Al-Fe Heat Treating’s Wadsworth, Ohio, plant has been named an approved supplier for Rolls-Royce Corporation of Indianapolis.
Continue readingSSAB merges with Rautaruukki to form a global steel company
SSAB, Stockholm, Sweden, announces that Rautaruukki became part of SSAB on July 29, 2014.
Continue readingSSAB incorporates Rautaruukki to create a global steel company
SSAB, Stockholm, Sweden, announces that Rautaruukki became part of SSAB on July 29, 2014.
Continue readingFlame Spray Technologies and Impact Innovations to cooperate in sales/marketing of cold gas equipment
Flame Spray Technologies, Netherlands, and Impact Innovations GmbH, Germany, have agreed to an in depth cooperation in the Sales and Marketing of the Cold Gas Equipment and Technology.
Continue readingEOS and Plasmo to develop online monitoring system for additive manufacturing
EOS GmbH, Germany, and Plasmo Industrietechnik, Austria, announce that they are collaborating to develop a high-performance online monitoring solution for additive manufacturing by direct metal laser sintering (DMLS).
Continue readingMesocoat completes field testing of molten-metal-resistant nanocomposite coating
Abakan Inc., Miami, announces that its portfolio company Mesocoat Inc., Euclid, Ohio, has completed initial field testing of PComP M, its proprietary thermal-spray nanocomposite coating.
Continue readingMaking plastic cars
Plastic cars are coming out of the toy box and heading for your nearest dealership showroom floor. The
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft to install UBQ batch furnace line at fastener manufacturer’s facility
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., is to install a complete UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnace line in one of Fastenal Company’s plants in Winona, Minnesota.
Continue readingReliance Steel & Aluminum acquires Northern Illinois Steel Supply
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the capital stock of Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. (NIS), a value-added distributor and fabricator of a variety of steel and nonferrous metal products.
Continue readingSiemens builds vacuum oxygen decarburization plant at Voestalpine Giesserei
Siemens Metals Technologies, Austria, has completed a vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) plant with a capacity of 50 metric tons at Voestalpine Giesserei Linz GmbH.
Continue readingTransforming waste into a resource
Essentium Materials, College Station, Tex., converts coconut husk fibers into materials for cars and homes.
Continue readingMechanical carbon materials for aircraft applications
Modern mechanical carbon materials are being used in a wide variety of applications, including aircraft gear boxes, air turbine motor starters, and main shaft seals for both aircraft turbine engines and aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).
Continue readingGE Aviation to mass-produce fuel nozzle via additive manufacturing at Alabama facility
GE Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced plans to bring high-volume additive manufacturing to its facility in Auburn, Alabama.
Continue readingCould real-life Legos be used to create buildings? (with video)
Kite Bricks is developing a revolutionary product that will change the way houses, buildings, bridges, and sidewalks are built.
Continue readingNew research to manufacture energy saving automobiles
A team of researchers from Wayne State University, Detroit, received a $350,000 award from the National Science Foundation for the project, “Failure Prediction and Reliability Analysis of Ultra-High Strength Steel Autobody Manufacturing Systems by Utilizing Material Microstructure Properties.”
Continue readingTimkenSteel to invest $40 million in continuous heat-treating facility
TimkenSteel Corp., Canton, Ohio, announces plans to invest $40 million to build an additional continuous heat-treating facility in the United States.
Continue readingPhased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection without immersion
Olympus America, Center Valley, Pa., introduces the RollerForm, a new phased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection of composites and other smooth-surfaced materials.
Continue readingSciaky’s electron beam additive manufacturing systems now available for purchase
Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Chicago, will now offer its electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) systems for purchase, with accelerated delivery opportunities available as early as Sept. 1.
Continue readingThyssenKrupp Steel Europe invests $121 million to modernize Duisburg continuous caster
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany, is investing $121 million to modernize continuous caster 1 in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth to improve slab quality and widen the product range.
Continue readingAK Steel acquires Severstal’s Dearborn steelmaking assets
AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio, has signed an agreement to acquire Severstal North America’s integrated steelmaking assets located in Dearborn, Mich., for $700 million in cash.
Continue readingPorous silicon oxide enables high-density computer memory
Rice University, Houston, announces that its breakthrough silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory is one step closer to mass production, thanks to a refinement that will allow manufacturers to fabricate devices at room temperature with conventional production methods.
Continue readingHybrid microscope combines confocal-scanning-laser and full-color-confocal microscopes
Lasertec, Japan, introduces its Optelics Hybrid microscope, which combines a confocal scanning laser microscope with a full color confocal microscope.
Continue readingHybrid microscope combines confocal-scanning-laser and full-color-confocal microscopes
Lasertec, Japan, introduces its Optelics Hybrid microscope, which combines a confocal scanning laser microscope with a full color confocal microscope.
Continue readingOxford Instruments Asylum Research opens AFM demo lab in Mumbai
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, Calif., announces the opening of its first Nanotechnology Lab for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in Mumbai, India.
Continue readingClassOne electroplating tool designed for 100 to 200-mm substrates
ClassOne Technology, Kalispell, Mont., has launched its Solstice line of electroplating tools designed specifically for 100 to 200-mm substrates.
Continue readingSUSS MicroTec launches ELD 300 excimer laser debonder for 3D integration
SÜSS MicroTec, Germany, has launched an excimer laser debonder, the ELD300, for the stress-free debonding of 200 and 300-mm 3D-IC wafers.
Continue readingPower Electronics Manufacturing Consortium to develop silicon carbide electronic devices
New York State and more than 100 companies, led by General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., will collaborate to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium at the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany.
Continue readingAFM with automated defect review of bare wafers increases production throughput by 1000%
Park Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., announces Park NX-Wafer, an AFM designed for bare wafer manufacturing that fully automates the automatic defect review process.
Continue readingBruker SPM system incorporates infrared mode for nanoscale mapping
Bruker Nano Surfaces Division, Tucson, Ariz., announces the release of Inspire, the first integrated scanning probe microscopy infrared system for 10-nm spatial resolution in chemical and materials property mapping.
Continue readingChemical Mechanical Planarization Center formed at Albany Nanotech Complex
Sematech, Albany, N.Y., and the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering/SUNY Institute of Technology, have formed the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Center, based at the Albany Nanotech Complex.
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