EXpressLO LLC, Lehigh Acres, Fla., released the Aspirato lift out module for the EXpressLO ex situ lift out station.
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The NFL, GE, and Under Armour, have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to launch Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy.
Continue reading3D printing Christmas presents
Could Santa be 3D printing your presents next year?
Continue readingSodium-conducting material has potential to improve rechargeable batteries
Rechargeable battery manufacturers may get a jolt from researchers who discovered a safe, inexpensive, sodium-conducting material that significantly outperforms all others in its class.
Continue readingSamsung to invest $14.7 billion in new semiconductor fab
Samsung Electronics, South Korea, announces plans to invest $14.7 billion in a new semiconductor fabrication facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea to meet growing demand from smartphones, enterprise computing and the emerging “Internet of Things” market.
Continue readingMetallurgy Europe initiates a 180-company, billion-euro effort to develop advanced metals
The European Space Agency, Paris, has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort to develop new types of metals and manufacturing techniques.
Continue readingPolymer proves reliable in subsea electrical connectors
The highly-efficient Diamould product line of connectors for subsea and downhole applications relies on VICTREX PEEK polymer.
Continue readingScan system teaches robots how to take aim
High-power welding with online seam tracking proves its mettle in the automotive industry.
Continue readingSelective laser melting to produce aerospace components
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology IPT, Germany, is developing Selective Laser Melting technology to build aerospace components via additive manufacturing.
Continue readingAlcoa to build $100 million superalloy plant in La Porte
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art, $100 million, 320,000-square-foot facility in La Porte, Indiana, where it will produce nickel-base superalloy jet engine parts.
Continue readingConstellium and UACJ form joint venture for aluminum automotive sheet
Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, have signed a Joint Venture Agreement to supply Body-in-White aluminum sheet to the North American automotive industry, following their January 2014 announcement of plans to collaborate.
Continue readingSSAB high strength steels and wear plates meet all requirements for laser cutting
SSAB, Sweden, reports that both its Hardox and Domex high-strength steels meet all demands for laser cutting and can be processed with the same cutting parameters as unalloyed steel grades such as S235.
Continue readingHarper wins contracts worth $38 million for carbon fiber production systems
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded contracts worth $38 million for advanced three-meter-wide oxidation ovens, LT and HT carbonization systems, waste gas abatement systems, fiber handling, and integrated additional unit operations, controls, and services.
Continue readingVac-Aero commissions vacuum furnace at New Hampshire castings manufacturer
Vac-Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, has commissioned the first of two vacuum furnaces at a castings manufacturer in New Hampshire.
Continue readingEOS expands 3D printing materials with Ti64ELI and StainlessSteel 316L for medical devices
EOS of North America, Novi, Mich., expands its metal materials portfolio with EOS Titanium Ti64ELI and EOS StainlessSteel 316L.
Continue readingBasque Research studies effects of short, fast, cryogenic cycles on steel
Basque Research, Spain, has been developing cryogenic treatments for steel in a program based on the repetition of short, fast, cryogenic cycles.
Continue readingHarper wins contracts worth $38 million for carbon fiber production systems
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded contracts worth $38 million for advanced three meter wide oxidation ovens, LT and HT carbonization systems, waste gas abatement systems, fiber handling, and integrated additional unit operations, controls, and services.
Continue readingPPG Industries acquires assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co. Inc., Boxborough, Mass.
Continue readingNadcap awards Merit status to Solar Atmospheres of Western PA
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for vacuum heat treating and brazing of metals.
Continue readingThe Metal Treating Institute reports year-to-date sales
The Metal Treating Institute, Jacksonville, Fla., reports that year-to-date sales for the Metal Treating Industry for December 2013 were $877.0 million.
Continue readingBruker joins Sematech to advance nanoscale characterization of semiconductor materials
Bruker Nano Surfaces, Billerica, Mass., has joined Sematech, Albany, N.Y., to develop new semiconductor defect characterization solutions for advanced materials development. The collaboration will generate the first detailed information database that allows Bruker’s patented PeakForce QNM mechanical force data to be correlated to nanoparticle materials.
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