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MTS electrodynamic test systems feature intuitive and energy-efficient operation

MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., offers Acumen electrodynamic test systems, which are streamlined, highly intuitive platforms for dynamic and static testing.

Electric pit furnace features two-stage gas nitriding system for high hardness

Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated gas nitriding pit furnace with an ammonia dissociator system for heat treating steel parts.

Lucifer Furnaces dual-chamber furnace heat treats CPM high speed steel

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., reports that it has delivered a dual chamber high-temperature furnace to Compacting Tooling Inc. (CTI), McKeesport, Pa., to heat treat Crucible particle metallurgy (CPM) high speed steel.

Harper rotary furnace processes iron phosphate powders for lithium-ion batteries

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded a contract for a high-volume rotary furnace system for drying and calcining advanced iron phosphate powders in lithium-ion batteries by Prayon Technologies, Belgium.

Arconic’s aluminum Micromill technology wins R&D 100 award

Arconic (formerly Alcoa), Pittsburgh, announces that R&D magazine has named Arconic’s aluminum Micromill technology an R&D 100 Award winner.

All-Metal Planes for Coast-to-Coast Transport

Classic article from July 1933 Metal Progress

Computationally Optimized Heat Treatment Process wins R&D 100 Award

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, announces that its Computationally Optimized Homogenization Heat Treatment Process has been named a winner of a 2016 R&D 100 Award.

Customized MetalMaster heat treating furnaces process a range of materials

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that in the past few weeks it has shipped five customized MetalMaster vacuum furnaces to companies in locations around the world: Washington, South Carolina, Mexico, and China.

One Minute Mentor: Effect of Cold Work on Grain Growth

Larger amounts of cold work refine the grain size during solution treatment, but smaller amounts of cold work can lead to critical grain growth.

Siemens to acquire Mentor Graphics for its electronics IC and systems design

Siemens AG, Munich, and Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Ore., announce that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for its electronics IC and systems design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions.