Downgauging or lightweighting is an important cost concern for all packaging manufacturers. Lightweighting is achieved by reducing the raw material volume used in packaging. It is important that using ...

A material’s hardness relates to its mechanical resistance when subjected to mechanical indentation by another harder body. Diamond is considered the hardest natural material and is typically used for ...

Load testing vs. stress testing: What are the main differences? Your email has been sent The load testing vs stress testing discussion has been on the lips of both software developers and some ...

When first introduced to mechanical testing of composite materials, one can be confused, even overwhelmed, by the number of available test standards. One reason for this large variety of tests is the ...

Investigating adhesion in polymer films, this article highlights the advantages of in-situ testing over traditional ex-situ ...

Two trends in the auto industry are making life tough for engineers who design structures such as bodies and suspension systems. The first is the drive to make structures as light as possible, which ...

ROCKVILLE, MD.: Micro Focus, provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, announced the availability of SilkPerformer CloudBurst, a load testing capability based ...

Microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) require low-voltage, high-current power supplies. These supplies usually have very strict requirements on output-voltage deviations ...