Protective thin-film and nano coatings are being incorporated into the manufacturing process to improve the reliability of PCBs, integrated circuits (ICs) and macroscale assemblies. Parylene has ...
This article was originally published on MedicalDesign.com in May 2014. Applying a coating to a medical device or instrument can improve the device’s performance and reduce potential side effects. As ...
A robotic spray process has been developed to apply conductive coatings to battery current collectors, fuel cells, and other energy storage devices that require low-resistance coatings. Conductive ...
One particularly active area of robotics research involves the exploration of soft parts. Be they legs, artificial muscles or the grippers used to grasp objects, these more malleable components are ...
SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 13, 2020 -- Stripping paint and other coatings from full-body aircraft is required multiple times over the course of an aircraft's lifespan. Traditionally, coating removal ...
A Dutch robotics specialist with sustainable, automated solutions for both painting and stripping aircraft is opening its first operations in North America at the Port San Antonio campus. Xyrec will ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a time when the Pentagon is urging America’s largest defense manufacturers to accelerate hypersonic weapon production, a small, privately held business in the ...
The laser coating removal robot (LCR), developed by Southwest Research Institute and XYREC, uses intelligent process monitoring to precisely and safely remove paint and other coatings from full-body ...