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Drone imagery, field mapping for WA gold mine
Mining company Austin Metals has begun a high-resolution drone imagery and field mapping program at its Austin Gold Project in Western Australia. The company says the imagery and mapping, along with rockchip sampling, will lead to enhanced target identification. “It...
How IMUs are Enhancing Sensing to Aid Drone Navigation
Designers are looking to reduce the cost of drone systems for a wide range of applications but still need to provide accurate positioning data. This however is not as easy is it might appear. There are several satellite positioning systems, from the U.S.-backed GPS...
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials via Direct Ink Writing
In additive manufacturing technologies, the use of pastes and inks based on materials such as clay to create three-dimensional objects layer by layer has opened new possibilities in fields such as engineering and biomedicine. This review article aims to provide a...
Avec le magnésium, Precision Additive veut propulser la technologie LPBF vers de nouveaux horizons
Avec la PA-300, Precision Additive revendique la plus rapide imprimante 3D métal LPBF dotée d’une intelligence artificielle sur le marché. Precision Additive, un équipementier basé aux États-Unis, a lancé sa première imprimante 3D métal : la PA-300. Fondé en 2023, cet...
Finition de surface dans les applications d’impression 3D médicale : impact sur l’efficacité des dispositifs
La finition de surface est l’une des dernières étapes du processus de fabrication additive qui influe sur les performances des pièces, en particulier dans des domaines critiques tels que la médecine. La nature couche par couche de la fabrication additive entraîne...
Self-powered nanocomposite material detects its own cracks
A vibration-powered CFRP composite with piezoelectric nanomaterials detects internal cracks via electrical changes, enabling self-powered, wireless structural health monitoring. (Nanowerk News) A new multifunctional composite made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers...
Structure–Property Relationships of Boron Nitride-Reinforced Glass Fiber/Epoxy Laminated Composites
Advances in modern industry largely depend on the development of high-performance materials. In this study, the influence of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) filler on the performance of glass fiber/epoxy laminates was systematically investigated. Composites containing...
Xenia Materials brings its 3D printing material expertise to an autonomous drone project
Material producer Xenia Materials recently supported the development of O.L.I.V.I.A. (Optimized Lightweight Intelligent Vehicle for Immediate Assistance), an autonomous drone designed to compete in the UAS Challenge 2025, held in the United Kingdom. The project is led...
Terahertz Localization and Classification for Damages in GFRP Composites Using Complex Network with Residual Attention Mechanism
Terahertz (THz) reflectometry has been employed to quality control of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites in a nondestructive and contactless fashion. Owing to the relatively long wavelength of THz electromagnetic waves (300 um at 1 THz), as well as...
Structural Health Monitoring of CFRP Composite Structures Using a Hybrid CNN-Vision Transformer Model
Advanced Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems are essential for aging aerospace infrastructure and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) structures. Though Lamb wave-based Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) effectively monitors CFRP, traditional methods struggle...
