Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., announces that it has signed an amended sublicense agreement with Visser Precision Cast LLC (VPC) in which Liquidmetal is freed from its commitment to use VPC as its exclusive contract manufacturer, and VPC is freed from its commitment to use Liquidmetal as its exclusive sales and R&D channel.
Continue readingFord heat treatment nearly doubles strength of aluminum parts in Ford F-150
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., says that the aluminum door panels and box panels in its new Ford F-150 pickup truck are more resistant to dents than the previous steel panels.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres certified for liquid penetrant inspection testing
Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., has been certified by Nadcap for fluorescent liquid penetrant inspection.
Continue readingAdvanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines Version 5.0 published by World Auto Steel
WorldAutoSteel, Brussels, Belgium, has launched the Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines (AHSS Guidelines) Version 5.0, the largest and most comprehensive update since its first publication in 2004.
Continue readingMMFX’s ChromX 4100 high-strength reinforcing steel provides up to 60% cost savings
MMFX Steel Corp. of America, Irvine, Calif., has been named as a finalist for American Metal Market’s annual Awards for Steel Excellence for its high-strength reinforcing steel, ChromX 4100.
Continue readingElement Materials lab expands Nadcap accreditation for testing aluminum
Element Materials Technology’s laboratory in Daleville, Ind., has significantly expanded the scope of its Nadcap accreditation for aluminum testing in the aerospace sector.
Continue readingMetal Technology to build precision parts via additive manufacturing
Metal Technology Inc., Albany, Ore., has purchased a ProX 300 Direct Metal Sintering production 3D printer to build precision functional metal parts layer by layer with metal powder.
Continue readingConstellium and UACJ form joint venture for aluminum automotive sheet
Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, have signed a Joint Venture Agreement to supply Body-in-White aluminum sheet to the North American automotive industry, following their January 2014 announcement of plans to collaborate.
Continue readingNikon stereomicroscopes feature higher zoom ratio and improved chromatic aberration correction
Nikon Instruments Inc., Melville, N.Y., has added two new stereomicroscope systems to its product portfolio.
Continue readingAK Steel engineer and ASM member Grant Thomas wins award for steel-quenching research paper
AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio, announces that Research Engineer and ASM International member Grant Thomas, Ph.D., has received the AISI “Finalist Medal” for the technical paper titled, “Tensile Properties Obtained by Quench & Partition Processing of Mn-Ni Steels at Room Temperature Quench Temperatures.”
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