Industries and Applications Archives - Page 89 of 114

Lumenous provides laser micro-machining for tube and sheet

Lumenous Device Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., provides laser-micromachining and premium finishing to the medical device and precision instrument industries worldwide.

Shape Memory and Superelasticity: Advances in Science and Technology

The new journal, Shape Memory and Superelasticity: Advances in Science and Technology, now has articles to view online.

Design for manufacturability reduces time to market for Nitinol devices

According to Norman Noble, Cleveland, Ohio, Design for Manufacturability and Concurrent Engineering can cut in half costs and time-to-market, while adding significant improvements to quality and delivery.

Producing biodegradable plastic just got cheaper and greener

Biodegradable drinking cups or vegetable wrapping foil: the bioplastic known as polylactic acid (PLA) is already a part of our everyday lives.

LIFT project focuses on iron alloys in thin-wall castings

Grede will work with Michigan Technological University, others to bring thin-wall ductile iron castings to high-volume production.

Jeol FE SEM features super hybrid lens design for high resolution imaging

Jeol USA, Peabody, Mass., introduces the 7000 series of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopes with ultrahigh resolution and low-kV/low-vacuum operation for imaging and nano-analysis of structures, surface details, and magnetic samples.

Cadence and Applied Materials collaborate to optimize planarization process

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., are collaborating on a development program to optimize the chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) process through silicon characterization and modeling for advanced-node designs at 14 nm and below.

Oxford Instruments launches EBSD detector with speed of 1580 points per second

Oxford Instruments, U.K., has launched NordlysMax3, an EBSD detector that acquires indexes and displays results at 1580 points per second.

National Instruments Semiconductor Test Systems feature PXI modular instrumentation

National Instruments, Austin, Texas, introduces its Semiconductor Test Systems (STS), which feature PXI modular instrumentation and open system design software for semiconductor test environments.

Could black phosphorus be the next silicon?

New material could make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip, research suggests.

Micro-reactor produces silver nanoparticles at room temperature for printed circuits

Engineers at Oregon State University, Corvallis, report that they have invented a way to fabricate silver nanoparticles that are produced at room temperature for printed electronics.

SPP Technologies to acquire Orbotech’s SPTS Technologies Thermal Products business

Orbotech Ltd., Israel, announces that SPTS Technologies Group (SPTS), U.K., an Orbotech company and supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions, has sold its Thermal Products business to SPP Technologies Co. (SPT), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products Co.

Nordson March plasma treatment systems designed for packaging applications

Nordson March, Concord, Calif., announces its new Sphere Series plasma treatment systems for wafer-level and 3D packaging applications.

Dense yttrium oxide coats electronic devices via suspension plasma spray

Progressive Surface, Grand Rapids, Mich., recently installed three 100HE plasma spray systems in a semiconductor manufacturing facility.

Picosun ALD technology enables uniform gold films on silicon wafers

Picosun Oy, Finland, and Carleton University, Ottawa, have collaborated to develop a process in which atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology deposits thin uniform gold films on complete silicon wafers.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

Ajax Tocco PowerForge billet heater integrates entire induction heating system

Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Wickliffe, Ohio, recently shipped a 1300 kW PowerForge billet heating system to Bonney Forge Corp., Mt. Union, Pa.

Plansee’s new cold rolling mill produces thin moly sheets up to 1000 mm wide

Plansee, Austria, recently invested in an ultramodern cold rolling mill to produce thin and medium-thickness molybdenum sheets up to 1000 mm wide, and to ensure increased capacity.

Constellium forms partnership to develop 3D printing of aluminum aircraft fuselage

Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that it has formed a partnership with Stelia Aerospace and CT Ingenierie to optimize large aluminum aerostructures via additive manufacturing.

Castolin Eutectic to provide wear coatings in Saudi Arabia joint venture

Castolin Eutectic, Switzerland, has opened a new subsidiary in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture agreement with its long-term distributor, Tarek Nasser Al Akeel Co. Ltd (TACO).

Suspension plasma spray coats electronic devices with dense yttrium oxide

Progressive Surface, Grand Rapids, Mich., recently installed three 100HE plasma spray systems at a semiconductor industry facility.

Castolin Eutectic to provide wear coatings in Saudi Arabia joint venture

Castolin Eutectic, Switzerland, has opened a new subsidiary in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture agreement with its long-term distributor, Tarek Nasser Al Akeel Co. Ltd (TACO).

MesoCoat PComP powders selected to coat roller screens in Mexican steel plant

Abakan Inc., Miami, announces that its subsidiary MesoCoat de Mexico S.A. de C.V., has received its first commercial PComP order for the coating of certain large roller screens from one of the largest steel manufacturing and iron ore processing companies in Mexico.

Houghton International celebrates 150-year anniversary

Open House at Valley Forge Headquarters Kicks Off a Year of Worldwide Events

OSTP Calls for Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenges

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to highlight an important request for information (RFI) issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeking suggestions for Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenges for the Next Decade.

Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge

People have successfully applied advanced analysis techniques to big data and have solved significant challenges in several areas of society including business, biology, and astronomy.

C.I. Hayes installs humpback furnace for annealing stainless steel

C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Cranston, R.I., announces the recent installation of a Humpback Conveyor Belt Furnace for bright annealing of stainless steel materials.

Missouri S&T developing high-strength TRIP steel for autos

Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, announces that a third-generation high-strength steel being developed by Missouri S&T metallurgical engineers should be lighter and easier to make, while being strong enough to address automotive safety concerns.