Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has earned Nadcap Merit Status from the Performance Review Institute for heat treatment and tensile/hardness testing at its plant in Lorain, Ohio.
Continue readingZero Flow gas nitrocarburizing enables better control and lower cost
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., is demonstrating its ZeroFlow controlled-gas nitriding at the Heat Treatment Exhibition in Moscow this week.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Duplex Stainless Steels
Complex compounds of iron, chromium, and molybdenum are highly detrimental to toughness and corrosion resistance, particularly the resistance to localized chloride attack.
Continue readingNitride coatings based on titanium and other metals protect jet engine components
Wallwork Heat Treating, England, reports that its Nitron Flight PVD-applied nitride coatings based on titanium, chromium, chromium-aluminum, and carbon/metal carbides improve the performance of key jet engine components.
Continue readingHow manganese prevents oxidation in high-strength steel
The University of Warwick, England, announces that a team of researchers has discovered that the amount of oxide that forms at the surface of automotive high-strength steels depends on the ratio between manganese and additional alloying elements.
Continue readingAK Steel launches advanced high-strength steel for automotive applications
AK Steel, Westchester, Ohio, launches its Nexmet 440EX high-strength steel that provides greater ductility, strength, and formability for automotive applications.
Continue readingAleris Aluminum to be acquired by Chinese aluminum extrusion company
Aleris Corp., Cleveland, Oho, a global aluminum rolled products producer, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Zhongwang USA LLC, a Chinese company.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Precipitation of Intermetallics in Stainless Steels
The exposure of duplex stainless steels to temperatures in the range of 1100 to 1850°F can result in the formation of undesirable intermetallic compounds such as σ and χ phases.
Continue readingCERN heat treating furnace to process niobium-tin superconducting magnets
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, announces that it has received a 105-foot-long furnace for the heat treatment of niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) superconducting coils that will be installed in the Future Circular Collider.
Continue readingSinterite custom pusher furnace designed for continuous sintering
Sinterite, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, St. Marys, Pa., has installed a manually operated custom pusher furnace designed for continuous sintering of a range of materials and grades at a facility in Pennsylvania.
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