Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, announce the official opening of their new manufacturing plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to supply aluminum automotive body sheet to the North American automotive industry under their joint venture, Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Martensitic Stainless Steels
A stainless martensitic alloy should have the following characteristics:
• It must have at least 10.5% chromium to qualify as stainless, and even more for better corrosion resistance.
• It should be fully austenitic at some temperature.
• The temperature at which austenite forms on heating should be sufficiently high to permit tempering above the temper embrittlement range.
Collaborative robot integrated into induction heating improves uniformity
Ambrell Corp., Scottsville, N.Y., introduced the world’s first induction heating collaborative robot or “cobot,” a programmable machine that performs a variety of repetitive tasks.
Continue readingSiemens acquires Materials Solutions for superalloy additive manufacturing
Siemens AG, Germany, has acquired a majority stake (85%) in Materials Solutions Ltd., England, for its capabilities in additive manufacture of superalloy parts.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres forms Vacuum Pump Services Corporation
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces the formation of Vacuum Pump Services Corp., a service center in which skilled technicians will repair, rebuild, recondition, and service all brands of vacuum pumps.
Continue readingASM Appoints New Managing Director
The ASM International Board of Trustees announces the appointment of William T. (Bill) Mahoney as Managing Director effective immediately.
Continue readingBodycote acquires Nitrex Metal Technologies for precision gas nitriding
Bodycote, Macclesfield, England, announces that it has acquired Nitrex Metal Technologies, which specializes in precision gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing in both batch and continuous processes.
Continue readingChromium Nitride in Duplex Stainless Steels
Because of the use of nitrogen as an alloying element in these stainless steels, chromium nitrides (CrN) may be present on ?/? grain boundaries, on ?/? boundaries, and within the ? grains. If formed in large quantities and under conditions in which the chromium-depleted areas do not have time to repair themselves during annealing, the presence of CrN may adversely affect corrosion resistance.
Continue readingStrong scandium-aluminum-magnesium powder-metal alloy designed for 3D printing
Airbus Group APWorks GmbH, Germany, in cooperation with Airbus Group R&D, has developed Scalmalloy, a high-performance scandium-aluminum magnesium powder metal alloy designed for additive manufacturing of high-strength aerospace structures.
Continue readingSandvik super-duplex stainless steel selected for prototype boat
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, announces that its Sandvik SAF 2507 high-strength super-duplex stainless steel has been selected for Project P16 Prototype, an innovative 56-foot prototype boat being built by Swedish Steel Yacht AB.
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