Last February, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter started a two-year journey to provide the first detailed pictures of the sun’s poles and insights about the never-before-observed magnetic environment that regulates the sun’s 11-year solar cycle. How can a satellite move around the sun without burning? Here Samir Jaber, content writer at Matmatch, explores the materials that protect a solar orbiter.
Most engineering components have a residual stress system. Such systems are inherent in bar stock, plates, and, to some extent, in forgings and castings.
The commercial shift to alternative packaging types isn’t working – so what will?
Hygiene, anti-corrosion and quick delivery remain key factors in the selection of standard parts and machine accessories for the food and beverage sector.
Plastic plays a practical, often life-enhancing, role in our lives. Lightweight, durable and easy to work with, like many resins today, it could be moulded into an infinite number of shapes.