Manufacturing

Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Tomonori Saito shows a 3D-printed sandcastle at the DOE Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL. Previous Next   Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by industries for prototyping and part production. The printable polymer enables sand structures with intricate geometries and exceptional strength – and is also water soluble. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates a 3D-printed sand...

Automatic Feed Announces Flexible EDGE Stacker for Surface and Edge Critical Blanks Automatic Feed, a leading designer and manufacturing of coil processing systems and pressroom automation, has developed a new flexible stacking system for handling surface sensitive steel or surface sensitive aluminum blanks that can accommodate various gripping devices and numerous available operating modes. Automatic Feed’s new EDGE Stacker is a versatile solution for handling, stacking and protecting surface and edge critical blanks. NAPOLEON, Ohio (PRWEB) November 23, 2021 Automatic Feed Company (AFCO) has announced its versatile new EDGE Stacker, designed to transport blanks via an overhead conveyor system and...

New Rohde & Schwarz radome tester delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective production line measurements The new R&S QAR50 from Rohde & Schwarz is the ideal solution for measuring radomes and bumpers in production. The tester's innovative design ensures short measurement times and accurate, reproducible results with a very attractive price/performance ratio. A highly modular software concept allows the R&S QAR50 to be adapted to individual requirements. Advanced driver assistance functions require automotive radar sensors. For design reasons, these are usually installed behind bumpers or emblems. As experience with the R&S QAR has shown, radome quality is strongly dependent on the...

Rohde & Schwarz presents compact CATR based multireflector setup for RRM testing of 5G NR mmWave devices  With the R&S ATS1800M, Rohde & Schwarz introduces an extension to the well-established R&S ATS1800C, a compact antenna test range (CATR) based 5G NR mmWave test chamber for over-the-air (OTA) testing. By adding two side chambers, the existing test chamber turns into the only single-system solution that enables full 3GPP-specified conformance testing of a 5G NR mmWave device for radio resource management (RRM), including multiple angles of arrival (AoA).  The R&S ATS1800M 5G NR mmWave test chamber features four CATR reflectors. The R&S ATS1800C...

Sundyne’s HMD Kontro Launches Complete Fluid Containment Solution for Hydrofluoric Acid Process Unit HMD Kontro’s latest Magnetic Drive Sealless Pump Solution Offers Safe Transfer of Hydrofluoric Acid During the Alkylation Process   HMD Kontro HF Pumps are specifically designed for the HF alkylation process HF acid attacks cast components in a manner that reduces pump life and creates product leakage. HMD Kontro HF Pumps provide unique corrosion resistance and monitoring capabilities that result in less down time for the plant and a higher level of safety for people and the environment. EASTBOURNE, UK (PRWEB) November 04, 2021 Specialist in magnetic...