GTRI researcher Jason Nadler displays a sample of thin silver-diamond composite material. (Credit: Gary Meek) Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a solid composite ...

The starting idea was to reduce the weight of machinery, e.g. in aeronautics, by using composites instead of stainless steel. The main difficulty was to preserve the stiffness properties of the ...

Laminated shims make life easier for designers and machine operators, as long as they're properly specified. Laminated shims come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Laminated shims can be peeled down, ...