioactive elements from Russia, thus securing supply of this precious resource,”. Existing sources are enough to treat perhaps 2,000 patients a year. AdvanCell ²¹²Pb Generator.

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Renishaw Announces Passing of Co-Founder, Sir David McMurtry

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Renishaw Renishaw has announced the passing of Sir David McMurtry, the company’s co-founder and non-executive director. He had invented the probe the previous year to solve measurement problems faced in the manufacture of the Olympus engines that powered the Concorde supersonic aircraft.

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What Year Did a Robot Hand First Debut at IMTS?

Modern Machine Shop

Source: AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology IMTS 1980-1988: Attendance skyrocketed and broke records. IMTS 2010: The ETC featured MTConnect and its iPhone app, as well as advances in additive manufacturing, cloud computing, advanced manufacturing, virtual reality and micro- and nano-manufacturing.