Airplanes, cars, and ships that don’t corrode are the promise of self-healing paint coatings and polymer materials. Now researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and ...

Many new materials have been developed, but steel remains the principal construction material for automobiles, appliances, and industrial machinery. Because of steel's vulnerability to attack by ...

As composites practitioners well know, tooling for composite parts is a challenge. Metal tools are the most robust option and support rate production, but they need to be carefully engineered to match ...

The use of natural materials in construction continues to rise as AEC teams look to both reduce their carbon footprint and create an environment that fosters wellness and harmony with nature. From the ...

Metal coatings are applied on all kinds of items made of alloys, metals and plastics. These are used either for decorative platings or to enhance the chemical and physical properties of their surface ...

From left, Precoat Metals President Kurt Russell, Midwest Metal Coatings Quality Control Manager Mike Dake and Precoat Senior Project Manager Mark Voetter break ground on construction for the ...

In 1973, the book, 'The Limits to Growth', highlighted chromium — used in tanning, metal production and finishing and corrosion protection — as one of the elements that human civilization would run ...

Karas Plating, a UK-based metal finishing specialist, announced today the installation of a £1.5 million fully automated silver-plating line designed to expand production capacity and support growing ...

While paper isn’t exactly a smart material, it someday could be if it is covered in a new type of liquid metal. This liquid alloy has the potential to turn paper and other materials into gadgets that ...