The four participants in a critical micro/miniature cold value chain include the component manufacturer, the material supplier, the tooling provider, and the machinery manufacturer. Each can provide ...

New product design engineers depend greatly on design and production methods learned through education, recurrent application, and empirical success. Several alternative methods are frequently ...

New product development (NPD) teams are constantly searching for a competitive advantage that will allow them to create electronic devices that are smaller, appliances that are more reliable, vehicles ...

In order to improve the forming quality, it is vital to understand the mechanisms that cause the plastic strain localization which eventually leads to ductile damage occurrence in the incremental ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...

Short cycle times and automated methods are key to meeting the high production rates being sought for the next generation of narrowbody commercial aircraft, advanced air mobility (AAM), unmanned ...