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Liquidmetal amorphous alloy in hybrid knife is 25% harder than stainless steel

Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has developed the Liquidmetal Hybrid Knife, manufactured of LM105 amorphous alloy by the Liquidmetal process.

NASA completes installation of 12 of 18 beryllium mirrors on Webb Space Telescope

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., announces that one dozen beryllium mirrors have been installed on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, out of the eighteen mirror segments that make up the primary mirror.

CrMnFeCoNi alloy becomes tougher and stronger at low temperatures

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif., has reportedly developed an alloy composed of chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, and nickel that becomes stronger and tougher at low temperatures.

Alcoa to supply GE Aviation with superalloy, titanium, and aluminum components

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a long-term contract with GE Aviation for jet engine components made of advanced nickel-based superalloys, titanium, and aluminum for a broad range of GE Aviation engine programs.

Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility offers a range of vacuum processing capabilities

Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., reports that its newest facility now has a wide range of vacuum processing capacity available, from furnaces suited for small lots and development cycles, to a 24-foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 pounds at 2650°F.

Bodycote opens new plants in Georgia and South Carolina

Bodycote, U.K., announces two new heat treatment plants in the southeastern United States: Covington, Ga., and Greenville, S.C.

Spiders weave high-strength carbon nanocomposites

Spiders sprayed with water containing carbon nanotubes and graphene flakes have produced the toughest fibers ever measured, says an Italian research team.

Hardide Coatings opens production facility in Virginia

Hardide Coatings Inc., U.K., announces the opening of its new $7 million Virginia production facility to expand its operations to North America.

Ford Shelby engine features plasma transfer wire arc technology

Flame Spray Industries, Port Washington, N.Y., reports that its plasma transfer wire arc technology is being used on the latest Shelby engine to produce a thin, strong surface layer that provides excellent cylinder wall oiling and durability.

Two Praxair joint venture companies to merge

Praxair Distribution Inc. (PDI), Danbury, Conn., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., announces that its two joint venture companies operating in the southeastern United States have merged.

Axial III Suspension Plasma Spray enables nanoparticles in thermal barrier coatings

Northwest Mettech, North Vancouver, British Columbia, has developed a NanoFeed line of liquid and suspension feeders to enable delivery of submicron powders to thermal spray torches.

Nitinol shape-memory alloy with added hafnium resists both wear and corrosion

Puris LLC, Bruceton Mills, W. Va., recently signed a limited (partially) exclusive, term license agreement with NASA Glenn Research Center to produce a high-performance, hafnium-enhanced shape-memory powder metallurgy alloy that provides resistance to both wear and corrosion.

Magnesium infused with SiC nanoparticles is strong and lightweight

University of California at Los Angeles researchers have reportedly designed a magnesium-matrix composite reinforced with a dense and even dispersal of silicon carbide nanoparticles.

Reliance acquires Tubular Steel for its specialty steel products

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Tubular Steel Inc., which stocks over 60,000 tons and ships over two million custom-cut lengths of pipe, tubing, and bar products annually.

Lindberg/MPH ships gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to marine supplier

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to a leading supplier in the marine industry.

Ipsen AvaC two-chamber gas/oil furnace doubles carbon availability

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an AvaC (acetylene vacuum carburizing) two-chamber gas/oil quench vacuum furnace to a facility in Connecticut where it will be used to process sports equipment.

High-strength magnesium-lithium alloy weighs half as much as aluminum

The University of New South Wales and Monash University, Australia, announce that a team of researchers has developed a high-strength magnesium-lithium alloy with density of 1.4 g/cm3, half as much as aluminum and 30% less than magnesium.

SSAB to deliver 25,000 metric tons of Galfan-coated high-strength steel for power plants

SSAB, Sweden, has agreed to deliver a total of 25,000 metric tons of metal-coated, high-strength steel to the Spanish company CIE Egana to build support arms for parabolic reflectors in thermosolar plants.

2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award winner

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, is pleased to announce that Dr. Ursula R. Kattner, FASM, Physical Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., is the 2016 J. Williard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient.

Winners of Head Health Challenge III announced

The National Football League (NFL), Under Armour, General Electric , and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), recently announced the five winners of Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to support the discovery, design, and development of advanced materials that better absorb or dissipate impact.

Roads that de-ice themselves

With the arrival of winter, stores, cities, and homeowners are stocking up on salt, gravel, and sand in anticipation of slippery roads.

Recovering rare earth elements from coal mining waste

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), recently selected West Virginia University to conduct a $937,000 research project in support of the DOE’s program to Recover Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts.

Metal powders are potential replacement for fossil fuels

Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?

Nanomanufacturing technique advances imaging technology

More than a decade ago, theorists predicted the possibility of a nanolens—a chain of three nanoscale spheres that would focus incoming light into a spot much smaller than possible with conventional microscopy.

Design software helps deliver helicopter early

Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, Texas, completed the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage last year ahead of schedule and within budget.

J.L. Becker Co. designs car bottom furnace for aerospace company

J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Co., Plymouth, Mich., recently shipped a car bottom furnace equipped with a 4.5 x 8 x 4-ft. work zone capable of handling an 8000-lb. load with a maximum operating temperature of 1900°F.

Ipsen Atlas furnace system improves capabilities for commercial heat treater

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that a Midwest commercial heat treater recently purchased an Atlas atmosphere furnace for several processes, including carburizing, neutral hardening, and carbonitriding, as well as to help the company further increase its capabilities and product offerings.