Oerlikon Metco, Switzerland, has expanded its materials portfolio with novel superalloy powders optimized for additive manufacturing processes.
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Sulzer acquires InterWeld for its weld overlay services
Sulzer, Switzerland, has acquired the business of InterWeld Inc. Ltd., Belfast, to enhance the competitiveness of its tower field service activities by adding a full range of automated weld overlay services.
Continue readingPComP-coated roller screens for iron ore pellets look like new after six months
Abakan Inc., Miami, Fla., announces several recent developments related to its PComP protective coatings.
Continue readingNorth American aluminum producers and fabricators ship 25.5 billion pounds in 2014
The Aluminum Association, Arlington, Va., reports that the aluminum industry in the United States and Canada saw year-over-year demand growth of 5% through the end of 2014.
Continue readingCentorr ships furnaces for production of aluminum nitride substrates
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., has shipped orders for two high-temperature sintering furnaces for 2015 delivery to a leading firm in the production of aluminum nitride substrates for the LED market in China.
Continue readingSRI working to produce titanium powder in a single step by reacting TiCl4 with hydrogen
SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., is reportedly developing an advanced process in which titanium tetrachloride and other metal chlorides are reacted with hydrogen to produce titanium or titanium alloy granules in a single step.
Continue readingTinius Olsen universal testing machines feature dual pressure and digital control
Tinius Olsen, Horsham, Pa., introduces its all-new SL series of hydraulic universal testing machines that feature a patented dual-pressure hydraulic loading system and four-column construction for high loadframe rigidity.
Continue readingThe world’s first printed jet engine
Researchers from Monash University, Australia, recently unveiled the world’s first 3D-printed jet engine, a manufacturing breakthrough that could lead to less expensive, lighter, and more fuel-efficient jets.
Continue readingHow to prevent metal embrittlement
Analysis shows certain crystal boundaries can enhance, or reduce, hydrogen’s damaging effects.
Continue readingIpsen provides range of atmosphere furnaces for North American market
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that since 2010, the company has successfully installed more than 50 atmosphere furnaces, as well as temper and auxiliary equipment throughout North America.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick commissions Vector single-chamber vacuum hardening furnace in India
Seco-Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., India, reports that it has installed a single-chamber vacuum hardening furnace with high-pressure gas quenching capability for Jyoti Heat Treat Industries, at their fourth commercial heat treatment unit in Pune, India.
Continue readingAK Steel to invest $36 million in Research and Innovation Center
AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio, announces that it will invest $36 million build a new world-class Research and Innovation Center in Middletown, Ohio.
Continue readingAmerican Specialty Alloys to build $2.4 billion aluminum mill complex
American Specialty Alloys Inc., Baton Rouge, La., plans to develop a $2.4 billion mill and campus in Central Louisiana to provide aluminum for the automotive and aerospace industries.
Continue readingBuilding race cars from snail teeth
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth, UK, discovered that limpets—small aquatic snail-like creatures with conical shells—have teeth with biological structures so strong they could be copied to make cars, boats, and planes of the future.
Continue readingNew facilities to expand jet-engine research
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., is expanding the nation’s largest university propulsion laboratory for research aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for next-generation jet engines.
Continue readingGlobal Foundries and Imec partner for joint research on RF solutions for Internet of Things
Global Foundries, Santa Clara, Calif., announces a partnership with Imec, Belgium, for joint research on future radio architectures and designs for highly integrated mobile devices and IoT applications.
Continue readingIntel reports record full-year unit shipments of PCs, servers, tablets, and phones
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., reports record full-year unit shipments of PCs, servers, tablets, phones, and the Internet of Things; the company exceeded the tablet goal by shipping 46 million units.
Continue readingCraic UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer analyzes samples with high speed and accuracy
Craic Technologies, San Dimas, Calif., introduces the Flex UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer, which is designed to be flexible in configuration, capabilities, and pricing.
Continue readingSemiconductor equipment industry posts $1.31 billion in January orders worldwide
Semi, San Jose, Calif., reports that North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.31 billion in orders worldwide in January 2015.
Continue readingEdax atom probe assist tool speeds specimen preparation
Edax Inc., Mahwah, N.J., has launched the Atom Probe Assist, a new tool designed to help users of atom probe tomography systems prepare specimens for faster and more efficient analysis than previously possible.
Continue readingNorthwestern researchers evaluate silver nanowires for flexible electronics
A research team at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Evanston, Ill., has investigated the behavior of silver nanowires under cyclic loading to advance the understanding of how they might function in flexible electronics.
Continue readingOxford Instruments to supply failure analysis systems to semiconductor company
Oxford Instruments, England, announces that it has signed an agreement with one of the largest semiconductor companies in Europe to supply multiple failure analysis systems.
Continue readingPaper shines spotlight on materials informatics
A paper recently published in International Materials Reviews provides an insightful look at materials informatics and how it is being employed to overcome obstacles in computational materials engineering. “Data science and cyberinfrastructure: Critical enablers for accelerated development of hierarchical materials,” by Surya R. Kalidindi of the Georgia Institute of Technology, also identifies specific areas of research that offer the most promise based on the success of earlier work.
Continue readingLow-cost 50-cm long carbon nanotube composite fibers produced for flexible electronics
Researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, have reportedly collaborated with researchers in China to produce polymer/carbon-nanotube composite fibers with lengths over 50 cm.
Continue readingMaterion offers high strength copper foils for electronics
Materion Performance Alloys, a Materion Corporation business, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, is preparing to meet increased demand for high-strength copper alloy strip products following the recent announcement by Mitsubishi Electric Co. that it will stop production of its copper alloy business effective March 2015.
Continue readingAntireflective backside coatings are NIR optimized with no baking
Ultra Tec, Santa Ana, Calif., reports that its Arc-lite antireflective (AR) coating system coats package, board, and wafer level devices very rapidly, generally in less than one minute.
Continue readingUniversity of Chicago researchers develop compounds to join semiconductors
Researchers at the University of Chicago have reportedly developed compounds of cadmium, lead, and bismuth that can be applied as a liquid or paste to join two semiconductors or semiconductor pieces by heating them to several hundred degrees Celsius.
Continue readingIntermetallic nanoparticles increase strength and ductility in alloy steel
Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, report that they have developed a lightweight steel by uniformly dispersing nanometer-sized intermetallic compounds between and within the steel’s grains.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres wins renewal of Sikorsky approved-supplier status
Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., has received renewed approved-supplier status from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., with a two-year certification.
Continue readingCarbon control during sintering improves quality of MIM parts
Linde North America Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., and Megamet Solid Metals, Earth City, Mo., a custom metal-injection molding company, have shown that the quality of metal-injection-molded parts could be significantly enhanced by following Linde’s advanced Sinterflex atmosphere control system.
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