Bike helmets work by absorbing impact energy that would otherwise be passed through to the wearer's head. An experimental new helmet is claimed to do so better than conventional models, thanks to a ...

Resin printers have a lot going for them – particularly in regards to quality surface finishes and excellent reproduction of fine details. However, the vast majority rely on UV light to cure prints.

Casting parts in silicone is great, and 3D printing in resin is fantastic for making clean shapes, so it’s natural for an enterprising hacker to want to put the two together: 3D print the mold, pour ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Yasuhiko Saitoh) has developed the industry's first* silicone resin that does not use emulsifiers — the ...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing enables the fabrication of complex 3D structures and is widely used in many fields. For example, 3D printing is being employed for tissue engineering for medical ...

Mixing a curing resin into a butyl tire bladder compound can be extremely difficult. The inherent tackiness and low green strength of the butyl polymer combined with the difficult dispersion ...

Process control in composites molding has come a long way in recent years, with the advent of often computerized, automated measurement and control of process inputs, such as heat, temperature and ...