Element Six, a member of the De Beers Group of companies, announces a new thermal grade of diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition, DiaFilm TM130.
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Spinning molten metals on ESA’s centrifuge
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Large Diameter Centrifuge provides research teams with easy access to hypergravity. Based at ESA’s technical center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Continue readingCigarette ash to remove arsenic from water
Arsenic, a well-known poison, can be taken out of drinking water using sophisticated treatment methods.
Continue readingAlcoa’s one-piece forged aluminum hull doubles blast protection for combat vehicles
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has produced the world’s largest single-piece forged aluminum hull for combat vehicles to improve troop protection as part of a joint Alcoa-U.S. Army initiative launched last year.
Continue readingAleris introduces aluminum alloy 7017 for commercial plate and defense
Aleris, Cleveland, Ohio, announces that it now offers a new 7017 aluminum alloy in North America for commercial plate and defense applications.
Continue readingFort Wayne Metals offers Nitinol with ultra-smooth surface
Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., introduces Silk Nitinol, which has an ultra-smooth surface that has been found to significantly reduce snags in braiding operations.
Continue readingMore efficient transformer materials
Transformers convert the standard voltage from the wall outlet into the lower voltages required by electronic devices.
Continue readingTimkenSteel to invest $40 million in quench-and-temper facility
TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, announces that it will locate an advanced quench-and-temper facility in Perry Township in northeast Ohio.
Continue readingShape-memory polymer designed to fill bone defects having irregular shapes
Researchers at Texas A&M University, College Station, report that they have developed a shape memory polymer scaffold that exhibits an open porous structure and has the capacity to conformally self-fit into irregular defects.
Continue readingShape-memory alloy coated with shape-memory polymer enables robotic fabric
Researchers at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., report that they have developed variable stiffness fibers made from shape memory materials in which a shape-memory alloy is coated with a thin film of shape-memory polymer.
Continue readingFort Wayne Metals offers Nitinol with ultra-smooth surface
Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., introduces Silk Nitinol, which has an ultra-smooth surface that has been found to significantly reduce snags in braiding operations.
Continue readingAdmedes develops Nitinol thin-film sputtering technology
Admedes Schuessler GmbH, Germany, announces that its Nitinol thin film sputtering technology is now ready to be utilized for new medical devices.
Continue readingAl-Fe Heat Treating partners with Ford to build Precision Air Quenching system
Al-Fe Heat Treating, Fort Wayne, Ind., is investing millions of dollars in its plant in Saginaw, Mich., as part of Al-Fe’s alliance with Ford to process structural parts for the all-new military grade aluminum alloy and high-strength steel F-150 pickup truck.
Continue readingWind turbine gearbox bearings improve 415% after cryogenic processing
300 Below, Decatur, Ill., has pioneered an ultra-low temperature cryogenic process that the company says increases lifespan for 52100 stainless steel bearing components by an average 415% over current durability and wearability.
Continue readingAlcoa to produce third-generation aluminum-lithium alloys in Lafayette plant
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is opening the world’s largest aluminum-lithium plant in Lafayette, Indiana, where it produces advanced, third-generation aluminum-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry.
Continue readingPutting steel pick-ups on a diet
ArcelorMittal helps automotive manufacturers meet fuel economy targets for pick-ups
Continue readingCarbon brushes lower maintenance costs for wind turbines
Morgan Advanced Materials Electrical Carbon, UK, offers a range of carbon brushes ideal for wind turbine applications, with new designs and materials that are resulting in longer brush life and increased generator uptime.
Continue readingSmallest known reference material for nanotechnology
If it’s true that good things come in small packages, then the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., can now make anyone working with nanoparticles very happy.
Continue readingReducing machining time for aerospace aluminum parts
A new 5-axis, 5-spindle XP aerospace profiler delivers “X-treme Productivity” in machining of structural aluminum parts.
Continue readingIpsen to ship VFS furnaces for heat treating medical devices and aerospace equipment
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it will ship four VFS furnaces from its facility in Souderton, Pa., to sites in Washington, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina, primarily for heat treating medical devices and aerospace structures.
Continue readingSmallest possible diamonds form ultra-thin nanothreads
For the first time, scientists have discovered how to produce ultra-thin “diamond nanothreads” that promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today’s strongest nanotubes and polymers.
Continue readingPlant-based building materials may boost energy savings
Insulation for homes of the future may be harvested from fields of kenaf, an alternative to fiberglass
Continue readingWearing a robot on your sleeve
Researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring “active clothing” and a new class of “soft” robots.
Continue readingRTI to supply titanium aluminide to Snecma for LEAP engine turbine blades
RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, and Snecma (Safran) announce that they have signed a long-term agreement under which RTI will provide titanium aluminide intermetallic material for the new CFM International LEAP engine.
Continue readingNASA’s welding tool for spacecraft is the largest in the world
NASA, Washington, introduces the largest spacecraft welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Continue readingMetallurgy Europe initiates a 180-company, billion-euro effort to develop advanced metals
The European Space Agency, Paris, has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort to develop new types of metals and manufacturing techniques.
Continue readingTwo-dimensional phosphorus provides stable semiconductor properties
Researchers at Rice University, Houston, Texas, report that semiconducting phosphorus sheets do not contain the rows of defects that reduce the electronic properties of other materials.
Continue readingIntel releases new high-density modular test platform
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has announced the availability of its revolutionary high-density modular test (HDMT) platform.
Continue readingVeeco IBD upgrade of Nexus lithography system produces no deposition defects greater than 70 nm
Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, N.Y., reports that its new Odyssey ion beam deposition (IBD) upgrade for the NEXUS IBD-LDD system has repeatedly produced photomask blanks with zero deposition defects larger than 70 nanometers.
Continue readingGermanium-tin thin films deposited on silicon could build better infrared cameras
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville have developed an infrared detector made of thin films of GeSn semiconductor material deposited on a silicon substrate.
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