...Robert Bogue Purpose – This paper aims to provide details of the role that lasers play in manufacturing processes. Design/methodology/approach – Following an introduction, this paper first considers laser technologies used in welding, cutting and drilling. Techniques which add material...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the techniques used for the non‐destructive testing (NDT) of non‐metallic structural materials, notably polymer and ceramic composites. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this paper first...

...Joseph Chiodo; Nick Jones Purpose Smart materials (SMs) have the potential for facilitating active disassembly (AD). Select SMs are used in the design of devices to aid product disassembly. The purpose of this paper is to compare different AD approaches and highlight future work and potential...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide a review of recent developments in selected fields of smart material technology. Design/methodology/approach Following a brief introduction to smart materials, this paper considers research into three classes that are presently attracting...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Materials Alloys Electronics Osprey ce alloys meet market demands Keywords: Materials, Alloys, Electronics A specially formulated range of controlled expansion (CE) alloys produced by Osprey Metals Ltd is meeting the demands...

... in diameter and 22 mm high with internal 90° angles. which could not be produced by milling but would normally require EDM. In this case, the inserts were built from the new,extremely fine material DirectSteel 20 in a fully automatic process on an EOSINT M 250 Xtended system. With the help of a coordinate...