Thermo-Calc Software AB, Stockholm, and QuesTek International LLC, Evanston, Ill., have partnered to establish a joint company, QuesTek Europe AB, which will offer Integrated Computational Materials Engineering modeling services and novel materials design and development to the European market.
Continue readingBright annealing furnace heat treats stainless steel under inert gas
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Warren, Ohio, recently shipped a bright annealing induction furnace to a major stainless steel tube manufacturer in the Northeast United States.
Continue readingCompact atmosphere box furnace heat treats medical device components
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an atmosphere box furnace to a leading supplier of the medical device industry for heat treating parts.
Continue readingMaterion supplies beryllium for retrofit of Belgium’s nuclear test reactor
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, reports that beryllium components supplied by Materion Performance Alloys and Composites are helping Belgium’s BR2 nuclear test reactor to continue operation and contribute to the world’s supply of radiopharmaceuticals.
Continue readingTitanium 2016 conference to focus on world demand trends
The International Titanium Association, Northglenn, Colo., announces that the Titanium 2016 conference and exhibition will focus on the global titanium industry.
Continue readingBodycote Ipswich heat treating facility earns MedAccred status
Bodycote, England, announces that its facility in Ipswich, Mass., has earned MedAccred accreditation, underlining its high standards of quality.
Continue readingTest instrument with friction-free motor integrates with torsion actuator
TA Instruments, New Castle, Del., introduces the ElectroForce 3310, which delivers 1 kN of force capacity and can be integrated with a torsion actuator that provides simultaneous axial-torsion loading.
Continue readingAdvanced Heat Treat completes Phase I of plasma nitriding evaluation
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), Waterloo, Iowa, announces that it has completed Phase I of a grant to evaluate plasma nitriding for improved life of forging dies by generating a hard case on tribological surfaces.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres receives first MedAccred re-accreditation
Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., announces that it has become the first company to receive MedAccred critical process re-accreditation, an industry-managed critical process supply chain oversight program developed by leading medical device companies to improve device quality and enhance patient safety.
Continue readingAmorphous steel powder metallurgy alloy has highest impact resistance
The University of California San Diego announces that a team of engineers has developed and tested SAM2X5-630, a type of amorphous steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand impact without deforming permanently.
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