Category: Automobiles and Ground Transportation

Outokumpu now categorizes its stainless steels by properties instead of chemistry

Outokumpu Oy, Finland, has developed a way to categorize its wide range of stainless steel products by arranging them according to strength, hardness, machinability, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance.

EFD Induction rotary table system hardens sun gears for auto supplier

EFD Induction USA, Madison Heights, Mich., reports that a major U.S. tier-one automotive supplier recently ordered an EFD Induction Rotary Table (HardLine RT 550) hardening system for treating sun gears, and a vertical scanner system (HardLine VM 1000) for hardening output shafts.

Outokumpu stainless steel fuel tank weighs 3 kg less than plastic

Outokumpu Oy, Finland, announces that the stainless steel fuel tank developed by its engineers and TechROi Fuel Systems received the New Applications Award presented by the International Stainless Steel Forum in the “Best New Development” category at the ISSF Annual Conference in Hong Kong.

New method for friction stir welding aluminum is ten times faster

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., in partnership with General Motors, Alcoa, and the Tailor Welded Blank (TWB) Co., have developed a friction stir welding technique that is said to be ten times faster than current FSW techniques.

Magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite floats on water

Researchers from Deep Springs Technology, Toledo, Ohio, and New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have reportedly demonstrated a magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite with density so low that it can float on water.

Ametek acquires Global Tubes for its high-precision small-diameter tubing

Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., has acquired Global Tubes, a leading manufacturer of high precision, small diameter metal tubing, for approximately $200 million.

Linde launches compact hydrogen generators with high natural-gas conversion rate

The Linde Group, Holly Springs, Ga., launches its Hydroprime plant line of innovative, cost effective compact hydrogen generators based on proven steam methane reforming technology.

Ipsen shaft-sealing mechanism enables placing motor outside the vacuum chamber

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded a U.S. patent for the development of a new shaft-sealing mechanism.

British universities form consortium to optimize steel for railroad track

The University of Huddersfield, England, announces that its researchers will take part in a new $3 million railway steel development project backed by major funding groups.

Cerium-cobalt alloy added to NdFeB magnets raises Curie temperature, cuts cost

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, reports that ASM Fellow Karl A. Gschneidner and a team of researchers have developed a low-cost cerium-cobalt alloy that can be added to neodymium-iron-boron to improve magnetic properties in rare-earth magnets.