Downgauging or lightweighting is an important cost concern for all packaging manufacturers. Lightweighting is achieved by reducing the raw material volume used in packaging. It is important that using ...

A material’s hardness relates to its mechanical resistance when subjected to mechanical indentation by another harder body. Diamond is considered the hardest natural material and is typically used for ...

Two trends in the auto industry are making life tough for engineers who design structures such as bodies and suspension systems. The first is the drive to make structures as light as possible, which ...

PFLB is changing the rules in the global load testing market with the launch of its AI-disruptive innovation on a SaaS platform. Traditional load testing methods lacked AI-driven innovation. This ...

Microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) require low-voltage, high-current power supplies. These supplies usually have very strict requirements on output-voltage deviations ...

My March column addressed flexural test methods for composite materials. I noted that the details presented in the various available national and international standards were not mutually consistent ...