In any use of compliant materials (paper, dress and upholstery fabrics, etc) they may burn rapidly if accidentally ignited by a naked flame and the fumes and smoke produced, particularly from synthetic materials, may be an additional hazard.

Accelerated wear tests on different fabrics. The fabrics under test are fixed to the rim of the wear wheel, which is rubbed by an arm covered with sandpaper.

Setting up and using electrically-driven overlockers.

This is a compilation of the articles about 3D printing that have appeared in Futureminds over the past three years.

They span designing for 3D printing, types of printers, teaching schemes and safe use of these machines in a school.