In materials science, defects are irregularities or imperfections in a crystal's atomic structure. While they may sound like flaws ... dislocations allow for plastic deformation of a material ...

A recent report says that a new Philippine law meant to hold companies responsible for their plastic waste is showing “promising results,” with most of the country’s largest plastic ...

The New York Yankees spent all year talking about how close this team was, so you have to give them credit for pulling together to lose the World Series as a group. In the deciding Game 5, which ...

Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) is a chemical that makes plastic more flexible and durable, and is found in many consumer products, including food packaging, personal care products and children's toys.

About three years ago, the automaker started using the AI-based AUTIS Surface Verification ... to scan for paint defects in 1985. Those first robots could identify paint flaws as small as 0.3 ...

Onto Innovation's Dragonfly G3 sub-micron 2D/3D inspection and metrology system now offers the capability to detect sub-surface defects using a novel infra-red (IR) technology and specially ...

One application of AI in quality inspection is surface defect detection. AI systems scan materials such as steel, wood, glass, plastic or textiles, identifying surface flaws that could compromise the ...

Unlike conventional ultrasonic flaw detection systems, MIV-X exposes defects both on and below the surface. The MIV-X also provides a clear visualization of any flaws detected – another improvement ...

1 Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xinxiang University, Xingxiang, Henan, China 2 Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Cabanatuan City, Philippines Defects ... on each ...

Researchers have resolved a long-standing debate surrounding laser additive manufacturing processes with a pioneering approach to defect detection ... Rather than melted plastic, it employs ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every ... this is no longer a design feature but rather a design flaw. Imagine if half of the plastics used today were ...