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At Protolabs, we have the privilege to support many innovative and industry-disrupting projects, which is why we are bringing back our Parts Calendar to share a handful of these innovations with you.
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At Protolabs, we have the privilege to support many innovative and industry-disrupting projects, which is why we are bringing back our Parts Calendar to share a handful of these innovations with you.
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A new study led by chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign brings fresh insight into the development of semiconductor materials that can do things their traditional silicon counterparts cannot – harness the power of chirality, a non-superimposable mirror image.
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A new material developed at EPFL could change how we make cement forever — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030.
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This article discusses how the Asia-Pacific region is advancing additive manufacturing and the role of TCT Asia as the leading 3D printing and additive manufacturing event in the Asia-Pacific.
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Lightweighting materials play a crucial role in offering the potential for improved fuel efficiency, enhanced performance, and reduced emissions in the automotive industry. It is anticipated that the lighter and more efficient automotive materials and components will revolutionize the industry in the coming years.
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At Protolabs, we have the privilege to support many innovative and industry-disrupting projects, which is why we are bringing back our Parts Calendar to share a handful of these innovations with you.
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A new study led by chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign brings fresh insight into the development of semiconductor materials that can do things their traditional silicon counterparts cannot – harness the power of chirality, a non-superimposable mirror image.
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A new material developed at EPFL could change how we make cement forever — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030.
3D Promakim’s Journey with Drywise and how they save €12,000 per year
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Operators of fine filtration systems need to move fluid efficiently from one side of the filter to the other while achieving the desired filtration amount. The article examines how a three-dimensional woven metal filter cloth optimises the flow conditions and avoids turbulences around the filter.
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Computer vision enables contact-free 3D printing, letting engineers print with high-performance materials they couldn’t use before.
Ammonia, a main component of many fertilizers, could play a key role in a carbon-free fuel system as a convenient way to transport and store clean hydrogen. The chemical, made of hydrogen and nitrogen (NH3), can also itself be burned as a zero-carbon fuel.
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ETH researchers are developing a low-carbon cement with a significantly lower embodied CO2 content than traditional cement. The Ultra Green Concrete project aims to make low-carbon, high-performance concrete widely accessible.
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Learn how metal additive creates complex, durable, lightweight metal parts with this design tip.
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A research collaboration co-led by EPFL has uncovered a surprising magnetic property of an exotic material that might lead to computers that need less than one-millionth of the energy required to switch a single bit.
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Katharine Flores will collaborate on an NSF-funded project to build simulation-informed models that predict material properties in 3D printed metallic glasses
If you’ve used an extrusion-based 3D printing technology, chances are you’ll be familiar with polyethylene terephthalate glycol, aka PETG.
In plastic injection moulding, edgings and complete fabricated parts are made from metal wire mesh.
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Control of atomic vacancies with sound waves could improve communications and offer new control for quantum computing
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BigRep’s large-format 3D printers and 3D printing filaments are suited to high-performance engineering applications. To meet the diverse range of needs of these applications, BigRep’s filament range spans several materials with vastly different uses.
