Materials Processing and Treatment Archives - Page 19 of 23

Advanced convection technology for heat treatment

Akin Malas, head of metals market applications technology for Linde LLC, Americas, Bridgewater, N.J., detailed advancements in furnace atmosphere circulation technology in a case study presentation to a well-attended event by members of the Cleveland Chapter of ASM International.

LEDs could clean water in remote regions

Researchers have created light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on lightweight flexible metal foil for the first time.

Samsung expands its advanced foundry products portfolio with 14LPU/10LPU processes

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Japan, announced at its Device Solutions America headquarters in San Jose, Calif., that it is expanding its advanced foundry process technology products with the fourth-generation 14-nm process and the third-generation 10-nm process.

MS&T 2016 Features Mini-Materials Camp

Hosted by the ASM Utah Chapter, 246 students participated in the ASM Mini-Materials Camp held during MS&T 2016 at Salt Lake Palace on October 25 and 26.

Feather-like airplane wing skin for flying efficiency

When the Wright brothers accomplished their first powered flight more than a century ago, they controlled the motion of their Flyer 1 aircraft using wires and pulleys that bent and twisted the wood-and-canvas wings.

3D printing partnership drives down vehicle weight

Divergent 3D entered into a global development partnership with engineering research and development firm Altran.

Alcoa completes separation from parent company Arconic

Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the separation from its parent company Alcoa Inc. (now named Arconic Inc.) and has begun operating as an independent, publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AA.

Iowa State wins $2.8 million DOE grant to make ductile 6.5% Si electrical steel

Iowa State University and its Ames Laboratory report that researchers have received a three-year, $2.8 million grant to develop a ductile electrical steel containing 6.5% silicon, twice the amount in electric motor steel today.

Harper teams with Oak Ridge to improve carbon fiber production

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., announces that in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, it has been awarded funding for a project through the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program.

University at Buffalo receives $2.9 million for modeling/simulations lab

The University at Buffalo, N.Y., has received a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant to transform the traditional role of a database as a repository for information into an automated computer laboratory that rapidly collects, interprets, and learns from massive amounts of information.

Turning coal into carbon fiber

As U.S. coal production declines due to the rise of natural gas and alternative energies, the question remains: What will happen to those communities of coal workers?

Carbon fiber project partnership

Harper International, Cheektowaga, N.Y. and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., were awarded funding for a project through the DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program.

Introducing a new program from the ASM Materials Education Foundation

Already well known for the Materials Camp Program for both high school students and teachers, the ASM Materials Education Foundation has launched the Materials Matter program for middle school students.

Improving industrial drying saves energy

Funded by the National Science Foundation, a new center will attack one of the most energy-intensive processes in manufacturing; its research could help save 200 trillion BTUs of energy in U.S. each year.

NSF center focuses on real-time functional imaging

The National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Va., announced $24 million in funding to support a new science and technology center at the University of Colorado Boulder, expanding the university’s role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio, and energy sciences.

Self-healing crystal mimics skin

Scientists developed a smart crystal that can heal itself after breaking without any chemical or biological intervention. The crystal relies on its own molecular structure and physical contact to heal—similar to cuts on skin.

Joining dissimilar materials at low temperature

A new technology developed by Pennsylvania State University researchers, called cold sintering process (CSP), has opened a window on the ability to combine incompatible materials, such as ceramics and plastics, into new, useful compound materials, and to lower the energy cost of many types of manufacturing.

Fluorescence boosts cool colored pigment performance

Elementary school science teaches us that in the sun, dark colors get hot while white stays cool. Now new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Calif., has found an exception: Certain dark pigments can stay just as cool as white by using fluorescence, the re-emission of absorbed light.

Understanding how things deform (with video)

Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century’s worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why.

Graphene goes into silicon at room temperature

Materials researchers at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, developed a technique that allows the integration of graphene, graphene oxide (GO), and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) onto silicon substrates at room temperature by using nanosecond pulsed laser annealing.

ASM Appoints New Managing Director

The ASM International Board of Trustees announces the appointment of William T. (Bill) Mahoney as Managing Director effective immediately.

Cooking up graphene in the microwave

Engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene: Bake the compound in a microwave oven.

Plastic material to power electric vehicles

Materials scientists at Pennsylvania State University, State College, created a polymer dielectric material with high energy density, high power density, and excellent charge-discharge efficiency for electric and hybrid vehicle use.

Reducing supercapacitor cost

Researchers from South Dakota State University, Brookings, are using biochar, an inexpensive carbon-rich material and a new method of creating the porous surface needed to capture electricity to reduce the cost of supercapacitors.

Synthetic material found in nature

One of the hottest new materials is a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. Scientists around the world are working on ways to use the synthetic materials for things like hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.