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Method for 3D-printing strong stainless steel revealed with particle accelerator

E&T

For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. At the Advanced Photon Source (APS), an 1,100m-long particle accelerator housed at Argonne National Lab, the authors smashed high-energy X-rays into steel samples during printing.

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Hydrogen, EVs may both be winners in new energy future

Plastics News

Many have eyed hydrogen's tantalizing potential as an abundant and pollution-free energy source for transportation and beyond. Jules Verne described a method in which "water will one day be employed as fuel," and wrote hydrogen and oxygen will "furnish an exhaustible source of heat and light" in his 1874 novel The Mysterious Island.

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Molder Emphasizes Circularity in Molding, Extrusion, Automation and AM

Mold Making Technology

Source | KraussMaffei KraussMaffei comes to NPE2024 with the motto “Make plastic green — with high quality and efficiency.” A further highlight is an aircraft window plug that is currently undergoing certification efforts for aircraft passenger-to-cargo conversion activities at NIAR. Being showcased is a U.S.-produced

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K. Soundhar Rajhan, Chief Strategy Officer,  Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, shares highlights and insights from his more than five-decade journey with the iconic company

Dinesh Mishra

Image 1: source: DMG Mori. In the aerospace sector, our Advanced Technology Center (ATC) produces high-quality systems, composites, modules, and components, utilizing some of LMW-manufactured machine tools. October, 2019 Link Q4. Subsequently, in 1974, he relocated to Chennai to establish and lead LMW’s operations in the region.

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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?

E&T

Birmingham was the first university to show that hydrogen is a viable fuel and energy source for rail applications in certain environments, and its Centre of Excellence in Rail Decarbonisation (CERD) developed the prototype HydroFLEX train, a hydrogen battery train with a pantograph, in partnership with rolling stock company Porterbrook.

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