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Customized Manufacture of Protective Headgear for Primary Prevention of Fall Related Traumatic Brain Injuries

Ferguson J., Caccese V., Castle S., University of Maine, US

Alba-Technic, LLC and the University of Maine are developing an automated small batch manufacturing system that streamlines both the customization and manufacture of a protective headgear designed for aesthetic appeal and comfort by using advanced [...]

Precision Abrasive-Waterjet Machining of Most Materials from Macro to Micro Scales

Liu P.H.-T., OMAX Corporation, US

Under the support of an NSF SBIR Phase II Grant, OMAX has developed and commercialized micro abrasive-waterjet (uAWJ) technology to broaden its applications toward micro scales. AWJ has several technological and manufacturing merits that are [...]

Multilayer co-extrusion processing of PS/TPV/CNTs nanocomposites

Jian R., Panwar A., Barry C., Mead J., UMass Lowell, US

The development of layer multiplying technique using coextrusion is able to create polymer films having several thousand layers with individual layer thickness ranging from a few microns to several nanometers. The number of individual layers [...]

Advanced Manufacturing Process for Producing Carbon Nanofiber Yarns

Carpenter A.W., Gause C., Zhang L., Kennedy J.M., Hopper C., Mao Q., Kelkar A., AxNano, LLC, US

AxNano developed a novel method for producing robust, high-volume, cost-effective carbon fibers in support of next-generation materials for structural composites. AxNano has developed a high-throughput advanced process to form bundles of nano-fibers making nanofiber yarns. [...]

Manufacturing of a Continuous CNT Rollstock

Chan E.M., General Nano, US

In Q1 2014, General Nano was awarded a Commercial Readiness Program by the Air Force to scale uniquely long and pure MWCNTs. To accelerate time to commercialization and to minimize capital expenditure, a strategy chosen [...]

Flexible Printed Thermoelectric Textiles for Low Temperature Waste Heat Energy Harvesting Systems

Ankireddy K., Iezzi B., Losego M.D., Jur J.S., North Carolina State University, US

Printed-thermopiles embedded pipe insulation was constructed and demonstrated successfully the feasibility of generating power by wrapping the constructed insulation around a heat pipe. The global need for clean and sustainable energy along with recent advances [...]

Bearing life prediction on the basis of run-out using accelerated life testing coupled with numerical analysis

Lee N.R., Hwang S.Y., Kim N., Sogang University, KR

Wear is one of the most important factors affecting roller bearing performance and in determining bearing life-time. Bearing life has traditionally been defined by the onset of spalling (ISO 281), but this definition does not [...]

FE Simulation of material removal and surface properties for EDM during single and multiple spark occurrences

Lim H.J., Domblesky J.P., Kim N., Hwang S.Y., Sogang University, KR

EDM represents an effective machining process for hard-to-machine materials. Although EDM has many advantages, it lacks well-developed technological base and level of fundamental understanding that characterizes other metal cutting technologies. This has limited the development [...]

Industrial Accelerators – Beyond Transformers and Cyclotrons, More Power

Kroc T.K., Kephart R.D., Fermilab, US

Any device used in industrial applications requires simplicity, versatility, robustness and always – more power. To meet the first three of these requirements, “high power” industrial accelerators have been based on transformers or cyclotrons, but [...]

nPortTM Platform Nanotechnology for Liposome Manufacturing:from 20 to 200nm and from Micrograms to Kilograms

Zhu D.M., Chen G.Q., Cureport, Inc., US

Liposome-based drug delivery is one of the clinically advanced technologies for the treatment of human cancer and severe infectious disease.It improves pharmacokinetics, reduces toxicity, and enhances efficacy of the drugs. The complex manufacturing process, poor [...]