Heat Treating Metals and Alloys
Heat treating is used to change the physical properties of different types of metals and alloys in order to form, bend, or shape the material. The process consists of heating the object to a specific…
Power Plants: Researchers Are Close to Solving the ‘Boiling Crisis’ Problem
“A new understanding of heat transfer in boiling water could lead to efficiency improvements in power plants.” – MIT The ‘Boiling crisis’ or the ‘critical heat flux’ is the thermal limit beyond which the phase…
What is Powder Coating and How Does It Work?
Industrial finishing market uses different types of coating materials and each goes through a specific process to coat various surfaces. Powder coating accounts for around 15% of all finishing industry and coats outer metals in…
The United States Shows Off Its Fleet of F-22s
The US Air Force displayed and launched twenty-four F-22s to show off an impressive air power. The fighters lined up and took off one by one from an airbase in Alaska. The aircrafts’ formation and…
Honda Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles Over Concerns for Faulty Airbags
The Takata airbags nightmare continues, with the latest chapter involving Honda and their marque Acura, who have decided to recall about 1.1 million vehicles which could be affected by an issue in their active safety…
NASA to Send a Mini-Copter to Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has conducted extensive tests on a novel mini helicopter that they are planning to send to Mars. Going a step further from the computer simulations and the individual part testing…
Boston Dynamics Presents a “Logistics” Version of their “Handle Robot”
Boston Dynamics, the American robotic systems developer that creates a stir on YouTube every time they present a new contraption is back again, and this time they have something for the logistics sector. The Massachusetts-based…
Care and Maintenance of Industrial Gas-Fired Ovens
Industrial ovens are products meant to last, even though their operational temperatures are quite high. They can, eventually, stop working for a variety of reasons and cause a costly repair. A good idea is to…
