Nitinol's name is derived from its alloy composition and place ... There are two primary methods, both of which have their advantages: - Vacuum arc re-melting (VAR); a casting process where a ...

This project aims to make airless tires for bikes and scooters using nitinol, and despite the company’s failed attempt at pedaling their wares on Shark Tank last year, the campaign has already ...

Nitinol is a smart material that can be used as an actuator, a sensor, or a structural element, and has the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of microrobots. Femtosecond laser ...

You’ve likely heard of Nitinol wire before, but we suspect the common base knowledge doesn’t go much beyond repeating that it’s a shape-memory alloy. [Bill Hammack], the Engineer Guy ...

In some cases – particularly with nickel-titanium, also known as nitinol – these metals absorb significant amounts of heat when they're bent out of shape, and then release that heat when they ...

NASA’s Glenn Research Center came up with the idea for nitinol in the late 2000s in preparation for bigger, heavier lunar vehicles. Faced with the possibility of traditional air-filled tires ...

NASHUA, N.H., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Resonetics® announced today that it has acquired the nitinol gun drilling operations and related assets of Medical Component Specialists' (MCS ...

A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can flex around rocky obstacles, then reshape back to their original form. On Earth, surgeons install tiny mesh tubes that can dilate a heart patient’s ...

During laboratory tests, Buehler and Physicist Frederick Wang reported in Ocean Engineering, they fashioned Nitinol into a complex shape at a high temperature, then cooled it and crushed it beyond ...

We evaluated whether primary implantation of a self-expanding nitinol (nickel–titanium) stent yielded anatomical and clinical benefits superior to those afforded by percutaneous transluminal ...