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Materials World September 2008

The September issue looks at surface engineering. Related features focus on the everday uses of surface engineering and their environmental credentials.

News examines how the cost of light emitting diodes could be reduced with silicon wafers and the technology and economic potential of underwater mining.

News

Sheffield Forgemasters overcomes obstacles

Dr Graham Honeyman
Over the past six years, UK’s Sheffield Forgemasters International has progressed from near closure to a record turnover. Meagan Ellis finds out more about the man at the helm, Chief Executive Dr Graham Honeyman CBE.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Advanced moulding for advanced electronics

Amkor Technology, based in Chandler, USA, has developed improved flip chip packaging for electronic circuits using single-piece forming with improved mould compounds. The company expects the Flip Chip Moulded Ball Grid Array package, a method of inter-connecting integrated circuits, to become the industry standard.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

WRAPping up waste packaging materials

The UK’s Waste Resources & Action Programme announced on 28 July that there was a halt on levels of grocery packaging growth from 2006-7 by 32 of the UK’s major retailers and brand owners. Rupal Mehta discovers more about the materials development this involved across the retail supply chain.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Driving forward with composites

The Caparo T1 track car, made using novel manufacturing techniques for carbon composite parts, is in its final lap as the first production specification vehicles are to be launched later this year. Capro aims to make carbon composite parts more affordable for use in lightweight vehicles to reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel economy.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

A lighter touch for glass

Designers at the Saazs Institute, based in Paris, France, claim to have developed the first light-emitting glass, which can last for 20 years. The material could be used to create luxury lighting products for homes, hotels and retail outlets.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Mining under the sea

The newest frontier for mining is underwater. Meagan Ellis looks at the technology involved and the environmental concerns that remain with this untested excavation technique.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Low-carbon bricks for steel mills

A new 15,000t production line that manufactures pressed bricks for iron and steel mills containing little or no embedded carbon is in production in Gongyi, China. Gengsheng Minerals creates low-carbon bricks to be used in furnaces and ladles.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Casting sensors into light metals

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute in Bremen, Germany, are developing a manufacturing technique to integrate electric sensors, actuators and components into light metals while they are being cast. This would create ‘intelligent’ parts that could monitor components’ stability or track their movements.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Crosslinking for cartilage repair

A hydrogel with a 'unique' crosslinker could improve cartilage repair. This will enhance the lives of people suffering from medical joint problems such as osteoarthritis.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Silicon to supersede sapphire in LEDs?

Using silicon rather than sapphire wafers could bring down the cost of light emitting diodes and transform solid state lighting in homes and offices. Researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, claim to have overcome the difficulty in metallising silicon with a reflective layer.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Printing electronics

Researchers working on CONTACT, a four-year EU-funded project, have developed a method of printing precise layers of water-based or pigmented inks onto a substrate material, such as glass or metal foil, for printed electronics.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Features

Uranium update — a look at uranium

Michael Forrest talks to Steve Kidd, Director of Strategy and Research at the World Nuclear Association, London, UK, about uranium and its potential as a sustainable energy source.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

A cleaner finish — the evolution of surface engineering

Keith Harrison, Chairman of the IOM3 Surface Engineering Division, reports on how surface engineering has become more environmentally friendly
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Hub of information - the surface engineering microsite

Surface engineering is vital to the success of almost every commercial and industrial product, from aero engines to razor blades. It is a critical enabling technology that underpins every industrial and manufacturing sector. The new Surface Engineering Division Strategy of IOM3 encompasses the needs of British industry to enable predictive design of important components and products with minimum waste and the use of more sustainable materials and environmentally friendly processes.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Battery powered — energy storage

UK experts Peter Hall, from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Steve Tennison, from MAST Carbon Technology Ltd, Guildford, report on energy storage in the energy materials series from Materials UK.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Royalty mining — Globex's business plan

Jack Stoch, CEO of Globex Mining Enterprises, based in Quebec, Canada, speaks to Michael Forrest about the company’s business plan of exploration, discovery and royalties.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

On the surface — uses of surface engineering

David Rickerby, Head of Surface Engineering at Rolls-Royce plc, Derby, UK, introduces everyday uses of surface engineering.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008

Material Matters

Is there life on other planets?

Light pollution and the possibility of life on other planets.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008

Book reviews

Materials Science – An Intermediate Text

Materials Science – An Intermediate Text

Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008
Materials in Sports Equipment

Materials in Sports Equipment

Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008
Future Trends in Microelectronics – Up the Nano Creek

Future Trends in Microelectronics – Up the Nano Creek

Materials World Magazine, 01 Sep 2008