Plastic is abundant in business and everyday life. You find it as product components, packaging and even in the containers used to ship products. For businesses interested in manufacturing or ...

To unlock the next level of manufacturing—the one that is knocking on our door right now—we must learn to use process and ...

Penn State researchers have developed a new method for sintering, a widely used manufacturing process for powdered materials. Using far less time and energy than the standard approach, the new method ...

Japanese manufacturers adopted quality-control theories developed by American experts to rebuild the Japanese industrial base after the Second World War. Japanese experts such as Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Much like baking the perfect cake involves following a list of ingredients and instructions, manufacturing energetic materials — explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants — ...

Airplane wings, wind turbine blades, and other large parts are typically created using bulk polymerization in composite manufacturing facilities. They are heated and cured in enormous autoclaves and ...

The Army needs to embrace advanced manufacturing at the beginning of new system development to surpass potential foes. In the future, advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing could allow ...

Welding is typically used to join two parts together, whether those parts be metal or plastic. There are various styles of welding, but we won’t go into those here. Casting is the act of pouring a ...

A study has developed an innovative method that overcomes the limitations of traditional additive manufacturing (3D printing), significantly simplifying and accelerating the production of ...

The structural optimization of internal flow channels in hydraulic systems is critical for enhancing overall performance and achieving lightweight design. However, most existing optimization studies ...

In the industry, microstrip structures on FR-4 or similar substrates are typically produced by acid etching, a tightly controlled and optimized process to ensure that every manufactured product is ...