Category: News Articles

ANV Laser, Israel, introduces its noncontact Af tester (NCAT), a novel bent and free-recovery device that can determine the temperatures of Start and Finish Af (martensite-to-austenite transformation) for each of several NiTi devices of different shapes at the same time.

Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., has acquired G&S Titanium, a company specializing in titanium and specialty alloy wire and bar drawing.

The graph shows a comparison of AerMet alloys and maraging steels in terms of (a) ductility vs. specific strength and (b) Charpy V-notch impact toughness vs. specific strength.

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has delivered a dual chamber fiber-lined furnace to a leading manufacturer of punches and dies in North America.

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that Midwest Thermal-Vac recently purchased a Titan vacuum furnace with 12-bar gas quenching for processing parts that need to comply with Nadcap and medical industry requirements such as MedAccred.

Cordis, the information portal for European Union research, reports that engineers working on the EU-funded project Plassteel have developed an advanced process for low-temperature surface hardening of stainless steels that allows improved corrosion resistance and accurate tailoring of material properties.