Look Ahead

Articles • July 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

New Metal Powders Support Additive Manufacturing at Scale

An aluminum-magnesium-scandium powder for additive manufacturing that exhibits the specific strength of titanium and the positive properties of aluminum.

Articles • July 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Superhard carbon

A laser arc method to coat engine and other parts with a diamond-like coating.

Articles • June 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Superchill

A method of lubricating and cooling a machined workpiece using supercritical CO₂.

Articles • June 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Finger on the pulse

A direct-drive, servomotor robotic finger.

Articles • May 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Crank up the bore

The Look Ahead section in the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine features an asymmetric line boring bar.

Articles • May 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Sensory perception

The Look Ahead section in the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine also presents a sensory toolholder for wireless, in-process measurement of cutting forces.

Articles • April 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

A cool break

A PCD milling cutter that combines a patented chipbreaker and direct cooling through the cutting face.

Articles • April 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

A layered approach

A new process for strengthening metals while making them more resistant to corrosion.

Articles • March 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Teflon on steroids

The creation of superhydrophobic metals using femtosecond lasers.

Articles • March 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Wave control

New metamaterials that 'bend' acoustic and elastic waves.

Articles • February 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Meeting a challenge

Cast beryllium-aluminum parts.

Articles • February 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Fine and stable core

Ceramic core material that improves jet engine fuel efficiency.