Crompion International, Baton Rouge, La., reports that it has developed Cromgard C23, a specialty stainless steel with 23% chromium, 3.5 – 5% nickel, and 1 – 2% molybdenum.
Continue readingWorthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has acquired the business of NetBraze LLC, a manufacturer of brazing alloys, silver brazing filler metals, solders, and fluxes primarily used in plumbing, HVAC-R, industrial gas, and OEM markets.
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H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.
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Goodfellow, England, offers a microporous copper foam with pore sizes between 300 and 600 µm and a relative density of around 37%.
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Versarien Technologies Ltd, London, launched a brand new range of 10 Low Profile Air Cooled Heat Sinks using the incredible new material VersarienCu.
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New research provides a general formula for understanding how layered materials form different surface patterns.
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Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, reports that a major Caribbean producer of furfural, an organic compound derived from agricultural byproducts, chose to replace the existing tube in its heat exchangers with hyper-duplex stainless steel by Sandvik.
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Whip together an industrial waste product and a bit of plastic and you might have the recipe for the next revolution in battery technology.
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Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has built a prototype stainless steel yacht manufactured entirely of Sandvik SAF 2507 duplex stainless steel.
Continue readingOlympus Corp., Japan, introduced new Corrosion Module software available with the portable EPOCH 600 Ultrasonic Flaw Detector. The module is designed for the growing population of inspectors that require both flaw detection and corrosion measurement solutions as standard application offerings. This optional software provides simplified instrument operation for basic corrosion applications, requiring less set up time and more efficient data collection.
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Ambrell, an AmeriTherm Company, Scottsville, N.Y., has sold an Ekoheat 35 kW/30 kHz induction heating system to a fastener manufacturer to preheat blanks prior to forging. The solution includes a custom-built coil, along with an optical pyrometer and controller for quality control. The client determined that a new modern system with process feedback from Ambrell’s Application Lab would allow shorter heating times and faster production rate.
Continue readingThe Duval family established an educational fund with the ASM Materials Education Foundation in honor of Mr. Jean Duval’s accomplishments during his long, productive, and innovative career as chairman and CEO of Aubert & Duval (Paris, France). The Jean Duval Educational Fund is designated for educational activities to encourage young people to enroll in materials science or other STEM professions for their lifelong career.
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For HSB Stockholm’s architectural competition 2023, three teams of architects produced innovative proposals for private residences of the future at three different locations in the center of Stockholm. Berg | C.F. Møller Architects are working in partnership with architects Dinell Johansson and consultants Tyréns on their entry. The team chose to build upwards, and has designed a 34-story residential building, which will be seen for miles.
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Olympus Corp., Tokyo, added new software and solutions for the eddy current array and bond testing modules used with the field-proven OmniScan MX flaw detector. To meet the requirements of a broader range of applications, conventional eddy current testing (ECT), eddy current array (ECA), and the new bond testing (BT) C-scan technology are available with the two module versions.
Continue readingHydraulic press is energy efficient and accurate A new 3500 ton molding machine will allow EVCO Plastics, Deforest, Wis., a leading custom plastics manufacturer, to provide customers with increased efficiency to further advance its large-part production capabilities and provide greater cost savings. The new 3500 ton Engel press is up and running at EVCO’s Oshkosh, Wis., plant, with production orders in the queue.
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Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that Hansen-Balk Steel Treating has purchased Ipsen’s first Titan Temper vacuum furnace. It was designed as a dedicated batch furnace for tempering, aging, annealing, and stress relieving, and Hansen-Balk’s tool and die applications were factored into the furnace’s testing. The low-temperature furnace incorporates shared data from both companies.
Continue readingInstron, Norwood, Mass., is collaborating with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of ascending aortic aneurysms in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and other heritable disorders. Instron TGT will be providing the instrumentation and mechanical environment to develop a model and evaluate the diseased state in vitro.
Continue readingASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the Thermal Spray Society (TSS) Accepted Practices Committee on Metallography and Mechanical Testing has prepared an Accepted Practice for Thermal Spray Coating Bond (Adhesion) Testing. This document defines and highlights critical aspects for representative and reproducible test results based on ASTM C 633 and applicable industry standards. The Accepted Practices Committee, chaired by Dr.
Continue readingDue to the recent revisions to ASTM standards F136 and F138, Banner Medical, Carol Stream Ill., installed a multi-axis, computer controlled Ultrasonic Inspection System designed and built by Matec Inspection Companies Inc., Northborough, Mass., for precision ground bars.
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Century Aluminum Co., Chicago Ill., announces that its wholly owned subsidiary has completed the transaction with Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Sebree aluminum smelter. The Sebree smelter, located in Henderson County, Kentucky, has an annual production capacity of 205,000 metric tons of primary aluminum. Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States and Iceland.
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Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new Nature Communications study from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. The ORNL research team documented the atoms’ unique behavior by first trapping groups of silicon atoms, known as clusters, in a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon called graphene.
Continue readingA team at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a novel way to build a zinc oxide nano-island on silicon. It eliminates the need for a second element called a selector, which is often a diode. The device is based on the principles of resistive memory, which can be used to create memory cells that are smaller, operate at a higher speed, and offer more storage capacity than flash memory cells, the current industry standard.
Continue readingIn 1969, ASM established the honor of Fellow of the Society to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broad based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. We are pleased to announce the following IMS members will be among the 2013 inductees. Dr. Richard W.
Continue readingIn 1969, ASM established the honor of Fellow of the Society to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broad based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. We are pleased to announce EDFAS member and Past President, Dr. Edward I. Cole, Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, will be among the 2013 inductees.
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Alfe Heat Treating, Fort Wayne, Ind., sponsor of the University of Texas Austin’s Solar Power Team, helped design and build the TexSun, a vehicle with an aluminum sub-frame and chassis. The 35-pound design is much lighter than the previous model’s 80-pound steel sub-frame and chassis. “The aluminum chassis was great because it is so much lighter,” said Alfe Vice President Dan Andersen.
Continue readingDan DeVries of Criterion NDT Inc., Auburn, Wash., presented “Advances in Eddy Current Verification of Heat Treat Processes” at Heat Treat 2013 in Indianapolis last month. The latest generation of eddy current test instruments and probes enables manufactures to perform 100% in-line inspection of heat-treated components, thus reducing warranty, scrap, and testing costs.
Continue readingIn 1969, ASM established the honor of Fellow of the Society to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broad based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. We are pleased to announce the following TSS members will be among the 2013 inductees. Mr. Timothy McKechnie, President, Plasma Processes, Inc.
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Tata Steel Europe, France, has built a new $16.5 million heat-treatment facility in Lorraine for the production of new harder-wearing 108-meter rail. An induction furnace heats the rails to 950°C, and compressed air then cools them quickly. The facility will allow the company to manufacture longer lengths of “super-hardened” rail for the first time.
Continue readingThe U.S. Defense Logistics Agency is requesting assistance on identifying materials critical to military and essential civilian needs. To ensure consideration of all materials important to the U.S. Department of Defense, the agency is seeking survey responses to be received before the end of July from organizations and experts who are concerned with availability of critical materials.
Continue readingThe 27th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition (Heat Treat 2013) concluded this week with a strong attendance from the Heat Treating community and a sold out crowd of exhibitors on the show floor. Heat Treat 2013 was held in Indianapolis at the downtown convention center September 16-18. The event attracted over 2000 people from the heat treating community, marking a 16% attendance increase from 2011 and 28% increase from 2009.
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