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C5 Medical Werks Launches Ceramic Injection Molding
PRNewswire
C5 Medical Werks, a subsidiary of CoorsTek, now offers the ability to produce ceramic injection molded components from its state-of-the-art facility in Grand Junction, Colorado. C5 can now meet the demand for medical devices with tight tolerances and intricate shapes as an ISO 13485 certified, FDA registered facility.

Raytheon Receives DoD Trusted Foundry Accreditation
PRNewswire
The Department of Defense has accredited Raytheon Company's semiconductor foundry in Andover, Mass., as a DoD Category 1A Trusted Foundry. Raytheon Radio Frequency Components Foundry capabilities include design, development, and manufacturing of GaAs and GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuits and modules for advanced radar, electronic warfare, communications, and weapon systems.

Lockheed Martin to Demonstrate Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
PRNewswire
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a cooperative agreement contract with a maximum value of $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to demonstrate innovative technologies to enable ocean thermal energy power generation. Lockheed will demonstrate a cold water pipe fabrication approach using modern fiberglass technology and new low-cost composite material manufacturing methods at prototype and pilot plant scales.

Deep Reactive Ion Etching for MEMS Manufacture
PRNewswire
Surface Technology Systems plc has installed two VPX Pegasus cluster tools for the National Information Society Agency in Korea. These silicon etch tools will be used for deep reactive ion etching in a wide range of applications.


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These are brief summaries of four presentations at MS&T’08. They are from the symposium titled “Paradigm Shift in the Metals Industry,” sponsored by the ASM Emerging Technology Awareness Committee.

Copper: New Paradigm for an Old Metal

The copper die-casting process was commercialized a few years ago and has since been adopted by at least one major motor manufacturer to produce a new line of super-efficient industrial induction motors, according to Konrad Kundig, a metallurgical consultant who presented Copper: New Paradigm for an Old Metal at MS&T’08 in Pittsburgh last week. The new motors exceed the highest NEMA Premium efficiency standards for motors up to 20 hp by several percentage points. The image shows a super-efficient induction motor from Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. His presentation included much more information about copper developments. To learn more, contact him at kkundig@att.net.

Future of Magnesium Developments in 21st Century was presented by Robert E. Brown, Magnesium Assistance Group Inc. As lightweight construction becomes necessary for mobile platforms, there will be increasing need to review how the properties of magnesium can be used to supply solutions to some of these problems. This presentation addressed what has been done with magnesium in the past century, what is being done today, and suggested a future development program.
ymurty@cellularmaterials.com

Recent Trends in Flat-Rolled Stainless Alloys was presented by J. F. Grubb, ATI Allegheny Ludlum. Nickel prices are about five times what they were six years ago. Molybdenum prices are about ten times the 2001 price. However, the choice does not have to be between traditional corrosion resistant alloys and non-resistant alloys. Lower alloy content, corrosion resistant alloys are being developed and applications of older “lean” alloys expanded.
jgrubb@alleghenyludlum.com

New High Temperature and Corrosion Resisting Wrought Alloys for Advanced Technologies of the 21st Century was presented by D. Klarstrom and L. Flower, Haynes International Inc. As industrial technology goes forward in the 21st century, advanced processes demand new alloy solutions. In the current decade, Haynes International has introduced to the engineering community six new alloys invented in the Haynes laboratories: Haynes 282, NS-163 and HR-224 alloys, and Hastelloy G-35, C-22HS, and HYBRID-BC1 alloys. The presentation discussed the characteristics and applications of these alloys as well as future developments.
dklarstrom@comcast.net

NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Metals, Polymers, Ceramics Test/Characterization Process Technology Emerging Technology Global Business Energy Trends

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Can You Identify This?

This image shows crystals of rutile (titanium dioxide) and tridymite (a polymorph of quartz) in a cobalt-rich glass, 350X. It won first place in the 1977 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition for James W. Smith of Independence, Ohio. Now Nikon Instruments has initiated an online game, “Identify the Image,” in which you are shown a series of five finalist images from the 2008 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition to identify. The game will be updated each day with a new set of five images. To learn more and to play, visit www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Dianne Chong receives the President’s Tray (bearing signatures of her Board of Trustees) from new President Roger Fabian during ceremonies at the ASM Awards Dinner during MS&T’08.

President Chong’s Report to the Membership

In her remarks during the ASM Annual Business Meeting in Pittsburgh, Dr. Dianne Chong, FASM, described the progress made by the society during the past year in achieving its strategic objectives. “ASM is all about our membership,” she said. “In this Chapter Meeting-like setting, it’s very appropriate for me to report to you about the progress we’ve made -- and the next steps that we’re taking.”

The Lifelong Learning and Education Action Plan continues to provide a vital link to the future of materials science and engineering. Within the ASM structure, the Education Committee is the primary driver for this strategic plan area.

The Content is Everything Material Action Plan is important to every member of ASM. I would like to point out some of the capabilities and features of our Global Community Website. For example, did you know?

• ASM offers 17,000 Handbook articles for sale by the article.

• We offer single diagrams from the world’s leading resource on alloy phase diagrams.

• You can find experts in your area of interest.

• You can work on your favorite documents from your personalized computer bookshelf.

And so much more. We’re very excited about the capabilities of our website. Together with our Affiliate Society sites and a growing number of Chapter sites, we are bringing the entire ASM membership together.

Led by the ASM New Products and Services Committee, ASM’s commitment to Emerging Technology has shown significant progress during the past 12 months. A good example of this is our MPMD initiative, which has marked its fifth year of bridging the materials information gap for clinicians and medical device designers.

I am particularly pleased to announce that our /Mtrl community website will be launched this month. Materials scientists and engineers see materials for their properties. Designers tend to see materials as personalities!

Volunteerism, the fourth area of the Strategic Plan’s initiatives, may be the most important -- because without it, nothing else is possible. This area is focused on better serving and allocating the remarkable volunteer network on which ASM relies so heavily, and expanding our base of volunteers into new technical areas.

I know that all of you are aware of the challenges we face in bringing new volunteers to our society and our chapters. With YOUR continued support, we’re going to accomplish even more in the future.

It has been an honor to serve you as President. Thank you for everything you do for ASM.

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Reliability and Consistency in Thermal Spray:
Vital for Industry Production
December 2-3, 2008
Montreal, Quebec

Building on a very successful Sensors and Controls conference offered in 2004, The Thermal Spray Society will host a symposium on “Improving Reliability and Consistency in Thermal Spray” on December 2-3, 2008. This conference will explore emerging technologies, practices, training and certification processes and discuss ways that these factors will impact the thermal spray industry by providing improved reliability and consistency of thermal spray coatings.
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ASM-Indian Institute of Metals Seeks 2009 Visiting Lecturers

Qualified lecturers:
• Are ASM members who visit India
• Have experience with delivering technical presentations of interest to government, industrial or academic organizations
• Can lecture on current technological conditions in India
• Will be available between April 1 and December 31, 2009
• Have definite travel plans to and from India using own funds

Award carries with it an $800 honorarium to be used for travel expenses within India during their visit and a certificate of recognition to be presented at the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon scheduled for October 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA during MS&T’09.

Deadline for application is February 1, 2009. For more information, contact Carole Chesla at 440/338-5151 ext. 5330

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Pearson’s Crystal Data CD-ROM, Crystal Structure Database for Inorganic Compounds
2008/2009 Update
Edited by: Pierre Villars and Karin Cenzual, 2008

The most comprehensive database available for alloys, intermetallics and inorganics. The updated CD includes 165,000 structural data sets (including atom coordinates and displacement parameters, when determined), 100,000 compounds, 22,600 prototypes and 50,000 publications. Also included in the CD are active links to ASM’s Alloy Phase Diagram Center, Landolt-Börnstein, Springer and original references.

To find out more information on the update, please contact Denise Smith at 440.338.5409.

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Process Metallurgist
Republic Special Metals Inc., Canton, Ohio

Duties include process & product development of vacuum remelted steel and special alloys used primarily in aerospace industry. Provide metallurgical and engineering input with regard to VAR, ESR, and forging processes. Provide technical expertise with regard to product metallurgy, and technical and metallurgical input for new processes including VIM and rotary forge projects. Install new computer controls on vacuum melting furnaces.
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