What to consider when choosing tantalum
Last month, comic book fans flocked to cinemas as Black Panther hit the screens. Underpinning the film's plot was fictional metal vibranium, which powered the titular hero's kingdom of Wakanda. Interestingly, this metal was, in part, inspired by tantalum. So, what of the marvellous metal's real-life counterpart? Here, Heiko Wildner, refractory metals specialist for materials comparison site Matmatch, examines the value and considerations of using tantalum.
Siemens invests in new 3D-printing facility in UK
- Investment of €30 million in state-of-the-art 3D-printing factory
- Creation of more than 50 new advanced manufacturing jobs at Materials Solutions in Worcester
- Part of Siemens' strategy to build a global AM services business
- New AM factory will be fully powered by Siemens Digital Enterprise solutions
The material supplier impact of trade tariffs
Steel and aluminium suppliers across the globe will be digesting the news that the US president Donald Trump will impose tariffs on imports of the two metals. Here, Melissa Albeck, CEO of online materials supplier database Matmatch, considers what effect these plans could have - and how steel and aluminium suppliers can mitigate the impact.
THURMAN SCALE ANNOUNCES NEW TS600 DESKTOP SCALE INSTRUMENT FAMILY
Feature-Rich Instrument at an Economical Price
Protolabs Expands Manufacturing Capacity with New Building, Added Machines
Protolabs' purchase of a facility in Brooklyn Park, Minn., will enable the fast-growing digital manufacturing company to expand its prototyping and low-volume production capacity.
Manufacturing Startup Releases Unprecedented Pricing Technology for CNC Machining
Using over 40 million unique data points with advanced machine learning techniques, MakeTimes Network Pricing instantly generates a budgetary price for machined parts based on pricing data amassed from across the manufacturing landscape.
HP connects 3D scanning technology with Ultimaker
This integration significantly simplifies the workflow to 3D print scans from HP's Sprout and 3D Structured Light Scanner Pro S3.
Top Practices for a Top-Performing Production Floor
There are three areas where best practices help top-performing manufacturers concentrate their efforts: Production planning and scheduling, Production management, Quality
Three Industrial Internet of Things Macro Trends of 2018
Fully connected machines eliminate the need for post-production stress tests. The end users locations becomes the test environment. The varying use cases of each deployment create variations in the testing.
Falkonry and Ciner Resources Discuss Smart Manufacturing at Silicon Valley Women in Engineering Conference
This fourth annual event gathers students, professors and women leaders in a one-day conference, Saturday, March 17, that includes twelve TechTalks, six professional development workshops, four engineering career panels, and a new Innovation Showcase and Networking Reception.
The Turnkey Facility of the Future, Here Today - Are You iCON Ready
G-CON to showcase iCON and key POD applications at Interphex New York
Bishop-Wisecarver Selected as Advanced Manufacturing Finalist in 2018 East Bay Innovation Awards
Over 100 East Bay companies and organizations, showcasing the best examples of innovation in product development, services and processes were nominated for the awards.
Dalsin Industries Returns to Epicor to Build its Factory of the Future
Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) relies on Epicor ERP to analyze key insights from over 1,000 monthly jobs
Presto Engineering offers specialised testing service for CMOS image sensors up to 12" in diameter
Testing CMOS image sensors on a wafer-size scale is not easy because of the challenges of creating uniform illumination over a large area. Presto Engineering has developed a custom, computer-controlled solution that illuminates sections of the wafer in turn. Integrating the results enables the whole wafer to be tested automatically for an array of large sensors or even sensors that are right up to the size of an entire 12-inch wafer.
AI Expo: London's Leading AI Conference; AI Expo Global Introduces Stellar Speaker Line-up
Get to know some of the AI thought leaders and experts below, expect thought provoking content that will support artificial intelligence implementation and monetisation techniques.
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