The majority of robotics used in industry are in very structured environments. To program and teach a robot a specific task in industry, like spray painting an area, takes a significant amount of time. Dr. Anthony Maciejewski and his team of Randy Hoover and Shantell Hinton at Colorado State University...

Even in resistors, there are new specialty technologies that allow manufacturers to distinguish themselves. New designs and packages include heat transfer surfaces and think film resistive inks in non-inductive patterns. [Video]

Injection machines use gravity feed and augurs to force material into the cavity of the mold and then use robotics to move parts through the process that is almost automatic and monitors key quality assurance variables.[Video]

Mixing the plastic and the powder is a key factor in the overall technology of creating molded parts and is really where the flexibility and creativity of ensuring the engineered part matches the specifications of the customer. [Video]

In the final stages of the metal injection molding process, hydrogen torches impart the right qualities to molded parts and protect the molybdenum heating elements from oxygen and deterioration.[Video]

The process of metal injection molding involves several variables including shrinkage of the parts in the furnace from the plastic content of the compounds used. Today, we'll look at some of those variables from NetShape Technologies.[Video]

The powders and materials of metal injection molding are an important aspect to getting part within customer specifications. Very small parts can be produced using the process at NetShape Technologies in Solon, Ohio. [Video]

The process of metal injection molding at NetShape Technologies in Solon, Ohio is a process that starts with several metallic powders and form holding plastics to create a polymer that is then used to create parts.[Video]

Robotics over digital motion networks provides controllers with XYZ motion for applications ranging from part inspection to mini-camera placement for vision systems on a standard PC. [Video]

Instructors at Lorain County Community College in Ohio encourage their inventive students to search history for ideas and then use the FabLab to create a prototype fabricated from the desktop machines available to everyone. [Video]