This new profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Judith A. Todd, head of the engineering science and mechanics (ESM) department, P.B. Breneman Chair, and professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State.
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This new profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Marissa Reigel, principal engineer for Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Lesley D. Frame
This new profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Lesley D. Frame, Director of Product Development for Thermatool Corp.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Amber Black
This new profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Amber N. Black, an applications engineer for PTR – Precision Technologies Inc.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Margaret Flury
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Margaret Flury, principal materials engineer at Medtronic.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Ursula Kattner
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Ursula Kattner, physical scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and recipient of the 2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award.
Continue readingGirl Scouts Learn How to be Materials Girls
This July, fifteen Girl Scouts traveled to the ASM dome to take part in demonstrations that explained materials property concepts and introduced them to engineering. The scouts, who were between 7 to 11 years old, earned a Materials Girl patch by participating in the program. The day was organized by the ASM Women in Materials Engineering committee in collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Girl Scouts council.
Continue readingSSAB Hardox Tube 500 high strength steel tube provides extreme wear resistance
SSAB, Sweden, has launched the Hardox Tube 500 range of tubular high strength steel that provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox steel wear plate, but in tubular form.
Continue readingSMA Actuator Design Tools for the Experienced and the Rookie Users
The primary goal of the Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology (CASMART) is to enable the design of revolutionary applications based on shape memory alloy (SMA) technology. Currently, one of the major roadblocks for the integration of SMA-based actuation systems is the development cost. Therefore, the Design Working Group of CASMART has developed SMA actuator design tools for three common actuator types: wires, springs, and torque tubes.
Continue readingIpsen Titan H6 enables company to expand production capacity, meet increased demand
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that Rockford Heat Treaters, the original beta tester for the Ipsen Titan vacuum furnace, recently purchased a Titan H6 to expand production capacity and to meet increased demand.
Continue readingGF Linamar wins $300 million contract for magnesium cross-car beams for pickup trucks
GF Linamar, Mills River, N.C., a joint venture between GF Automotive and Linamar, has been awarded a $300 million contract over a period of five years to produce lightweight magnesium automotive components for a U.S. manufacturer.
Continue readingNitrex Nitreg nitriding system improves fatigue resistance for automotive springs
Nitrex Metal, Montreal, has successfully installed and commissioned an NX-1230 potential-controlled Nitreg nitriding system for processing automotive springs for a customer in Korea.
Continue readingAir Products to introduce intelligent atmosphere analyzers at Heat Treat 2017
Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., will introduce its Intelligent Atmosphere Analyzers, enabled by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), at Heat Treat 2017 in Columbus, Ohio, from October 24-26.
Continue readingLindberg MPH ships tube heat-treating furnace for research and development
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a 2190°F hinged three-zone furnace to an R&D lab for heat treating process tubes and retorts made of ceramic, quartz, or metal alloys.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships heavy duty walk-in ovens to Chinese auto parts maker
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two natural-gas direct-fired heavy-duty walk-in series ovens to a manufacturer of automotive parts in China.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Fluidized Bed Powder Feeders
In fluidized-bed powder feeders, a bed of powder is continuously agitated by a fluidizing gas, in this case the carrier gas.
Continue readingNASA rocket engine igniter made of Inconel and copper by hybrid 3D laser printing
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that its engineers have tested the first 3D printed rocket engine igniter made of Inconel and a copper alloy.
Continue readingAmerica Makes and ANSI collaborate to update standards for additive manufacturing
America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Washington, have launched Phase 2 of the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) to update its standardization roadmap for additive manufacturing.
Continue readingGKN develops case hardening steel powder for 3D printing high-strength parts
GKN plc, Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced 20MnCr5, a new case hardening steel powder optimized for metal additive manufacturing applications.
Continue readingASM announces three winners of the 2017 materials genome toolkit contest
The ASM Materials Education Foundation, Materials Park, Ohio, announces the winners of the 2017 ASM Materials Genome Toolkit competition: the undergraduate engineering departments at the University of Florida, the University of Pittsburgh, and Wright State University.
Continue readingNanoAl Superalloys to present six papers about its aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017
NanoAl Superalloys, Skokie, Ill., announces that its engineers will present six papers about its high-strength aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017 in Pittsburgh in October, some in conjunction with engineers from universities and other companies.
Continue readingDepartment of Energy awards $4 million for projects to extract rare earths from coal
The Department of Energy, Washington, has announced nine projects that will receive approximately $4 million in cost-shared federal funding to improve the technical, environmental, and economic performance of new and existing technologies that extract, separate, and recover rare earth elements from domestic U.S. coal and coal byproducts.
Continue readingUnited States Steel, Kobe Steel to invest $400 million to galvanize high strength steels
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, and Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan, will begin construction of a new continuous galvanizing line at their subsidiaries’ joint venture, Pro-Tec Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effects of Nitrocarburizing on Stainless Steel
Electrochemical measurements show that transpassivity (which is necessary for the onset of pitting) of expanded austenite occurs at appreciably higher applied voltages than for austenite with the same metallic composition but without nitrogen.
Continue readingLinde to present new atmosphere mixing technology at Heat Treat 2017
Linde LLC, Bridgewater, N.J., will detail field results on a new atmosphere mixing technology that can boost unit productivity and improve convection in heat treatment furnaces without the use of fans at Heat Treat 2017 in Columbus, October 24-27.
Continue readingUnited Process Controls acquires Atmosphere Engineering to grow product portfolio
United Process Controls, West Chester, Ohio, announces the acquisition of Atmosphere Engineering Company, Milwaukee, Wis., for its industrial flow control products, furnace control products, and data acquisition software, as well as its strong presence in North America, South America, and Europe.
Continue readingLinde to present new atmosphere mixing technology at Heat Treat 2017
Linde LLC, Bridgewater, N.J., will detail field results on a new atmosphere mixing technology that can boost unit productivity and improve convection in heat treatment furnaces without the use of fans at Heat Treat 2017 in Columbus, October 24-27.
Continue readingUnited Process Controls acquires Atmosphere Engineering to grow product portfolio
United Process Controls, West Chester, Ohio, announces the acquisition of Atmosphere Engineering Company, Milwaukee, Wis., for its industrial flow control products, furnace control products, and data acquisition software, as well as its strong presence in North America, South America, and Europe.
Continue readingWallwork Heat Treating awarded Innovate UK funding to harden titanium for implants
Wallwork Cambridge, England, has been awarded funding from Innovate UK, the government backed sponsor of breakthrough technologies, to research medical applications of its aircraft bearing hardening technology for human implants.
Continue readingIpsen to present four papers at ASM Heat Treat/Gear Expo in Columbus
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., is to present four papers at the ASM Heat Treat/Gear Expo 2017, Oct. 24-26, in Columbus.
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