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Using EMP To Punch Holes In Steel

Posted by timothy on from the you'll-need-some-big-batteries dept.

angrytuna writes "The Economist is running a story about a group of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, who've found a way to use an EMP device to shape and punch holes through steel. The process enjoys advantages over both lasers, which take more time to bore the hole (0.2 vs. 1.4 seconds), and by metal presses, which can leave burrs that must be removed by hand."

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  1. Re:Article Has No Meat. by bmo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh look! I'm not perfect!

    Before you jump up and down, at least I know not to pollute my cad database with different versions of the same files, like Airbus.

    Dohohohoho!

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    BMO