Photochemical etching is still a relatively low profile process that remains one of industry’s best kept secrets. Bonny Van Geel describes how one major global player adopted the technique for a special application.
A new route to making graphene has been discovered that could make the 21st century’s wonder material easier to ramp up to industrial scale.
When it comes to moulding of plastic parts, OEMs have had to choose from various technologies that are, to a greater or lesser exten,t based on traditional injection moulding processes. Enric Sirera describes a new ultrasonic process.
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism for wear in metals: a swirling, fluid-like microscopic behaviour in a solid piece of metal sliding over another. The findings could be used to improve the durability of metal parts.
Dr Michelle Oyen, Reader in Mechanics of Biological Materials at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, looks at how nature must remain at the heart of engineering solutions.