It’s hard to believe that we are already well into the summer months of 2017! It’s been a very busy and exciting year for ASM and TSS.
Continue readingGirl Scouts learn how to be Materials Girls
This July, fifteen Girl Scouts traveled to the ASM dome to take part in demonstrations that explained materials property concepts and introduced them to engineering. The scouts, who were between 7 to 11 years old, earned a Materials Girl patch by participating in the program. The day was organized by the ASM Women in Materials Engineering committee in collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Girl Scouts council.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Residual Stress Profiles
Residual stress profiles of nitrided austenitic AISI 316 are shown in the graph.
Continue readingLindberg MPH box furnace can provide six different heat treating atmospheres
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated rod over-bend atmosphere box furnace capable of providing six different atmospheres, to a company in the steel and mining industry.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven enhanced-duty walk-in ovens will dry sand cores for casting in two hours
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two natural-gas-fired enhanced-duty walk-in batch ovens that are designed to dry the sand cores used in the casting of a variety of parts.
Continue readingHeat Treating Society member Steve Ferdon earns CHTE Distinguished Service Award
The Center for Heat Treating Excellence at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., announces that it has presented its Distinguished Service Award to Steve Ferdon.
Continue readingCan-Eng Furnaces awarded contract for austenitizing and molten salt quenching system
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been awarded a contract to design and build a 1500 lb/hr mesh belt furnace system for the austenitizing and molten salt quenching of unique components for world-class drivetrain systems.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Ursula Kattner
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Ursula Kattner, physical scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and recipient of the 2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award.
Continue readingWomen in engineering profile: Margaret Flury
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Margaret Flury, principal materials engineer at Medtronic.
Continue readingHigh-strength magnesium sheet with high formability features low-cost alloying metals
Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science and Nagaoka University of Technology announce development of a high-strength magnesium sheet alloy that has excellent formability comparable to that of the aluminum sheet currently used in body panels of some automobiles.
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