Comments on: Apple rolls out skinny new version of the iMac http://gigaom.com/2012/10/23/apple-rolls-out-skinny-new-version-of-the-imac/ Fri, 24 May 2013 03:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: KP76 http://gigaom.com/2012/10/23/apple-rolls-out-skinny-new-version-of-the-imac/#comment-1116876 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:43:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=576315#comment-1116876 Friction-stir welding was upgraded and improved by EADS for aerospace, and the innovation is now being applied as the DeltaN FS® technology to other industrial applications. Unlike traditional welding’s melting process, friction-stir welding intermixes metal in the areas being joined – softening up material for fusing by mechanical pressure.

EADS’ break-though is a design that puts the high revolutions on the welding tool’s pin, and zero revolutions on the tool’s shoulder. This successful design has been endorsed by industrial robot-maker KUKA, along with Grenzebach Automation – a system integrator and process solutions provider.

There’s more information about DeltaN FS® technology on EADS’ technology licensing website:
http://www.technology-licensing.com/etl/int/en/What-we-offer/Technologies-for-licensing/Metallics-and-related-manufacturing-technologies/DeltaN-system-for-friction-stir-welding.html

]]> By: Markus Hopkins http://gigaom.com/2012/10/23/apple-rolls-out-skinny-new-version-of-the-imac/#comment-1105008 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:00:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=576315#comment-1105008 Oh, and it will have 1 gigE port, and up to 8 pounds has been cut off the weight (depending on config). It will actually weigh between 12 and 21 pounds.

]]> By: Markus Hopkins http://gigaom.com/2012/10/23/apple-rolls-out-skinny-new-version-of-the-imac/#comment-1105000 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:57:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=576315#comment-1105000 I think the friction stir welding melds the backing and the aluminum display chin together, not the display itself, for clarification.

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