3D printing or additive manufacturing may be generally known as a “shaping technology,” but as scientists at the City University of Hong Kong proved, it can be much more than that. The team of Chinese engineers successfully developed a novel titanium alloy by using a 3D printer to design the microstructures of the material, ending […]
Read MoreEngineers at Sandia National Laboratories have carried out a series of tests on specially designed stainless-steel containers used by the U.S. Department of Energy for storing and transporting hazardous materials, and the results of the tests are confusingly inconclusive. The goal was to test what happens in the case of a fire and to see […]
Read MoreThermoacoustic combustion oscillations (TCO) are the peril of internal combustion engines, but detecting the phenomenon in time and taking targeted action to stop and reverse it has remained a complicated case. A team of engineers from the Tokyo University of Science and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have developed a promising tool that detects […]
Read MoreElaine Thomas, a former metallurgist, and director at a foundry that provides steel to the U.S. Navy, has pleaded guilty in a Washington court, admitting to having falsified material strength test results numerous times in the past. This unethical practice has affected over 240 “cast high-yield” steel batches bought by the U.S. Navy for the […]
Read MoreResearchers at the North Carolina State University have developed a novel composite metal foam (CMF) which they claim is going to be a market-disrupting force. The material consists of metallic bubbles filled with air and then embedded within a metal matrix that can be made out of steel, aluminum, or any alloy. The benefit of […]
Read MoreRadiant, a California-based company has gathered funding for the development of a compact, low-cost portable nuclear microreactor. The one-megawatt nuclear micro-reactor has been designed for the areas where other power generation methods don’t work. This clean energy alternative to fossil fuels is compact enough to fit in a shipping container. It can power around 1000 homes. […]
Read MoreA team of material engineers in the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in Washington, have developed a novel manufacturing method for aluminum 7075, an alloy that is highly valued in the industry but one that is notoriously hard to extrude and very costly to make. The high cost derives from the inadequacy of conventional extrusion methods, […]
Read MoreThe EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel factory, a 150-year-old steel mill, is going to become the first in the world to get the energy it needs for production operations almost exclusively through solar power. The project was supported by Lightsource (EVRAZ sub-brand) and BP who commissioned a 300-megawatt solar farm on the EVRAZ property, using no […]
Read MoreNippon Steel, the Japanese steel-producing giant is suing Toyota, another colossus from Japan, seeking a court injunction that will stop the production of electric cars that infringe their patent. The patent that Nippon puts forth concerns a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that is used in electric vehicle motors. This key technology concerns the adjustment of […]
Read MoreRust is a sign of reaction taking place on the surface of metals, and usually, it is invasive and corrosive, so engineers intervene to stop it from eating and etching the metal. That is except for the protective film that is formed on some types of steel, used predominately in construction. But what happens with […]
Read MoreResearchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a novel process to produce extreme heat-resistant carbon-carbon composites. Carbon-carbon composites, or reinforced carbon-carbon, are basically carbon fibers based on carbon precursors and carbon nano-tubes embedded in a carbon matrix. Every engineer loves it for its extraordinary mechanical properties such as the extremely high strength combined with […]
Read MoreRolls-Royce has proudly announced that its all-electric airplane, named the ‘Spirit of Innovation’, has completed its maiden voyage with success, proving its worthiness. The plane flew for approximately 15 minutes, taking off from and landing at the Boscombe Down site in the UK. This first flight is an amazing achievement that has been planned for […]
Read MoreChina’s steelmakers are shutting down their mills due to power rationing that was introduced by the government as a measure to mitigate power-cut problems. The Asian superpower has been having trouble balancing electric power supply and demand lately, and some provinces have experienced highly disruptive outages. This hasn’t left steel production unaffected, and considering that […]
Read MoreLotus has developed a new lightweight chassis called “LEVA” that is to be used in its upcoming EV models. The point that stands out about it is that it’s 37% lighter than the one used in Emira, an $82k sports car that was launched in 2021. The key in making such a leap is the […]
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have used recent technology advancements to explore the new possibilities in the field of heat exchange, and the published results were vindicating. The team used metal 3D printing to build an ultra-compact unit that follows the “tube-in-tube” approach, and with massive optimizations on all possible points, they derived […]
Read MoreSteel needs approximately 24.5 GJ of energy per ton of final product, and unfortunately for the environment, most of this comes from coal, oil, and gas. So, when a new study by UCL researchers on how many resources we need to leave untouched in order not to allow the climate to reach a point beyond […]
Read MoreNissan is looking to tap onto all the wasted precious material that goes along with discarded EV motors and has developed a new recycling process that they hope to perfect and adopt fully by 2025. The Japanese automaker has been working on this process since 2017 and recently started testing it more extensively. The goal […]
Read MoreThe US Navy is developing a pilotless aircraft capable to remain airborne for 90 days. The crewless aircraft will be powered with solar energy from solar panels on its wings. The US Navy has given the contract to develop the plane to US-Spanish aerospace firm Skydweller Aero. Removing the cockpit allowed a longer range and […]
Read MoreAs stricter carbon emission rules are introduced across most countries in the world, a growing number of voices call for smarter or more impactful decisions and initiatives instead. That is especially the case with areas were cutting down on emissions is impossible, hard, very costly, or where optimizations and improvements have already been introduced and […]
Read MoreAn international team of researchers has created a novel dual-phase alloy that is extremely resistant to fracturing, thus making it ideal for deployment in a wide range of critical applications. Moreover, its discovery opens up the way to developing similar focused-purpose alloys that could feature other, equally impressive physical characteristics and mechanical properties. The new […]
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