Category: Medical Devices

Salt template made by 3D printing enables magnesium bioresorbable bone implants

ETH Zurich researchers announce that they have succeeded in producing magnesium scaffolds with structured porosity that are suitable for bioresorbable bone implants, with the help of a 3D printed salt template

Accurate Brazing to invest $13 million to upgrade and expand heat treating operations

Accurate Brazing, Greenville, S.C., a subsidiary of Aalberts N.V., announces that it will invest $13 million to expand operations in Greenville County by upgrading approximately 20,000 square feet of an existing facility to install a new world-class hot isostatic press.

Solar installs all-metal hot zone heat treating furnace for aerospace/medical alloys

Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., recently installed another unique, all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its facility in Souderton to increase its capacity for processing sensitive materials such as PH stainless, nickel-chrome-base superalloys, titanium, and ferritic and austenitic stainless steels.

Linde Group signs contract with U.S. Praxair to supply a hydrogen plant in Louisiana

The Engineering Division of the Linde Group, Bridgewater, N.J., announces that it has signed a contract to design and supply hydrogen production equipment for the core components of Praxair Inc.’s hydrogen plant in Louisiana.

Luxfer acquires Neo Performance Materials for its rare-earth-based functional materials

Luxfer Holdings, England, and Neo Performance Materials Inc., Toronto, announce a definitive agreement under which Luxfer would acquire Neo Performance Materials for its rare-earth-metals-based functional materials.

Lucifer Furnaces receives order for a series of heat treat recirculating ovens

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has supplied several convection ovens to a manufacturer of small medical parts in the southern United States.

Stack Metallurgical installs Quintus Mega HIP for heat treating aerospace, medical products

Stack Metallurgical Group, Albany, Ore., announces that it has installed a Quintus Mega-HIP hot isostatic press for heat treating and processing of aerospace, power generation, medical implant, and other products.

Goodfellow to offer Victrex mineral-filled semicrystalline and amorphous PEEK film

Goodfellow, Coraopolis, Pa., announces a major expansion of its range of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) materials to include 12 different forms: film, sheet, fiber, monofilament, powder, granule, tube, rod, mesh, bolt, nut, and washer.

Sandvik installs Renishaw laser 3D printers and collaborates on process development

Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, Sweden, announces that it has installed several new Renishaw RenAM 500Q quad laser printing machines, and is also initiating further collaboration with Renishaw in areas such as materials development, AM process technologies, and post-processing.

Quintus Technologies system combines HIP with heat treatment at Lake City Heat Treating

Quintus Technologies, Sweden, announces that Lake City Heat Treating, Warsaw, Ind., has installed a Quintus hot isostatic press with uniform rapid cooling, the first to be delivered to the North American market.