Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that over the past month, the company has shipped four furnaces and one upgrade for a variety of applications and industries.
Continue readingTribogenics XRF analyzer is based on a cartridge system instead of glass X-ray tube
Tribogenics, Los Angeles, Calif., introduces the Watson XRF analyzer, in which the company says conventional glass X-ray tubes are replaced with an X-Change cartridge system that makes changing cartridges “as easy as changing the ink in an inkjet printer.”
Continue readingTresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.
Continue readingJ.L. Becker Co. delivers temper furnace to auto parts supplier in Mexico
J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Plymouth, Mich., has delivered a 36 x 72 x 36-inch gas-fired box temper furnace to a major Tier 1 automotive components supplier in Mexico.
Continue readingNew international location for ASM heat treating show
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that organizers for Heat Treat Mexico are currently seeking abstract submissions on heat treating topics for the upcoming new event in Queretaro, Mexico, to be held later this year in September.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility offers a range of vacuum processing capabilities
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., reports that its newest facility now has a wide range of vacuum processing capacity available, from furnaces suited for small lots and development cycles, to a 24-foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 pounds at 2650°F.
Continue readingBodycote opens new plants in Georgia and South Carolina
Bodycote, U.K., announces two new heat treatment plants in the southeastern United States: Covington, Ga., and Greenville, S.C.
Continue readingReliance acquires Tubular Steel for its specialty steel products
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Tubular Steel Inc., which stocks over 60,000 tons and ships over two million custom-cut lengths of pipe, tubing, and bar products annually.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to marine supplier
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to a leading supplier in the marine industry.
Continue readingHigh-strength magnesium-lithium alloy weighs half as much as aluminum
The University of New South Wales and Monash University, Australia, announce that a team of researchers has developed a high-strength magnesium-lithium alloy with density of 1.4?g/cm3, half as much as aluminum and 30% less than magnesium.
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