Sam Davies

3 days ago | tctmagazine.com | Sam Davies

ASTM International and Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Inc. have partnered to train the next generation of manufacturing professionals through programs tailored to the needs of the Department of Defense (DoD). The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and will work together on a series of strategic initiatives, of which the co-development of comprehensive education, training and personnel certification is considered the priority.

3 days ago | tctmagazine.com | Sam Davies

A group of South Korean researchers have additively manufactured a spherical titanium alloy high-pressure tank that passes a 330-bar test at -196°C. The joint research team – consisting of representatives of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Korea Aerospace Research Center (KARI), KP Aero Industries, AM Solutions, and Hanyang University – used laser-wire Directed Energy Deposition (DED) technology to manufacture the pressure tank.

3 days ago | tctmagazine.com | Sam Davies

Professional drone manufacturer Dronavia is working with Sculpteo to design and produce technical components. Dronavia has sought to leverage Sculpteo's additive manufacturing expertise to support the development and manufacture of parachute systems, circuit breakers, remote identification, and geocaging devices.

4 days ago | tctmagazine.com | Sam Davies

Reconstructive scientists at North Bristol NHS Trust are using additive manufacturing to produce customised helmets to treat babies suffering from flat head syndrome. Flat head syndrome – known as plagiocephaly or brachycephaly – is caused by pressure on a baby’s skull, typically from sleeping in the same position. According to the UK National Childbirth Trust, one in five babies will suffer from flat head syndrome.

4 days ago | bfi.org.uk | Matthew Taylor |Miriam Bale |Rachel Pronger |Sam Davies

“What is a cult film?” asked Alex Cox, the iconoclastic director of Repo Man (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986) and Walker (1987), in the first of his many introductions for one of British television’s most unique and enduring cinema strands. Emerging on BBC2 in 1988 to shake up the typically staid Sunday night schedules, Moviedrome was a beguiling forum for strange, striking and singular films from across different eras.