Solar Atmospheres adds tensile testing to its in-house mechanical testing services
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has brought tensile testing in-house, adding the test to its other in-house mechanical tests rather than outsourcing.
Ipsen USA finishes Q4 2017 by shipping multiple Titan vacuum furnaces around the world
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped 15 furnaces to eight states in the United States, as well as Asia and Europe, to support customers in the additive manufacturing, aerospace, commercial heat treating, medical, and metal injection molding industries.
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. receives 24-month Nadcap accreditation for ion nitriding
Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa, announces that it has once again been awarded Nadcap Merit status for Heat Treating (ion nitriding), and has been granted an accreditation that lasts 24 months.
DOE awards $1 million to NanoAl to develop low-cost aluminum alloy electrical wire
NanoAl LLC, Skokie, Ill., has been awarded a Phase II SBIR grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a low cost, improved conductor alloy for overhead power wires.
ATI to be preferred supplier of titanium plate for General Dynamics Abrams tank
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has signed two new Long-Term Pricing Agreements with General Dynamics Land Systems to be the preferred supplier of titanium plate for the Abrams tank and the Ajax specialist vehicle.
One Minute Mentor: Corrosion Resistance of Carburized 316 Steel
Electrochemical polarization curves show a 600 to 800 mV increase in pitting potential in treated (900 to 1000 mV) versus nontreated (200 to 300 mV) type 316 in chloride solutions.