The use of porous materials is a necessity for creating lightweight and efficient structures—a concept eloquently demonstrated by the simple corrugated cardboard box. Voids in a structure also create ...

The manufacturing of metal components often seems like a choice between two extremes. On one side, there is the slow and ...

Aluminum is particularly well suited to the extrusion process due to its excellent plasticity at extrusion temperature. Only a minor degree of work-hardening takes place at this temperature and ...

General Mills is seeking to patent a way to make gluten-free and reduced-gluten fresh, filled pastas such as ravioli without any breakages or tears during processing. In its patent application, ...

Extrusion is a process used for creating a product (an extrudate) by forcing a material through a die or an orifice to form a shape, or alternatively an extruder is used to produce semi-finished or ...