The friction behaviour of surfaces can be tuned by laser structuring. Recently, an industrial application of controlling friction by surface texture is presented for large marine ship engines. In the ...
The draft ISO/ASTM CD 52927 “Additive manufacturing — General principles — Main characteristics and corresponding test methods” has changed from status CD (“Committee Draft” – draft for enquiry ...
The use of (real-time) data to adjust production processes - in machining the term is 'adaptive machining' - is the future of production. This is made possible by the increased availability of sensors ...
Many components suffer a loss of performance due to ice formation. Various technologies are available to 'armour' surfaces against ice or frost formation. In this area, too, micro- and nanostructures ...
What networking can lead to is illustrated by 24Flow and Manual.to, both Sirris members: on 21 November they announced their joint offering for context-based, multilingual work instructions, offering ...
There has been an important breakthrough in the recycling of waste from old wind turbine blades. It appears that a Chinese company has found how to reprocess the waste into high-quality 3D-printed ...
This innovative concept to lift and move window profiles more efficiently first went through a nice development process before it became an optimised tool for the joinery industry. All this is the result of valuable feasibility and marketing advice.
The draft ISO/ASTM CD 52926-5 “Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 5: Qualification of operators for DED-Arc” has changed from status CD (“Committee Draft” – draft for ...
How can an anti-icing coating help combat icing problems? How can it be implemented and how can its effect be simulated in a lab? These are the questions behind the launch of the COOCK project ...
Currently, industry is clearly going through a period of adaptation. Just imagine if your business was capable of reducing its lead times by 90%. What advantages would this offer your clients, your ...
Although a range of working methods and calculation models is available to help optimise a machining process, many of these have wholly or partly fallen into disuse. We are seeking to change that with ...
