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Ames Laboratory scientists join consortium to research lightweight materials

Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, announces that it will play a key role in the Lightweight Materials National Lab Consortium, which is dedicated to developing cleaner, cheaper, smarter, stronger, lighter, and more corrosion-resistant materials for industry.

Bioresorbable magnesium alloy shows promise as coronary scaffold

Magnesium Elektron, U.K., announces that a ten-year research program with Biotronik, Germany, has resulted in Elektron’s SynerMag 410 alloy system being selected as the platform material in the Biotronik magnesium coronary scaffold.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that the name for its future company dedicated to value-added products will be Arconic, where “A” represents Alcoa, “arc” represents the arc of progress, and “-conic” speaks to the company’s history of creating iconic products.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that the name for its future company dedicated to value-added products will be Arconic, in which “A” represents Alcoa, “arc” represents the arc of progress, and “-conic” speaks to the company’s history of creating iconic products.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Direct gas-fired ovens temper tire molds for auto industry supplier

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two direct gas-fired batch ovens with load capacity of 6000 pounds each to a leading automotive supplier for tempering tire molds to produce longer mold life.

Aluminum with added carbon nanotubes shows longer life under radiation

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, reports its researchers have found that, at least in some nuclear reactors, adding less than 2% carbon nanotubes to aluminum can dramatically slow the breakdown process that causes it to become porous and brittle.

Carbon nanotubes protect aluminum under radiation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, reports that researchers have found that, at least in some nuclear reactors, adding less than 2% of carbon nanotubes to aluminum can dramatically slow the breakdown process that causes it to become porous and brittle.

Specialty stainless steel with 23% chromium provides higher corrosion resistance

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.

Alcoa awarded U.S. Army contract to reduce weight of combat vehicles

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Army worth up to $50 million for R&D projects focused on developing innovative lightweighting solutions for ground combat vehicles such as tanks.

Northrop Grumman selected to build B-21 stealth bomber

Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, Va., has released this artist’s rendering of its B-21 stealth bomber, selected last year by the United States Air Force as the Long Range Strike Bomber of the 21st century.

Laser Gold Plating Technology Chosen for Plating the Oscar Statuettes

Epner Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., was chosen to use its Laser Gold technology to electroplate gold onto the cast bronze Oscar statuettes this year. Laser Gold is a pure 24 kt gold that is also three times harder than ordinary pure gold.

European collaboration to build high-energy ball mill plant for nanopowders

The United Kingdom’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and nine other European partners are collaborating in the design, scale-up, and build of a high energy ball-mill (HEBM) pilot plant for the production and validation of innovative nanostructured powders.

Arcam expands titanium powder production to 500 tons per year

Arcam AB, Sweden, has announced that its metal powder manufacturing subsidiary AP&C is significantly expanding its titanium powder production capacity with the commissioning of three new plasma atomizers.

Laser gold plating technology coats Oscar statuettes

Epner Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., was chosen to use its Laser Gold technology to electroplate gold onto the cast bronze Oscar statuettes this year.

NIST ultrasound method detects cracks in capacitors

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., and collaborators have demonstrated a nondestructive acoustic method for detecting cracks in ceramic capacitors before they go bad.

3D-printed titanium hip implant features fully porous acetabular cup

Smith & Nephew, Andover, Mass., introduces its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology.

Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 million in extrusion line for auto structures

Bonnell Aluminum, Newnan, Ga., announces it will invest approximately $18 million over the next year to fund an expansion project that will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line at its Aacoa facility in Niles, Michigan.

Solar Atmospheres partners with Pressure Technology for aircraft parts

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., announces that it now partners with Pressure Technology Inc. (PTI), Concord, Ohio, to provide heat treating of aircraft parts after they have been hot isostatically pressed to high density at the PTI facility.

UTC Aerospace Systems opens $8 million advanced materials laboratory in Connecticut

UTC Aerospace Systems, Windsor Locks, Conn., has opened an $8 million, 20,000 ft2 state-of-the-art Materials and Process Engineering laboratory to support research, engineering, and production of advanced materials for aerospace applications.

Helios G4 HX designed for advanced semiconductor failure analysis labs

FEI Co., Hillsboro, Oregon, announces that the new Helios G4 HX utilizes a patented inverted TEM sample preparation method to create high-quality lamellas for the most advanced semiconductor nodes.

Olympus LED-illuminated microscope plus image analysis software simplify workflow

Olympus Corp., Tokyo, introduces the Olympus BX53M system microscope and Olympus Stream 2.1 image analysis software that together simplify workflow from observation to measurement, analysis, and reporting.

Aluminum alloy with high recycled content integrated into automotive structures

Novelis, Atlanta, announces that its RC5754 alloy, a new automotive product designed to contain up to 75% recycled aluminum content, has been successfully integrated into the structural components of high-volume production passenger vehicles.

Alcoa to supply aluminum, aluminum-lithium, and titanium parts to Boeing

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces a long-term supply agreement with Boeing for multi-material aerospace parts for the 777X, Boeing’s newest commercial airplane; the 737 MAX, scheduled for first delivery in 2017; and the 787 Dreamliner.

TimkenSteel develops faster process for manufacturing high-pressure tubing

TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, reports that it has developed a new process to manufacture high-pressure special bar quality tubing for the production of low-density polyethylene.

MetalMaster furnace processes catalytic converter parts for a variety of industries

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped a horizontal-loading MetalMaster vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching to a company in the Southwest United States for processing catalytic converter products, which are then used by such industries as aerospace, automotive and power generation.