Category: Consumer Products

Liquidmetal amorphous alloy in hybrid knife is 25% harder than stainless steel

Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has developed the Liquidmetal Hybrid Knife, manufactured of LM105 amorphous alloy by the Liquidmetal process.

Ipsen AvaC two-chamber gas/oil furnace doubles carbon availability

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an AvaC (acetylene vacuum carburizing) two-chamber gas/oil quench vacuum furnace to a facility in Connecticut where it will be used to process sports equipment.

Constellium launches Aeral aluminum for aerosol cans

Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, has launched Aeral, an aluminum solution designed for making aerosol containers by the “drawn and ironed” technology currently used to produce beverage cans.

Bodycote expands hot isostatic pressing capacity

Bodycote, England, is expanding its high pressure Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability with the addition of a new mid-range vessel to increase its volume capacity.

Atomic structure model enables prediction of metal combinations that can form metallic glasses

Australia’s University of New South Wales announces that a research team has developed a method for predicting the combinations of metals that will produce metallic glass alloys.

Alcoa 6013 aerospace aluminum chosen by Samsung for Galaxy S6 smartphone

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is supplying a high-strength, aerospace-grade aluminum to Samsung for its latest smartphones — the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge.

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.

Novelis Evercycle aluminum for food containers is made of 100% recycled aluminum

Novelis, Atlanta, announces the first product in its Evercycle portfolio of certified high-recycled-content aluminum for specialty applications.

Fourth-generation Intel Core processor enables 50% longer battery life

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has introduced the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, with power levels as low as 6 watts, up to 50% improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life.

Wind turbine gearbox bearings improve 415% after cryogenic processing

300 Below, Decatur, Ill., has pioneered an ultra-low temperature cryogenic process that the company says increases lifespan for 52100 stainless steel bearing components by an average 415% over current durability and wearability.