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Graphene offers new battery options and potential for limitless energy

Graphene has many potentially revolutionary properties. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

Posted on 30 Nov 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

New discoveries in graphene technology have the potential to unlock new battery technologies and even unlimited energy batteries.

The Smart Factory Podcast

Posted on 23 Nov 2017 by Nick Peters

Throughout the 2017 Leaders Conference and Smart Factory Expo, The Manufacturer ran a global streaming radio service, offering interviews, comment and analysis from its conference studio in Liverpool.

On this page are some of the interview highlights for your pleasure and interest. All inte…

What does it take to make additive manufacturing mainstream

MAPP aims to address the challenges and opportunities surrounding advanced powder processes through an ambitious interdisciplinary research programme.

Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by Fred Tongue

Additive manufacturing has been around since 1983, but it has not yet been adopted by mainstream manufacturing, what is missing for AM to breakthrough.

Co-create or die? The future landscape of innovation

Digitalisation of Manufacturing Digital Tech Robot Automation Robotics - Stock Image

Posted on 21 Nov 2017 by The Manufacturer

Digitalisation is accelerating the pace of change, and the future belongs to the nimble, imaginative – and increasingly – those who see the power of cooperation and collaboration. Helen Saunders examines the opportunities and challenges of co-innovation.

Additive manufacturing: the next layer

A lightweight aluminium structure with a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattice - image courtesy of CFAM.

Posted on 18 Oct 2017 by Nick Peters

Additive manufacturing has gone beyond being a revolutionary process and is now firmly in the mainstream. Which begs the question, what does the future hold and where are the gains to be made for manufacturers who have still to embrace the technology?