Alloy steel is steel that has been combined with other elements to create a new kind of material with different mechanical properties. Some of the most common elements that are combined with steel via alloying are aluminum, copper, boron, nickel, … Continue reading
Metals are recycled repeatedly without the risk of altering their properties. Steel is a commonly recycled material around the world. Other metals that are highly recycled include gold, brass, silver, copper and aluminum. Reasons for Recycling Metals Metals are highly … Continue reading
Time stands still for no-one – and neither does technology. You need only blink to have missed a series of exciting innovations that make a real difference to our everyday lives. The beauty of this is that there’s always something … Continue reading
The spinning development of our world has affected many branches and is being infiltrated into all the fields of our world. The cleaning industry currently racks up to 83 billion euros annually, which has pushed the development of chemistry, engineering and technology as a whole. Continue reading
Car tech is off to a great year, as demonstrated by the abundance of new car tech displayed at CES 2015. While there may be some aces in the sleeves of the manufacturers, we already have a pretty good picture … Continue reading
Injection moulding is the process of shaping plastic resin into plastic parts using heat, pressure and a mould. As one of the most widely used plastic manufacturing methods in the world, the process can produce plastic parts of many sizes … Continue reading
In April 2013, Google and the city of Provo, Utah announced that the search giant would be taking over the city’s $39 million fiber optic network for a single U.S. dollar, according to Mercury News. Because of its status as … Continue reading
A new industrial revolution is on the way. The technology that is driving the latest reformation in manufacturing processes is 3D Printing. 3D printers turn computer models directly into physical things in a process that seems almost magical. At the … Continue reading
While much of the technology in movies seems like science fiction, a good number of the interesting devices we see in films actually exist and, in a simpler form, are used every day. For example, the movie Mission: Impossible featured … Continue reading
Using traditional glass as a building material can tend to raise energy costs. This is because glass naturally raises the temperature of sunlight that is filtered through during the summer months. This can generate so much heat that the use … Continue reading