Fusing metal braids at their cross-sections on catheters offers a number of potential benefits. Above: Various techniques from ProPlate. ProPlate, a provider of engineered metal coatings for medical ...

CHICAGO – Great Lakes Metal Coating recently hosted an open house highlighting its liquid metal veneer coating process. The unique and innovative coating, which gives the look of real metal can be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Erosion, abrasion and corrosion cause many of the highest-cost component failures and unscheduled downtime in high-value industries such as oil and gas drilling, power generation and chemical ...