Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., an established leader in additive manufacturing solutions for 3D metal printing and 3D-printed electronics, has received new patents covering the use of aerosol Jjt for producing three-dimensional microstructures.
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Picosun Group, Finland, leading provider of AGILE Atomic Layer Deposition thin film coating technology and solutions, reports strong growth and a positive operating profit from its 2020 fiscal year.
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Scientists of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, developed a 3D-printed miniature spectrometer that can be manufactured directly onto camera sensors or arranged for quick (“snapshot”) and low-profile, highly customizable hyperspectral cameras.
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Researchers at the Phoenix project at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, developed a swarm of sensor nodes to explore unknown environments that are difficult for humans to access, like underground liquid-filled environments such as deep oil wells or water distribution systems.
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Chemists at Martin Luther University (MLU), Halle-Wittenberg, Germany have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during a 3D printing process.
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Nitrex, Quebec, Canada, delivered a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace with 6 bar quench capability to a medical device company in the USA for vacuum heat treating of dies as well as critical medical parts.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, were able to isolate and image the structure and composition of the metallic line defect in a perovskite crystal BaSnO3.
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Machine learning has been shown to predict new alloys and their performances in a high dimensional, multiple-target-property design space that considers chemistry, multi-step processing routes, and characterization methodology variations. A physics-informed featured engineering approach enabled otherwise poorly performing ML models to perform well with the same data.
Continue readingConfluent Medical, Ariz., will invest $8.3 million in Chattanooga, Tenn., to expand its capabilities to manufacture high-performance medical tubing. The project will create approximately 80 jobs in over the next few years. Confluent specializes in vascular implantable Nitinol, implantable textiles, balloon catheters, and complex catheters.
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MedShape, Atlanta, has announced the full market release of the DynaNail Mini fusion system for medial column fusion to address Charcot Foot and other severe midfoot conditions. Featuring MedShape’s patented superelastic nickel titanium (Nitinol) technology, the DynaNail Mini is the first internal fixation device designed specifically for medial column fusion that offers maintained active compression post-surgery to promote bone healing and joint stability.
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Cirtec Medical Corp., Minneapolis, has acquired NovelCath, a vertically integrated manufacturer of highly engineered catheter delivery systems based in Brooklyn Park, Minn. NovelCath specializes in minimally invasive interventional delivery systems ranging from structural heart to electrophysiology and neurovascular applications.
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A joint Canadian project aims to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and future epidemics with cold sprayed, copper-based coatings. In this digital-first article from Advanced Materials & Processes, ASM International’s flagship magazine, a team from industry, academia, and government in Canada outline their research, plan, and timeline for the widespread adoption of antiviral coatings that could limit the transmission of viruses on high-touch surfaces.
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MedShape Inc, Atlanta, has received a Technology/Therapeutic Development Award funded by the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) to assist in the research and development of a dynamic compression fusion device using superelastic nickel titanium (NiTiNOL) for use in diabetic foot limb salvage surgery.
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Confluent Medical Technologies, Austin, Texas, has announced the opening of its new Complex Catheter Design and Development Center in Austin, Texas. The state-of-the-art facility expands Confluent’s ability to provide customers with electrophysiology and neurovascular catheters, as well as complex delivery systems for structural heart and vascular applications.
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Alloyed Group, London, and German company Taniobis, announce a collaboration to identify, develop, produce, and implement innovative high-quality titanium and refractory-alloy metal powders for advanced manufacturing applications including additive manufacturing.
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When the new coronavirus struck, U.S. attempts to obtain and stockpile personal protective equipment, medical devices, and diagnostic testing equipment were too often hindered by local and global disruptions to supply chains. In this digital-first article from Advanced Materials & Processes, ASM International’s flagship magazine, a team from America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio., share how they have mobilized the additive manufacturing community to work together to address the nation’s medical equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Picosun Group, Finland, reports excellent results in ALD-organic bilayer encapsulation of metal electrodes for neuroprosthetics and bioelectronic medicine.
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Engineers from Boeing and from Texas A&M University will report on their investigation of the actuation fatigue life of NiTiHf high-temperature shape-memory alloys at the ASM International IMAT conference in Cleveland in September.
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Researchers from Fort Wayne Metals, Indiana; and NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, will report on the results of a study in which a large-scale plasma-arc-melted NiTi20Hf ingot was subjected to a hot forging and rolling process, during the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference to be held in Cleveland in September.
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Researchers from the Boeing Company and Texas A&M University will discuss two new standard test methods for fatigue in shape memory alloys at the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference in Cleveland in September.
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Researchers at Ohio State University, Columbus, will present a discussion about how advanced engineered materials are being developed to enable the next generation of industrial innovations, at the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference in Cleveland in September.
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Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., announces that it has been commissioned by Magnetic Shields Ltd. of Kent, England, to design and build one of the largest horizontal vacuum furnaces in the United Kingdom.
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Australian thermal spray researchers will discuss challenges and opportunities for bio-engineering applications at the ASM International ITSC 2021 Preview: Virtual Session: “Coatings for Anti-Virus, Bacteria and Fungus Applications.”
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University West in Sweden announces that in the future, damaged bones can be rebuilt with 3D-printed implants that have thermally sprayed surface layers to make them more readily accepted by the human body.
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Sandvik, Sweden, announces that its new state-of-the art titanium powder plant and additive manufacturing operations, both on the same site in Sandviken, have recently received the prestigious ‘AS9100 Revision D’ certification for deliveries to the aerospace industry.
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The Lab22 Innovation Centre within Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, reports that it has produced the world’s first customized additively manufactured Nitinol self-expanding stents for people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
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Engineers from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., report that they have developed a laser treatment method that could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer – just by giving the metal’s surface a different texture.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., announces that it has received the CE mark in the European Union for its diagnostic test to detect nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Zeiss, Germany, announces that researchers who perform multi-scale, correlative studies using X-ray microscopy data to drive FIB-SEM site selections, today can further enhance their workflows: the newly introduced, patented LaserFIB on Zeiss Crossbeam 350/550 enables the access of deeply buried structures in addition to rapid, gallium free structure fabrication over large length scales.
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Zeiss, Germany, announces that researchers who perform multi-scale, correlative studies using X-ray microscopy data to drive FIB-SEM site selections, today can further enhance their workflows: the newly introduced, patented LaserFIB on Zeiss Crossbeam 350/550 enables the access of deeply buried structures in addition to rapid, gallium free structure fabrication over large length scales.
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