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Redwave designed and built a new recycling plant for Swarco to produce reflec...
Redwave designed and built a new recycling plant for Swarco to produce reflective glass beads. These beads, made from waste from the sheet glass industry, are primarily used for road and airport markings to ensure road safety. After more than 5...Read more -
Swarco opens new glass bead plant in Lower Austria
Over the past fifty years, Swarco has become one of the leading manufacturers of glass microspheres with diameters ranging from 0.1 to 1.8 millimeters. Its production sites are located in the United States, Germany and Austria. The late Manfred Swarovski laid the founda...Read more -
Legend has it that sandblasting was first discovered by American inventor Ben...
Legend has it that sandblasting was first discovered by American inventor Benjamin Tilghman. While serving in the army, he noticed the effect of desert sand on windows. At the time, sand was the most commonly used abrasive in sandblasting, hence the name “sandblasting.&...Read more -
Rösler Launches RapidFinish for Post-Processing of 3D Printed Parts
3D printing post-processing is an important, yet sometimes overlooked, part of the 3D printing workflow. Rösler Benelux, a manufacturer of industrial finishing equipment and chemicals, announced the launch of its RÖSLER RapidFinish technology, a versatile platform for s...Read more -
New liquid metal printing technology from MIT makes chairs in minutes
Their technology, called liquid metal printing (LMP), involves depositing molten aluminum onto a layer of tiny glass beads in a pre-determined pattern. Imagine printing a table leg or chair frame out of liquid metal in minutes. Researchers at M...Read more -
Philadelphia streets have faded, with crosswalks and lane markings gone
Philadelphia has more than 2,500 miles of roads, from small streets to wide, heavily used routes. But sometimes the sidewalk markings disappear under real-world use. Reader Timothy Derr, who lives near the city centre and is familiar with the f...Read more -
Mixed media design and tapestry for a theatre art space
Seven years ago, Nancy Shaw Kramer closed the popular Vineyard Haven Gallery, which she owned and operated for 20 years. Then she turned to a new art form. That’s nothing new for the talented artist-designer, whose work is on display at the Marilyn Meyerhoff Gallery at ...Read more -
Her beads are so exquisite that they have earned her a devoted following amon...
Lampwork beads by Sarah Klopping of Aloha Bead Co., Maui. They are handcrafted using the lampwork technique, using special types of glass and silver to build up layers and create different effects. Clopin holds beads she makes using a variety o...Read more -
The Mining Museum and the Rollo Jamieson Museum hosted a live glass bead maki...
The Mining Museum and the Rollo Jamieson Museum hosted a live glass bead making demonstration led by Julia Loukosaithis of Bedazzled by Julz, who showed how glass can be transformed into a work of art. Loukosaithis fuses a white glass rod to a ...Read more -
U.S. Department of Transportation installs highly visible road markings on Wa...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Transportation will install highly visible lane markings in Salt Lake City, Davis, Weber and Box Elder counties as part of the “largest lane marking project in state history.” “Our goal is to help everyone on the road see their lane, day or nigh...Read more
