FEI Co., Hillsboro, Ore., announces the opening of a new technology center in the industrial estate of Cernovická Terasa, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Europe’s new age of metals
The European Space Agency has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort developing new types of metals and manufacturing techniques for this century.
Continue readingWorcester Polytechnic Institute receives $424,000 to develop aluminum-matrix composites
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., has received a three-year, $424,000 award from the National Science Foundation to support the development of a new way of manufacturing aluminum-ceramic composites to make vehicles lighter and more energy efficient.
Continue readingNucor to acquire Gallatin Steel for its flat-rolled mill products
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has entered into an agreement to purchase all the equity of Gallatin Steel Company for a cash purchase price of approximately $770 million.
Continue readingVac Aero to commission horizontal vacuum furnace in Mexico
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, announces that it will soon complete installation and commissioning of a large 2-bar external gas quench horizontal vacuum furnace at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Mexico.
Continue readingSpray-on sensors let airplanes feel damage
A system that allows airplanes to “feel” damage in a way similar to human skin is in development by British defense contractor BAE Systems.
Continue readingIpsen builds small-footprint heat treating system for Mercedes-Benz
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., developed and delivered a special atmosphere three-row pusher heat treating system that required comparatively little floor space and power consumption for a Mercedes-Benz facility.
Continue readingFlexible grid and segmented silver fingers cut cost and weight in solar panels
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Merrimack, N.J., announces that solar modules incorporating its new Merlin metallization and interconnect technology have met the requirements of several important PV industry certification standards.
Continue readingAdditive manufacturing machine to build parts on International Space Station
Made In Space Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to launch the first 3D printer into space.
Continue readingBosch Automotive selects Oerlikon Balzers as preferred surface treatment supplier
Oerlikon Balzers Coating AG, Liechtenstein, announces that Bosch Automotive Technology has selected the company as a Preferred Supplier for surface treatments.
Continue readingSee like squid
The technology behind a new type of photodetector mimics the way squid likely sense colors.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick gas-quench furnace equipped with PreNit to heat treat dies and tool steels
Seco-Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., announces that a commercial heat treater in the United States has purchased a 15-bar high-pressure gas quench furnace for its facility in the southeast.
Continue readingInternational Molybdenum Association reports on global molybdenum market
The International Molybdenum Association, London, reports that global use of molybdenum in the first quarter of 2014 decreased to 136.1 million pounds, down 2% from 138.2 million pounds in the previous quarter, but 7% higher than the same quarter in 2013.
Continue readingKPS Capital Partners to sell Waupaca Foundry to Hitachi Metals
KPS Capital Partners LP, New York, has signed a definitive agreement, through an affiliate, to sell its portfolio company Waupaca Foundry Inc., Waupaca, Wis., to Hitachi Metals Ltd. for $1.3 billion in cash.
Continue readingQuestek Ferrium M54 qualifies for Navy T-45 hook shank production
Questek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that its Ferrium M54 steel has qualified for Navy T-45 aircraft hook shank production.
Continue readingAdvanced solutions for titanium powder
Puris LLC, Hazeltown, W.Va., announced its market launch with the goal of establishing a new standard for purity in titanium and alloy powder production and near-net shape manufacturing.
Continue readingJEOL’s new NMR spectrometers feature compact size, improved performance
JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., announces the JNM-ECZS series, a new line of next-generation NMR spectrometers that incorporate ultrahigh-accuracy RF circuitry based on the latest digital high-frequency technology.
Continue readingMentor Graphics acquires XS Embedded for automotive system architectures
Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., has acquired XS Embedded GmbH (XSe), a technology leader in the creation of automotive system architectures and hardware reference platforms.
Continue readingBruker Esprit Dynamics software enables high-resolution simulation of EBSD patterns
Bruker Nano Analytics, Hartford, Conn., has introduced ESPRIT DynamicS, a highly sophisticated and powerful software tool for the most realistic, high-resolution simulation of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) patterns.
Continue readingImpact Coatings develops low-cost replacement for gold-plated contacts
Impact Coatings AB, Sweden, has developed Silver MaxPhase, a silver-colored coating that the company says can replace gold plating in electrical contacts for critical contact surfaces.
Continue readingApplied Materials introduces CVD and CMP systems for 3D architectures
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., announces two new systems that help customers solve critical challenges in manufacturing high-performance, power-efficient 3D devices.
Continue readingIntel announces new microarchitecture and 14-nm manufacturing process
Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has released details of the Intel Core M processor, the first product to be manufactured using the optimized 14-nm manufacturing process.
Continue readingCameca launches next-generation atom probe microscope
Cameca, Paris, announces the release of the LEAP 5000, its latest-generation atom probe microscope, which offers unparalleled three-dimensional nanoscale surface, bulk, and interfacial materials analysis with atom-by-atom identification and accurate spatial positioning.
Continue readingCelestica opens microelectronics lab to accelerate commercialization
Celestica Inc., Toronto, announces the opening of its new microelectronics laboratory, an 1100-ft2, ISO Class-6 clean room with a controlled environment for temperature, humidity, and airborne particles.
Continue readingCopper sensors are cheap, light, flexible, and highly conductive
Researchers at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, have developed a cost-effective way of making flexible copper conductors for commercial applications.
Continue readingAsylum Research receives award for AFM blue laser excitation capability
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, Calif., has received the 2014 Microscopy Today Innovation Award for the development of blueDrive Photothermal Excitation.
Continue readingA clear way to harvest solar power
A new type of “transparent” solar concentrator can be used on windows or mobile devices to harvest solar energy without obscuring the view.
Continue readingIpsen’s Titan furnaces used for aerospace, automotive, and sporting goods
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it shipped three Titan vacuum furnaces in a span of one week: two went to China for use in the aerospace and automotive industries, and the other was shipped to Arizona for an American company in the commercial sporting industry.
Continue readingInternational Molybdenum Association publishes emissions study
The International Molybdenum Association (IMOA), London, has published a study demonstrating that lightweight components manufactured from advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) can reduce attributable greenhouse gas emissions by around 29% compared with traditional component designs.
Continue readingVac Aero ships vacuum furnace to aerospace manufacturer in Mexico
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has shipped a VAH 6660 HV-2 horizontal vacuum furnace to an international company’s plant in Mexico to process aerospace parts.
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