Tongtai’s brand new iVU-5 is a rotary-type, ultrasonic-assisted machine that operates as a dual-function vertical machining center for machining advanced hard materials. The iVU-5 combines technology that can be used for microhole drilling and machining of glass, sapphire, silicon carbide, quartz, ceramic, hardened steel, high nickel alloys, and non-ferrous materials, according Read More
DOE Awards 13 HPC Projects for Advanced Manufacturing
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) announced Tuesday $3.8 million for 13 projects to use high-performance computing resources at the Department’s national laboratories to improve manufacturing. The collaborations in the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program will help manufacturers to address key problems in US Read More
A Crazy, Mixed-Up Method of Welding
Friction welding may be just the recipe for joining lightweight materials The use of lightweight materials is predicted to grow significantly within the automotive sector, from 29% of vehicle content in 2010 to 67% of vehicle content by 2030 according to the McKinsey & Company, “Lightweight, heavy impact” study. The majority of material content will come from Advanced High Read More
Design Tool Transforms Flat Materials into 3D
A new computational design tool can turn a flat sheet of plastic or metal into a complex 3D shape, such as a mask, a sculpture or even a high-heel shoe. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL; Lausanne, Switzerland) say the tool enables designers to fully and creatively exploit an unusual quality of Read More
Searching for the Perfect Lightweighting Recipe
Automakers, suppliers committed to lightweighting, methods vary by vehicle Lightweighting is so established it’s now part of marketing for new vehicles. Automakers routinely detail how much less models weigh than their predecessors. General Motors Co., for example, has said a range of its vehicles is anywhere from almost 250 lb (112.5 kg) to 700 lb (315 kg) lighter. Included Read More
Hexagon AB Acquires Apodius GmbH
Stockholm, Sweden - August 31, 2016 - Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of Apodius GmbH, a start-up specializing in measurement solutions for fiber composite components. Based in Germany, Apodius was founded in 2012 and Read More