This time he’s made himself a Nitinol wire inchworm, which actually moves across the table when you apply a switching electrical current to it! Nitinol is a shape memory alloy which has a cool ...

Nitinol is a type of metal wire made of nickel and titanium that is also known as “memory wire”, because it can remember its former shape and transition back to it with a temperature change.

Metal wires are flexible, typically cylindrical rods of metal. They are designed for carrying electricity and for bearing physical stresses and loads. Producing metal wire involves a number of ...

SMAs, like Nitinol, can return to a pre-defined shape when heated, offering precise control for advanced applications such as medical devices and aerospace components. While offering high precision ...

A wire stripper boosts productivity for professional electricians, budding apprentices, and DIYers, but with a variety of models on the market, the best tool depends on the wire the user is ...

Figure 1. Treatment algorithm for CLTI and complex lesions. *IVL, intravascular lithotripsy.

Many orthodontists now use ceramic braces that are bonded to the teeth and strung together with a thin, light wire made of NiTinol (nickel-titanium), an alloy brought to you compliments of NASA.

Late in 1876, so the story goes, a young man named John Warne Gates built a wire-fence pen in the middle of San Antonio, Texas. He rounded up some of the toughest and wildest longhorns in all of ...

As Ireland’s role in the medical equipment market continues to expand, industry specialists are set to gather in Galway. We ...

Wire transfer fees are charges from your financial institution when a wire transfer either comes in or goes out from your bank account. This is the cost the financial institution charges you for ...

With its broad range of core and customised capabilities including fine wire drawing, nitinol braiding and shape-setting, electroplating, and coating to name a few, Alleima offers tailor-made serv ...

Earlier, uncovered (bare metal) designs allowed ingrowth of tumor through wire mesh, causing the stents ... Top: Ultraflex knitted nitinol stent delivered with a 20F outer-diameter delivery ...