Control Engineering

AUGUST 13, 2022

Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing, has emerged as a powerful approach of material development and is being used in manufacturing applications. 3D printing can help create complex and customized parts and high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have a lot of potential for the future in biomedical and aerospace applications.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

ECI Software Solutions Launches ITAR Solution for Manufacturers. M1 ITAR is a cloud-based platform from ECI Software Solutions (Fort Worth, TX) for manufacturers who serve the U.S. government’s aerospace and defense needs to assist in maintaining compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

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Control Engineering

MARCH 2, 2023

Made from a liquid-metal elastomer composite, the material’s key feature is its skin-like soft properties. “It It is ultrasoft and ultra-stretchable, so when the device is worn on the human body, it will be mechanically imperceptible to the user,” Yan said.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“In our earlier work, we demonstrated that our soft robot was able to twist and turn its way through a very simple obstacle course,” said Jie Yin, co-corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“It’s not practical yet, but we want to take the underlying mechanism and make it scalable and something attractive to the semiconductor industry,” said Maschmann, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Aligning patterns between processing steps makes the manufacturing process especially complex.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 28, 2023

Adams Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State. “A caterpillar’s movement is controlled by local curvature of its body – its body curves differently when it pulls itself forward than it does when it pushes itself backward,” said Yong Zhu, corresponding author of a paper on the work and the Andrew A.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 14, 2023

Adams Distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. “And measuring strain is useful in many applications, such as devices that measure blood pressure and technologies that track physical movement,” said Yong Zhu, corresponding author of a paper on the work and the Andrew A. But to date there’s been a trade-off.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

That’s why Hangbo Zhao , who holds dual appointments as assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Alfred E. If a robot is navigating the ocean, operating up in space, or enclosed within the human body, a set-up of multiple cameras isn’t always practical.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 22, 2022

“But by engineering the shape of the loop, so one side of the loop is permanently twisted, the structure is asymmetrical,” said Jie Yin, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. Ringbot towing a payload across a flat surface.

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Control Engineering

JULY 28, 2022

“Being able to just push a button and have the robot execute an entire process with limited preparation and no real fixturing or jigging is a huge enabler for integrators, manufacturing engineers, and production people.”. – This originally appeared on the Association for Advancing Automation’s (A3) website.

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Control Engineering

MAY 4, 2023

Cindy Kutchko, additive manufacturing director for PPG, said they use digital twins and modeling to help improve the precision and quality of its products. This is especially important because many of PPG clients are in the aerospace industry, which requires absolute precision. Even a tiny mistake can lead to serious injury or death.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 30, 2023

Aircraft sensor insights The global market for aircraft sensors is expected to double over the next decade thanks to increase usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the North American market is expected to lead the way. The temperature sensor market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 4.5%. billion.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Yu Gu and Jason Gross, associate professors in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , have received $367,000 from the National Science Foundation to study ways of reducing falling risk in retail environments.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 18, 2023

“It is difficult to develop a single, soft gripper that is capable of handling ultrasoft, ultrathin, and heavy objects, due to tradeoffs between strength, precision and gentleness,” said Jie Yin, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 12, 2023

The company also is working with medical devices and agricultural equipment, had outreach from electronics manufacturing, and expects to be working soon with the aerospace industry. The automaker said they are constantly finding new use cases for the technology such as ergonomics analysis to prevent injuries.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

ECI’s JobBOSS² is an award-winning, cloud-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for the job shop and make-to-order segment of the manufacturing market. The JobBOSS² ITAR solution is designed for users that assist manufacturers serving the U.S. government’s aerospace and defense needs with maintaining their compliance.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The innovative LC 3 fiber laser cutter opens up a broad spectrum of cutting applications for industries ranging from construction and agriculture machinery to mechanical and electrical engineering, shipbuilding, automotive and aerospace. An established sales and service network with local parts sourcing ensures customer satisfaction.

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