Bodycote, Macclesfield, UK, has secured work with wave energy pioneer CorPower Ocean. The company is targeting the marine renewables sector after helping the Swedish developer optimize key components in its Wave Energy Converters.
Continue readingConstellium celebrates 10th anniversary
Constellium, Paris, marked its 10th anniversary on May 3, 2021. Tracing its roots to aluminum pioneers Alcan, Alusuisse, and Pechiney, the company has a strong position in the aerospace, automotive, and packaging sectors, and has entered new markets by offering ever-more innovative and responsible aluminum solutions.
Continue readingNew AI tool calculates material’s stress and strain based on photos
MIT researchers have developed a technique to quickly determine certain properties of a material, like stress and strain, based on an image of the material showing its internal structure. The approach could one day eliminate the need for arduous physics-based calculations, instead relying on computer vision and machine learning to generate estimates in real-time.
Continue readingMaterials Zone raises $6 million to improve its AI materials discovery platform and expand its global reach
Materials Zone, the AI cloud-based materials discovery platform disrupting the way materials-based products are developed and manufactured, announced that it raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from OurCrowd.
Continue readingDiscovery could lengthen lifespan of electronic devices
Researchers at University of Sydney, Australia, observed ferroelectric fatigue as it occurred using advanced in-situ electron microscopy in real-time, down to the nanoscale and atomic levels, sparking a new debate on whether interfaces—the physical boundaries separating different regions in materials—are a viable solution to the unreliability of next-generation devices.
Continue readingStreamlining the process of materials discovery
A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, analyzed the materials research projects reported by leading global institutes and research groups and derived a quantitative model of new materials and processes using machine learning with a scientific interpretation.
Continue readingNew microscopy technique unveils feature that can shape applications of a class of quantum materials
A team of researchers led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory microscopist, Miaofang Chi, and Vanderbilt theoretical physicist, Sokrates Pantelides, have used a new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope technique to image the electron distribution in ionic compounds known as electrides— especially the electrons that float loosely within pockets and appear separate from the atomic network.
Continue readingNew discovery could help lengthen lifespan of electronic devices
University of Sydney researchers have made a significant discovery in the field of materials science, for the first time providing a full picture of how fatigue in ferroelectric materials occurs.
Continue readingSpectra Ultra – Thermo Scientific’s new all-in-one STEM
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, Ore., unveiled the Thermo Scientific Spectra Ultra, a next-generation scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) that offers structural and chemical insight on a wide range of materials at atomic-scale resolution.
Continue readingCirtec completes device master file for spinal cord stimulation system
Cirtec Medical Corp., Minneapolis, announced a sponsor-initiated withdrawal of the premarket approval (PMA) for the Nuvectra Algovita Spinal Cord Stimulation System. The System was an FDA and CE Mark approved neurostimulation system with no open field actions at the time of acquisition.
Continue readingJohnson Matthey to secure critical metals for a low carbon future
Johnson Matthey, London, and Sibanye-Stillwater, a leading international precious metals mining group, have announced a strategic partnership to identify and develop solutions to drive decarbonization and the more efficient use of critical materials such as platinum group metals (PGMs) and other metals used in battery technology.
Continue readingParagon to help design Artemis Human Landing System
Paragon Space Development Corp., Tucson, Ariz., will be part of the winning Dynetics team, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, which was named one of the prime contractors for NASA’s Artemis Human Landing System (HLS).
Continue readingConfluent medical expands Nitinol manufacturing
Confluent Medical Technologies Inc, Scottsdale, Ariz., is expanding its supply agreement with Allegheny Technologies (ATI) related to the manufacture and supply of ELI Nitinol, a specialized metal alloy used primarily to produce high-performance minimally invasive medical devices and components.
Continue readingBreakthrough material can protect satellites from ultraviolet radiation and atomic oxygen in low-Earth orbit
Engineers from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and Airbus, Netherlands, have revealed a breakthrough nano-barrier that can protect satellites in low-Earth orbit from ultraviolet radiation and atomic oxygen.
Continue readingFirst steps to sustainability in the AM powder supply chain
Aluminium Materials Technologies Ltd., United Kingdom, has taken the first steps toward investing in the future sustainability of their A20X high strength Al-Cu alloy in a proof of concept study on re-processing metal powder together with researchers at The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: The press and sinter process
Powder metallurgy (PM) processes include press and sinter hardening, metal injection molding, powder forging, hot isostatic pressing, powder rolling, and spray forming. Press and sintering is the PM process most commonly encountered by heat treaters.
Continue readingQuintus Technologies delivers hot isostatic press to explore high-performance materials
Quintus Technologies, Sweden, has delivered a hot isostatic press (HIP) to the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Dresden, which will permit researchers to deepen their expertise and refine processes for pressure-supported heat treatment, used to maximize theoretical density, ductility, and fatigue resistance in high-performance materials.
Continue readingSeco Warwick awarded new technology patent
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has been awarded a new technology patent for Pit-LPC furnaces that have set a new direction for carburizing processes. The LPC abbreviation refers to the “low pressure carburizing” formula, which is a process conducted under pressure or in a vacuum, in an oxygen free atmosphere by means of hydrocarbons.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships electrically heated oven to plastics industry
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announced the shipment of an electrically heated enhanced walk-in series oven that will be used for sintering parts for plastics applications. The maximum temperature for this oven is 800°F and the normal temperature is 700°F.
Continue readingSites Medical expands manufacturing capabilities with two Ipsen furnaces
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., was awarded an order from Sites Medical, Columbia City, Ind., for two TurboTreater vacuum furnaces. Sites Medical is an orthopedic technology development company that invents and de-risks new technologies and collaborates with OEMs to bring them to market and drive mutual growth.
Continue readingAdding gold nanoparticles improve optical properties of shape-memory polymers
Researchers successfully demonstrated that adding clusters of gold nanoparticles to shape-memory polymers, then stretching them, changes their plasmon-coupling traits, allowing them to have different and beneficial optical properties.
Continue readingResearchers observe room-temperature superconductivity
A team of researchers from the University of Rochester, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas have reduced the amount of pressure required to force a material to become superconductive at room temperature, improving on their own previous results. In their paper, the group outlines their technique and plans for the future.
Continue readingAirless bike tires rely on a metal alloy designed for NASA rovers
Rovers typically use tires made of metal alloys that can endure the punishment that comes from puttering around on alien soil. Now, the Smart Tire Company is preparing to offer its airless alloy METL tires adapted from NASA rover tech for people to put on their earthbound bicycles.
Continue readingLeica Microsystems acquires Aivia, a leading AI-enabled 3D microscopy, image visualization, and analysis software solution
Leica Microsystems, Germany, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of opto-digital imaging solutions in the field of microscopy, announced the acquisition of Aivia, an AI-enabled innovative visualization, analysis, and interpretation software solution from SVision LLC.
Continue readingNew material always expands regardless if compressed or strained
Researchers at Universität Dresden, Germany have discovered a new two-dimensional material with unprecedented properties: regardless if it is strained or compressed, it always expands.
Continue readingThe University of Maine awarded $2.8 million to accelerate wind blade development through additive manufacturing
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a rapid, low-cost additive manufacturing solution for fabricating large, segmented wind blade molds.
Continue readingCarbon nanotube patterns called moirés created for materials research
Material behaviors depend on many things including not just the composition of the material but also the arrangement of its molecular parts. For the first time, researchers have found a way to coax carbon nanotubes into creating moiré patterns. Such structures could be useful in materials research, in particular the field of superconducting materials.
Continue readingQuesTek awarded $1.2 million for ultrahigh temperature materials development for energy applications
QuesTek Innovations LLC announced it was awarded $1.2 Million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. The funding will be used to design and develop a novel materials solution for next-generation turbine blade alloys and compatible coating systems.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Equipment for Forging
The forge quenching process requires that quenching equipment be placed as closely as possible to the equipment used in the forging stage. Since the early 1960s, various direct-forge and quench equipment has been installed in this manner, thus enabling the use of carbon steels, which have good hardenability from grain growth and high dislocation density from the thermomechanical deformation performed during hot forging.
Continue readingNitrex installs a 5-in-1-turnkey nitriding system in Turkey
Nitrex, Quebec, has installed of a nitriding system that combines five Nitreg technologies with application know-how for processing a variety of components for electromechanical systems and actuating mechanisms used in aviation, land, and sea vehicles.
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