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Tangible Future: Aluminum and BEVs

Blake Zuidema, director, of automotive technical services at Novelis and technical chair of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group, discusses the results of a study.

Punching Above Your Weight

Brian Post of Oak Ridge National Laboratory shares his thoughts on concrete printing, industry partnerships, and making the Mona Lisa

Bridge Tool & Die: CNC Turns ‘Feel’ Into High-Precision Carbide Grinding

Glenn Bridgman describes the difference between his shop’s manual grinders and its newest state-of-the-art CNC ID/OD grinder, a Studer CT960 OD/ID from United Grinding (Miamisburg, OH), as “feel vs. facts.” Bridgman, president of Bridge Tool & Die (Buckley, MI), believes that manual grinding is a somewhat personal operation.

Testing the Metal

Materials science has opened new possibilities for designers of cars, planes and other products. Metal alloys are now as precisely engineered as they are machined. The result is longer lasting, stronger parts. But with a wider selection of materials comes risk—how can you be sure that one piece of gray metal stock is different than another? Careful warehousing procedures and paperwork only go so far.