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Development of a new SiC-based powder has enabled the deposition of dense silicon carbide coatings using thermal spraying techniques for the first time.

Metalysis, England, announces that the United Kingdom’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), part of the Ministry of Defence, has become a customer for its titanium powder through the Materials for Strategic Advantage research program.

Oerlikon, Switzerland, announces that it has acquired TeroLab Surface GmbH to expand Oerlikon Metco’s coatings services by increasing market applications and service accessibility to customers.

Ametek Land, England, has been selected as a finalist in the seventh annual S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards in the “Breakthrough Solution of the Year” category for its innovative new Spot GS (galvannealed and galvanized strip), an advanced noncontact infrared spot pyrometer.

Cold spraying has been found to be a useful approach for the selective protection of localized areas that are the likely locations for corrosive attack, as shown in the diagram.

Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it has designed a melting and holding furnace with an aluminum melt rate of 3000 pounds per hour and the capacity to hold up to 40,000 pounds of aluminum.