In microtechnology and high precision machining, it is always difficult to find the perfect fit between the materials, the coolant, the tools and the machine. In every field, specialists are fighting to find the perfect mix between all those parameters. The University Of Bern, Switzerland, may have put all those troubles to a stop.
This morning the University’s spokesman announced the achievement of the new nano-structured material whose proprieties can change according to the level of microwaves you submit it.
One single material for every application Dr. Ing. Günther Huxley says: “It’s a great achievement we’re proud to present to the world after more than 10 years of researches. With the new Flexistuff®, we can replace any kind of material.” Actually the process is quite genial, you submit the material to a microwave frequency specified by design and the output is a material with the same proprieties as Stainelss steel, Titanum, PEEK, brass or any material.
Accurate proprieties according to the wavelength Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF (millimeter waves), and various sources use different boundaries. In all cases, microwave includes the entire SHF band (3 to 30 GHz, or 10 to 1 cm) at minimum, with RF engineering often putting the lower boundary at 1 GHz (30 cm), and the upper around 100 GHz (3 mm).
And there is more Some material are hard to machine and with this new material, you can machine it easily as Brass and once machined you put the parts into a microwave oven and change its structure into the material you want. M. K. H. Scheer, specialists in high precision machining says: “For us it’s a great development, we will be able to machine our medical implants as easily as in brass (first microwave specification before machining) and then change the proprieties. That will save us many troubles and we will also be able to offer a better price for our parts”. This will also help implants manufacturer keep cost under control.
We will come back on this great discovery tomorrow.
Cheers Pierre-Yves
Update from April 2, 2014 - this news is a joke published for the first of April ;o)
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