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Inventor at Bistabledome.com Suggests Bistable Domes Can be Used to Print Shape in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) to Reduce Auto Weight, Global Warming
Climate change is pushing the auto industry to transition to thinner, stronger, and more environmentally friendly steel and inventor Paul Ericson thinks arrays of very shallow overlapping bistable domes, or OBDs, might help. Ericson was granted two patents for using rows of flex actuated OBDs to create contact shape digitizing sensors and pumps that pump when bent. He explains and illustrates the concept at Bistabledome.com. In a video, Ericson demonstrates how rows and closely packed arrays of OBDs turn tough flat .006” and .03” 302 stainless steel into stiffer adjustable structures that are only a few times thicker in profile ... Read more