Sigray, Concord, Calif., released the first commercial x-ray assisted device alteration tool that enables circuit debugging of emerging backside power delivery architectures.
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Undetected corrosion and wear led to an equipment failure on a cargo ship while offloading cargo in Houston, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Fractures in the sixth-stage compressor wheel triggered a catastrophic engine failure and caused the April 2022 fatal crash of a Kestrel Helicopters 1981 Hughes 369D during long-line slinging operations in British Columbia, according to a recently released report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board.
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The Air Force and engine builder Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., completed a $21 million, fleet-wide retrofit effort for the F-22 Raptor’s dual F119 engines, after identifying a fatigue issue with turbine blades that led to seven class A mishaps, nearly $23 million in damages, but no operational interruption.
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., developed a laser-based method that uses high-intensity laser to blast microscale projectiles into a small sample at velocities close to the speed of sound to analyze the energy exchange and predict the puncture resistance of materials against larger projectiles encountered in real-world situations.
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For the first time, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M. and Texas A&M University, have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, Ore., introduced the Thermo Scientific Metrios 6 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ((S)TEM) — a new-generation, fully automated (S)TEM metrology solution to help enhance productivity and deliver data quality assurance for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing.
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Researchers at Vienna University of Technology, Austria, developed an atomic force microscope sensor element of with a customized electronic circuit built directly into the tip whose signal directly provides information about the state of the tip, producing a more compact, simpler to process, cheaper technology with precision just as good as with previous devices.
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Leica Microsystems, Germany, a leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has launched Autonomous Microscopy powered by Aivia, a new AI-based detection workflow for confocal microscopy that automates the detection of rare events by extracting the most relevant data from their experiments.
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A team of researchers from the Ultramicroscopy Research Group at Trinity College at the University of Dublin, Ireland, completed the installation of a world-first User Adjustable Pole-piece (UAP) transmission electron microscope lens.
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Materials Analysis Technology Inc., Taiwan, is setting up new laboratories in Kumamoto, Japan, and the US state of Arizona to support its “big clients,” and is eyeing more locations in the future amid the changing IC supply chain landscape.
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Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation, Japan, launched a new product in the NEXTA series, the DMA200 a dynamic mechanical analyzer for advanced materials development and product quality control.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, Ore., the world leader in serving science, introduced the Thermo Scientific Meridian EX System— an electron-beam-based failure analysis solution designed to enable precise fault localization on advanced semiconductor logic technologies that helps users localize defects within complex power networks and achieve 10X improvement in spatial resolution compared to optical fault isolation solutions.
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United Safety & Survivability Corporation, Exton, Pa., a global leader in advanced safety solutions, launched its latest innovation, a groundbreaking lithium-ion battery failure detection sensor that could help prevent electric vehicle fires before they happen and sets a new standard in safety for electric vehicles across industries.
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While it can take years of focused laboratory work to determine how to make the highest quality materials for use in electronic and photonic device applications, researchers at North Carolina State University developed an autonomous system that can identify how to synthesize “best-in-class” materials in hours or days.
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Plastometrex, an advanced mechanical testing technology provider in Cambridge, England, announced its strategic expansion into the Japanese market in partnership with two leading technology companies, Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (KMTL) and AeroEdge. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in Plastometrex’s journey towards transforming the global mechanical testing industry.
Since its inception, Plastometrex has had a clear mission of delivering simpler, faster, and more insightful mechanical testing to materials science and engineering teams the world over. Following the commercial launch of its flagship product, the Benchtop Plastometer, the company has enjoyed rapid global expansion, partnering with some of the most recognizable industrial organizations and research institutions in the world. That expansion now continues with a move into Japan, as KMTL, a leading independent testing laboratory in Asia focusing on materials testing services, took delivery of the country’s first Plastometrex device, as part of the newly formed partnership.
With the Plastometer, KMTL will now be able to obtain metal stress-strain curves, measured by the device from indentation test data, in less than 5 minutes. This unlocks unprecedented testing speed and flexibility for users at all stages of the product lifecycle, from alloy design through to failure analysis. KMTL has now added the Plastometer to its comprehensive range of testing services, further strengthening the organization’s position as a technology-forward testing partner.
“We are delighted to be able to introduce the Plastometer to our client base across Japan,” said Nobuhito Tsurui, Executive Vice President, KMTL. “The technology will allow our customers to measure critical mechanical property data from small and challenging-to-test samples for the first time. This will enable them to design, manufacture, and repair their products with greater efficiency and confidence.”
AeroEdge, an engineering services company specializing in machining and additive manufacturing (AM) technology, will be among the first to use KMTL’s new Benchtop Plastometer. Having significantly grown its capability in the printing of aerospace materials, specifically complex titanium aluminides for demanding high-temperature applications, the Plastometrex technology will enable AeroEdge to accelerate the development of these complex AM materials and parts.
“Plastometrex’s novel testing technology enables us to optimize our AM materials with much less material and in a fraction of the time required by traditional methods,” said Kazuhiro Mizuta, Managing Director, AeroEdge. “We are excited to support the introduction of this transformative testing technology to the Japanese market where it will play an important role in supporting the continued adoption of AM in the region.”
“This strategic collaboration with KMTL and AeroEdge is a testament to our commitment to innovation and to our continued global expansion. Japan represents a vibrant and dynamic market, and our partnership with these two esteemed companies will allow us to deliver cutting-edge solutions that drive progress and transformation in metal testing and additive manufacturing.” Mike Coto, CCO, Plastometrex.
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EAG Laboratories, Tempe, Ariz., announced a new addition to its wide range of advanced microscopy techniques – Plasma FIB (PFIB) services.
PFIB can be used for both material characterization and failure analysis. It differs from traditional FIB as it uses various gases such as Xe, Ar, O, or N to generate a focused ion beam with much greater range of beam currents as compared to Ga. With Plasma FIB capability, larger cuts can be prepared more efficiently, giving EAG Laboratories the ability to survey more material to find the root cause of a failure and reducing the time needed for an analysis.
Plasma FIB Benefits:
Plasma FIB is an ideal choice for performing mm scale targeted cross-sections on a wide variety of materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, semiconductors and composites.
Image – Cross-Sectioning Entire Commercial LED Ball Bond.
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Oxford Instruments Asylum Research released its new atomic force microscope package developed for battery research, the Cypher ES Battery Edition.
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Phase3D, Chicago, Ill., has been awarded a two-year 1.25 million USD contract from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop a quality inspection system for cold spray additive manufacturing.
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Spirit Electronics, Phoenix, AZ, acquired Insight Analytical Labs, Colorado Springs, CO, to add device analysis services including destructive physical analysis, to its existing full-turnkey semiconductor supply chain services.
Continue readingRotameters are one of three basic types of devices used in the thermal spray to control gas flow, a much-disputed topic in the thermal spray industry that wrestles with issues including the type of measurement instrument, its calibration, accuracy, and so on.
Continue readingWith more than 50 years of innovation in mass spectrometry, JEOL, Japan, is pushing science a step further with their introduction of msFineAnalysis AI, an artificial intelligence-powered software designed to automatically perform qualitative GC-MS analysis.
Continue readingRigaku, Japan, leading provider of X-ray metrology solutions for semiconductor in-line processes, research and development, and high-volume manufacturing, has opened its first Semiconductor Metrology Technology Center in Sunnyvale, CA.
Continue readingPhysicists at the Australian National University are using nanoparticles to develop new sources of light that increase the frequency of light that cameras and other technologies see by up to seven times.
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North Star Imaging, Rogers, MN, recently opened an x-ray inspection services laboratory in Orlando, Florida. The facility houses a vault with a 9 Million Electron Volt high energy CT X-ray system capable of scanning very large dense parts used in aerospace and aviation.
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