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TRUMPF Improves E-car Batteries with Laser-Driven X-ray Sources

Fabricating & Metal Work

In the future, manufacturers of electric car batteries could further improve the durability and performance of electric car batteries with compact X-ray sources. The XProLas development partnership has now started to develop these laser-driven X-ray sources under the leadership of TRUMPF. Therefore, they are ideal for use in industry.

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Technology and Sourcing Guide 2023: Additive Manufacturing

Mold Making Technology

Every year, the Technology Review and Sourcing Guide includes a portion of that database listed in sourcing grids tailored to match suppliers with their respective product/service offerings along with a sample of product releases that the magazine has featured — in print and/or online — since the last July issue.

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New source of lunar water discovered by China’s Chang’e-5 Moon lander

E&T

Solar winds originating from the Sun are capable of changing the chemical composition of the Moon’s surface by causing it to eject oxygen which then combines with hydrogen ions in the same solar winds to create water. The ‘hydration profiles’ compiled by the team showed that much of the water was derived from the solar wind.

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US Potential for Carbon Materials Expands with Development of Domestic Sources

NCMS

Carbon fiber is used to produce composite materials, which are highly suitable for an increasing number of military and commercial aerospace, ground vehicle, and structural applications, as well as many other end uses such as high-end sporting goods. Properties such as a high […].

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Syensqo Expands Bio-based Epoxy Prepreg Portfolio

Plastics Today

MTM 49-3 resin contains 30% bio-sourced monomers composite material and responds to sustainability goals in automotive.

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DoE offering $30 million for new materials and manufacturing to lower cost of large wind turbines

Robotics Automation News

The US Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently.

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Paper-thin solar cell can turn surfaces into power source

Control Engineering

MIT engineers have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source. They found an ideal material — a composite fabric that weighs only 13 grams per square meter, commercially known as Dyneema.