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Bruker acquires Anasys Instruments for its nanoscale infrared spectroscopy expertise
Published: April 22, 2018
Bruker, Billerica, Mass., has acquired Anasys Instruments Corp., a privately held company that develops and manufactures nanoscale infrared spectroscopy and thermal measurement instruments.
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Metallurgy Makes Headlines in Southwest Airlines Incident
Published: April 20, 2018
Metal fatigue, metallurgy, ultrasonic inspection, and titanium alloys are in the news the past few days due to a catastrophic engine failure aboard a Southwest Airlines jet. Because ASM International is at the heart of the materials community, many of our members are employees of the organizations involved in investigating this incident and maximizing the safety of air travel and engine designs. We will continue to monitor this story and report on results once the investigation is complete.
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Japanese researchers discover 16 million tons of rare-earth deposits in deep-sea mud
Published: April 12, 2018
Several Japanese universities, research groups, and government agencies published an article in the April 10 edition of the online journal Scientific Reports describing results of their analysis of the rare-earth metals they discovered in deep-sea mud near Japan back in 2013.
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Linde announces processes for improving quality of aluminum and titanium powders
Published: April 08, 2018
Linde LLC, Bridgewater, N.J., announces three new technologies to improve the quality of metal powders: Incoming Quality, 3D Process Quality, and Finish Quality.
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NIST researchers design new strikers and strain gauges for more accurate Charpy tests
Published: April 05, 2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colo., reports that its engineers are working to improve striker design and associated instrumented strain gauges for more accurate Charpy tests.
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Leco atomic emission spectrometer offers stability, accuracy, precision
Published: April 05, 2018
Leco, St. Joseph, Mich., introduces the GDS900 glow discharge atomic emission spectrometer, which is designed specifically for routine bulk elemental determination in most conductive solid metal matrices.
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Carpenter to invest $100 million in soft magnetic materials and precision rolling mill
Published: April 01, 2018
Carpenter Technology Corp., Philadelphia, announces that it will invest $100 million in soft magnetic materials production and a new precision hot strip rolling mill at its facility in Reading, Pennsylvania, to help meet increasing demand for aerospace, consumer electronics, and electric vehicle manufacturing customers.
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Optomec develops 20-micron printed electronics system for advanced packaging
Published: March 19, 2018
Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., has released its Aerosol Jet HD production system for electronics packaging, a compact, configurable production platform that can dispense a wide range of materials with features as small as 20 microns.
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Applied Materials receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier award
Published: March 19, 2018
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.
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January semiconductor sales reached $37.6 billion, up 22.7% over January 2017
Published: March 19, 2018
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Washington, announces that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $37.6 billion for the month of January 2018, an increase of 22.7 percent compared to the January 2017 total of $30.6 billion.
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