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Solar Atmospheres builds home for world’s largest vacuum furnace

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, announces that the construction project to house the largest commercial vacuum furnace in the world is progressing on time.

CEC supplies chain conveyor solution furnace for heat treating aluminum die castings

Consolidated Engineering Co. (CEC), Kennesaw, Ga., announces that it has received a purchase order for a four-zone natural gas-fired chain conveyor solution furnace for the T4 treatment of aluminum high-pressure die castings.

Harper to supply Australia with thermal processing system for nuclear waste

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y, has been awarded a contract to supply a hot cell Rotary thermal processing system to treat waste from nuclear medicine production at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

Zeiss Versa X-ray microscope with FPX flat panel extension enables faster sample scanning

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy Inc., Germany, introduces the Xradia Versa X-ray 500-series of 3D X-ray microscopes with FPX flat panel extension, which enhances imaging flexibility and creates workflow efficiencies.

Wavelength scanning pixel super-resolution enhances digital microscopy images

Researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have reportedly developed a new technique that greatly enhances digital microscopy images.

Magnesium-base biodegradable orthopedic implants promote bone growth

The School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University, South Korea, and several other South Korean research centers, announce that their researchers have developed a magnesium-base orthopedic implant that safely biodegrades and promotes bone growth.

Puris produces large, 100% dense, complex titanium aerospace part via 3D printing

Puris LLC, Bruceton Mills, W.Va., announces that it recently achieved a major 3D-printing milestone by producing a 31-pound complex titanium aerospace part for commercial use to 100% density.

Harper awarded contract for nuclear material processing equipment

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., was recently awarded a contract for a pusher furnace line with Kepco Nuclear Fuel, which is currently producing nuclear fuel for its pressurized heavy water reactors.

Ipsen vacuum furnaces deployed for aerospace, automotive, and additive manufacturing

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that over the past month, the company has shipped four furnaces and one upgrade for a variety of applications and industries.

Tribogenics XRF analyzer is based on a cartridge system instead of glass X-ray tube

Tribogenics, Los Angeles, Calif., introduces the Watson XRF analyzer, in which the company says conventional glass X-ray tubes are replaced with an X-Change cartridge system that makes changing cartridges “as easy as changing the ink in an inkjet printer.”

Microchip Technology acquires Amtel to combine product portfolios

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, Ariz., and Atmel Corp., San Jose, Calif., announce that Microchip has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atmel for $8.15 per share in a combination of cash and Microchip common stock.

Amkor Technology announces acquisition of remaining shares of J-Devices

Amkor Technology Inc., Tempe, Ariz., has increased its ownership interest in J-Devices Corp., Japan, from 65.7% to 100% through the exercise of previously disclosed options.

Lasertec laser microscope achieves high-resolution of wafer surfaces

Lasertec, Japan, offers the WASAVI series BIM300 laser microscope, which achieves high-resolution observation on wafer surfaces, as well as high precision measurement of via reveal and bump dimensions and shapes.

Library of nanoporous gold structures produced on single chip via tunable lasers

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, Calif., reports that its researchers have created a library of nanoporous gold structures on a single chip that has direct applications for high-capacity lithium ion batteries as well as neural interfaces.

SEMI Awards honor process and technology integration achievements

SEMI, San Jose, Calif., announces the recipients of the 2015 SEMI Awards for innovations that have become such an integral part of the semiconductor manufacturing industry’s infrastructure that the technology itself has become fundamental.

Cadence and Arrow Electronics collaborate to develop integrated PCB design tools

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Arrow Electronics, Centennial, Colo., announce a collaboration that will bring integrated design tools to engineers, helping them accelerate the pace of new product development and get products to market faster and cheaper.

Orbotech to supply UV laser drilling systems for drilling vias in ceramic substrates

Orbotek Ltd., Israel, has received an order for seven Emerald UV laser drilling systems to drill smaller, high-quality “via” openings in multi-layer ceramic-based IC substrates for next-generation applications.

Cornell research team works to reduce GaN power diode defects and improve reliability

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., and the semiconductor company IQE, Cardiff, Wales, put together an engineering team that has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as building blocks for future GaN power switches.

Heraeus expands sources to strengthen supply chain for silver powders

Heraeus Photovoltaics, Germany, announces a new and comprehensive supply chain strategy to ensure AG silver powders for its product line.

Qualcomm and TDK to jointly develop RFFE modules and RF filters into integrated systems

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, Calif., and TDK Corp., Japan, have agreed to form a joint venture under the name RF360 Holdings Singapore PTE. Ltd. develop RF front-end (RFFE) modules and RF filters into fully integrated systems.

Bruker introduces MultiMode 8-HR atomic force microscope for nanoscale research

Bruker Nano Surfaces, Santa Barbara, Calif., announces that it has significantly enhanced the capabilities of its MultiMode platform with the MultiMode 8-HR.

Worthington Industries acquires brazing manufacturer

Worthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has acquired the business of NetBraze LLC, a manufacturer of brazing alloys, silver brazing filler metals, solders, and fluxes primarily used in plumbing, HVAC-R, industrial gas, and OEM markets.

Tresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.

Wisconsin Oven gas-fired walk-in batch oven treats industrial transformers

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Mich., has shipped a gas-fired walk-in batch oven to an industrial transformer supplier for baking out transformers.

J.L. Becker Co. delivers temper furnace to auto parts supplier in Mexico

J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Plymouth, Mich., has delivered a 36 x 72 x 36-inch gas-fired box temper furnace to a major Tier 1 automotive components supplier in Mexico.

Norman Noble synchronizes laser micromachining and Swiss turning for medical devices

Norman Noble Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio, introduces Noble SynchroFlash, a new machining capability that synchronizes Swiss turning & milling and laser machining into a single highly efficient and cost-effective operation for producing medical devices of exotic materials.