Rolling bearings are installed wherever something is in rotation. The wide range of applications extends from large wind turbines to small electric toothbrushes. These bearings, which consist of steel components, must be carefully selected and tested with regard to their quality and the application in question. The grain size has a crucial effect on the Read more about AI-Powered Objective Classification of Steel Materials[…]
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has succeeded in increasing the stability of those aircraft engine parts which are subject to stress due to temperature. The IWS process helps to reduce kerosene consumption as well as CO2 emissions. In combination with further measures, significant cost savings result during flight operations. The research Read more about Improved efficiency of aircraft engines[…]
When assembling miniaturized optical systems, it is often necessary to place micro-optical elements such as single lenses or lens arrays above sensors or light-emitting devices at a specific distance. Despite of the trend of miniaturization, most of today’s standard rapid prototyping technologies do not provide the high resolution and minimum feature size that are necessary Read more about The highest-resolution additive manufacturing technology available today with layer thicknesses and feature sizes below 1 µm[…]