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Germanium extracted from ore by injecting organic molecules and shaking milling jars

McGill University, Montreal, announces that a team of chemists has developed a way to process metals with organic molecules, instead of chlorine and hydrochloric acid, to help purify germanium.

One Minute Mentor: Nitriding Austenitic Stainless Steel

The graph shows thermogravimetric uptake curves for nitriding of AISI 316 at 445°C (830°F) in different NH3-H2 gas mixtures.

Leco advanced grinder/polisher enables extremely flat metallographic specimens

Leco Corp., St. Joseph, Mich., introduces its advanced PX400/PX500 Grinder/Polisher Series, which enables production of exceptionally flat specimens that are ideal for microhardness or microstructural work at the next sample testing step.

Can-Eng awarded contract for aluminum furnace system integrated into forging cell

Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, was recently awarded a contract for an aluminum furnace system from a leading North American manufacturer of forged aluminum suspension components.

Linde and Praxair agree to combine for global presence and stronger growth

Linde AG, Munich, and Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., announce that the companies have entered into a definitive business combination agreement to come together under a new holding company called Linde, uniting Linde’s long-standing leadership in engineering and technology with Praxair’s efficient operating model.

Lindberg/MPH heavy-duty box furnace for processing glass reaches maximum 1500°C

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of a heavy duty box furnace that reaches a maximum temperature of 1500°C for processing glass.

Spray Tips: Mechanical Interlocking

Mechanical interlocking, as illustrated in the diagram, has been viewed historically as the main mechanism of thermal spray coating adhesion.

Oerlikon builds surface solutions center in Japan for Japanese auto industry

Oerlikon, Switzerland, is building a new surface solutions center in Nagoya, Japan, dedicated to providing the latest technologies and services to the Japanese automotive industry.

University in England completes $4.5 million TEM microscope and ion accelerator

The University of Huddersfield, England, announces the completion of a $4.5 million research facility that includes a transmission electron microscope and a dual-beam ion beam accelerator.

Carbon/titanium fan blades in Rolls-Royce Ultrafan engine gearbox help efficiency

Rolls-Royce, U.K., has started power runs of the world’s most powerful aerospace gearbox for its new UltraFan engine, which will offer a 25% fuel efficiency improvement over the first generation of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine.

Siemens wins 3D Printing Industry Award for its printed gas turbine blades

Siemens Inc., Germany, announces that it has won an International 3D Printing Industry Award in the category “3D Printing Application of the Year” for the first successful worldwide test of gas turbine blades produced via additive manufacturing.

One Minute Mentor: Diffusivity of Nitrogen in Austenite

The diffusivity of nitrogen in γN was determined from the stepwise denitriding kinetics of initially fully nitrided homogenous (stress-free) expanded austenite coupons.

Nucor to build 72-inch-wide hot band galvanizing/pickling line at its Kentucky mill

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., is investing an estimated $176 million to build a 72-inch-wide hot band galvanizing and pickling line at its sheet mill in Ghent, Kentucky.

Wisconsin Oven ships walk-in oven to medical equipment manufacturer

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped an electrically heated enhanced-duty walk-in series oven to a medical equipment manufacturer for sterilizing its products.

Evraz North America to double heat treat capacity for OCTG at facility in Alberta

Evraz North America, Chicago, announces that it has approved engineering design work and ordering of long-lead time equipment to install a new heat treatment line at its facility in Red Deer, Alberta, for oil country tubular goods.

Electrically heated aluminum melting furnace has melt rate of 50 pounds per hour

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated hand-tilting aluminum melting furnace to a manufacturer in the aluminum sand casting industry.

MTS installs Echo remote lab monitoring technology in Brazilian research institute

MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., has completed the installation of the MTS Echo remote lab monitoring technology in the Civil Engineering Structural and Materials Laboratory at Rio de Janeiro’s Pontificia Universidade Católica (PUC-Rio).

Can-Eng to build 36-foot rotary hearth furnace for titanium aerospace forgings

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to commission a turnkey 36 ft. diameter “pancake” style rotary hearth furnace for a leading North American aerospace supplier.

Super Systems automated system enables tight nitriding process control for Callies

Super Systems Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, reports that Callies Precision Engine Components has installed an SSI automated system with the ability to achieve tight nitriding process control using an easy-to-use recipe system that maintains tight tolerances on temperature, gas flow, and nitriding potential.

Anton Paar Revetest3 coating scratch tester enables automatic detection of critical loads

Anton Paar USA, Ashland, Va., presents the third generation of the Revetest scratch tester, the RST3, the only scratch tester on the market that features automatic detection of critical loads.

Barium-tin-oxide transparent thin film could improve electronics and solar cells

The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, announces that a team of researchers has developed a barium-tin-oxide transparent highly conductive thin film in which they replaced elemental tin with a chemical precursor of tin.

Ultratech dual-beam laser spike anneal systems to treat FinFET for 10-nm nodes

Ultratech Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces that it has received a multiple system follow-on order for its LSA101 dual-beam laser spike anneal systems for expansion of 10-nm FinFET production.

WIN Semiconductors completes expansion, increases GaAs wafer capacity by 20%

WIN Semiconductors Corp., Taiwan, has completed Phase 2 expansion at its newest wafer fab, Fab C, increasing manufacturing capacity by 20%.

Rogers to exhibit high-performance circuit materials at microwave symposium

Rogers Corp., Chandler, Ariz., will highlight its wide range of circuit materials at the 2017 IEEE International Microwave Symposium in June.

CMOS-based electron backscatter diffraction detector acquires 3000 patterns/second

Oxford Instruments Nanoanalysis, England, has launched Symmetry, which is said to have acquisition speed in excess of 3000 indexed patterns per second.

Kyocera certified to supply ceramic semiconductor packaging for space vehicles

Kyocera International Inc., San Diego, announces that it has received Class Y certification for its semiconductor assembly operations.

Two-sensor-tool imaging technology detects dead open faults with high accuracy

Neocera, Beltsville, Md., has developed the Magma electronic fault isolation HiRes microscope system that combines two sensors into one tool: a SQUID sensor for detecting the smallest possible currents, and a magnetoresistive sensor for best spatial resolution when scanning close to the current.