Category: News Articles

Defense TechLink, Bozeman, Montana, reports that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida has developed USAF-96 Steel, a low-alloy steel that has demonstrated strength and toughness at −40°C even in sections up to four inches thick.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, announces that its researchers have received more than $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art “super-finishing lab” for 3D-printed metal parts.

ASM is pleased to announce that Dr. Patrice Turchi, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, is the 2019 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient. His citation reads: “For outstanding and pioneering contributions in the application of first-principles, quantum-mechanical calculations to the modeling of phase equilibria and thermodynamic behavior of alloys.” The Gibbs Award was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of phase equilibria. The award honors J. Willard Gibbs,

JPW Industrial Ovens and Furnaces, Williamsport, Pa., has opened its Plant 2, a new manufacturing facility that will produce the company’s expanding line of standard industrial ovens.

United Process Controls, Waukee, Wis., reports that medical implants manufacturer Orchid Orthopedics, Memphis, Tenn., has modernized three Ipsen VFS vacuum furnaces with process control upgrades from United Process Controls (UPC).

Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces that the Buehler Wilson Reference Block Laboratory in Binghamton, N.Y., has achieved accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 by A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) for Rockwell, Knoop, Vickers, and Brinell hardness test blocks and indenters.