Special-section steel bars are hot-rolled bars that have been cold-drawn to a designer’s or manufacturer’s specifications. Usually they are given the cross-section and size of a part they will be used ...

Die-cut shapes, from squares and circles to complex designs, come in a wide variety of materials. Parts can also be made with adhesive or magnetic backings. Die-cut discs with magnetic backing can be ...

Extrusion, which can produce complex parts made of lightweight metals, is an increasingly important manufacturing process for everything from buildings to electric vehicles. Pacific Northwest National ...

Researchers have developed a 'nano machine shop' that can shape nanowires and ultrathin films such as graphene, potentially representing a future manufacturing method for these structures. The team at ...