Considerations for Additively Manufactured Parts
I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and among the many amazing technological achievements commonplace aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, I found replicator technology was one of the most interesting. The prospect of having whatever you want, built to your exact... read More....
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Jun 2022
Six Degrees of Freedom Rocket Engine Duct Test
Many of today’s cutting-edge rocket engines use liquid natural gas (fuel) and liquid oxygen (oxidizer) to create thrust, which pushes the rocket forward and steers it when the angle of the engine is changed by gimballing. Transporting fuel and oxidizer into a gimballing engine... read More....
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Apr 2022
Using Digital Image Correlation to Measure Large Areas of Strain and Displacement
During component testing, strain and displacement data are often critical for fully documenting the behavior of the component. Strain is typically measured using bonded strain gages while displacement is measured with a string potentiometer or a linear variable differential... read More....
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Sep 2020
An Overview on Acoustic Emission Testing
When materials are cracking, deforming or otherwise becoming damaged, they produce a kind of sound. Sometimes, these sounds are loud and obvious. Other times, they are much more subtle, and to detect them, you need to use specialized equipment. Detecting these subtler sounds... read More....
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Mar 2020
The Cost of Shipping… Air?
About four years ago, when my colleague and I were visiting the R&D packaging facility of a major snack food company, we noticed that a packaging engineer was manually filling a newly developed chip product into a clear plastic tube repetitively and taking the fill height... read More....
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Dec 2019
In-Plant Unit Load Transportation Integrity Testing and Improvement
It is quite possible that there has never been a more revolutionary period of change in the history of packaging. With the advent of e-commerce and a seriously strong focus on sustainability, there have never been more simultaneously competing requirements on the successful transport... read More....
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Jul 2019
The True Value of Subsea Emergency Pipeline Repair Systems
The consequences of subsea pipeline emergencies can often be catastrophic, both environmentally and financially. A large, uncontrolled pipeline breach has the potential to financially devastate a company, causing them to face long-term loss of revenue, crippling environmental... read More....
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Jan 2019
Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Testing
A key issue with lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology is thermal safety. With the proliferation of portable electronics and growth of the electric vehicle market, the demand for smaller and lighter batteries with greater capacity has never been higher. This increased demand and... read More....
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Oct 2018
In-Silico Package Transit Testing for E-commerce
The Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the first quarter 2018 e-commerce estimate ($123.7 billion) increased 16.4 percent from the first quarter of 2017. E-commerce sales in the first quarter of 2018 accounted for 9.5 percent of total sales. The... read More....
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Jul 2018
