Tech Front


Some examples could include new types of ferromagnetic materials and photonic bandgap structures with unique prop- erties. Fedorov’s group has used FEBID to fabricate low-resis- tance contacts to carbon nanotubes and graphene, a unique carbon-based material with attractive electronic properties. For more information, see www.georgiatech.edu. ME


Industry, Technology Updates from SME Technical Communities


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ember leaders from SME’s technical communities presented industry outlooks at the SME Annual Confer- ence in June. Several technical papers update developments in forming and fabricating (TP13PUB59); plastics, composites and coatings (TP13PUB61); product and process design and management (TP13PUB62); rapid and additive manu- facturing (TP13PUB63); and manufacturing education and research (TP13PUB60).


Additive-manufactured unmanned aerial vehicle in flight testing.


The forming and fabricating forecast is hopeful, with expansion expected in transportation and energy markets as well as a continued revolution in new—often nonmetal—mate- rials and innovative joining technologies in traditional seg- ments of manufacturing, such as aerospace and automotive. Among the innovations in plastics, composites and coatings are forged composites, particularly for automotive applica- tions, thermal insulating ceramic coating, dry film lubricant, rapid-cure carbon thermoset composite materials/processes


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