Spray Tips: Sources of coating porosity
The most common source of coating porosity is trapped, unmelted, or resolidified particles. The figure shows particle impact states that create structural features.
Leco metallographic mounting press offers simple operation, touchscreen interface
Leco, Saint Joseph, Mich., introduces the MX400 mounting press, which offers dual mount capability, a slim eight-inch design, a simple steel closure, low thermal mass, and energy-efficient heating with substantially faster cooling than previous generations of mounting presses.
One Minute Mentor: Ductile iron austempering temperature and time
The austempering temperature is the primary determinant of the final microstructure and therefore the hardness and strength of the austempered ductile iron product.
Can-Eng Furnaces to design heat treating system for thin-wall aluminum die castings
Can-Eng Furnaces, Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been chosen to design and commission a high-capacity heat-treatment system for a Tier 1 global automotive manufacturing company.
Wisconsin Oven ships five ovens to East Carolina Metal Treating for stress relieving
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped five electrically heated standard draw batch series ovens with maximum operating temperatures of 1250°F to East Carolina Metal Treating in Raleigh, N.C., for stress relieving.
United States Steel to invest a billion dollars in new plant
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it will invest more than $1 billion to construct a new sustainable endless casting and rolling facility at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and a cogeneration facility at its Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., both part of the company’s Mon Valley Works.