The graph shows composition-depth profiles of nitrided stainless steel AISI 316 as determined with glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDOES).
Continue readingArcelorMittal Long Products Canada completes $20 million finishing line at Quebec bar mill
ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada, Longueuil, Quebec, has inaugurated a new$20 million finishing line at its bar mill, to increase the facility’s annual rolling capacity from 400,000 to 500,000 metric tons.
Continue readingLindberg box furnace built for batch testing aluminum automotive castings
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a large-chamber utility box furnace to an automotive supplier for batch testing aluminum castings on a daily basis at a temperature of 932°F.
Continue readingSpirit invests $30 million in five-axis machining center for aluminum and titanium aircraft parts
Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita, Kan., announces a new center of excellence focusing on the fabrication of complex aluminum and titanium commercial and military aircraft parts by new five-axis machines.
Continue readingMachine Tool Builders launches company to build and retrofit heat treating furnaces
Machine Tool Builders (MTB), Machesney Park, Ill., announces that it has launched Diablo Furnaces, a company that builds custom heat treating furnaces.
Continue readingAdvanced high-strength steel ore unloading system wins 2017 Swedish Steel Prize
SSAB, Stockholm, announces that the 2017 winner of the Swedish Steel Prize is Kiruna Wagon of Sweden for its Helix Dumper, a highly durable and far more efficient ore-unloading wagon than other ore wagons on the market.
Continue readingEck Industries licenses cerium-aluminum alloy that resists corrosion and high heat
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., announces that Eck Industries, Manitowoc, Wis., has signed an exclusive license for the commercialization of a cerium-aluminum (Ce-Al) alloy that is easy to work with, lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and exceptionally stable at high temperatures.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Nitriding Austenitic Stainless Steel
The graph shows thermogravimetric uptake curves for nitriding of AISI 316 at 445°C (830°F) in different NH3-H2 gas mixtures.
Continue readingLeco advanced grinder/polisher enables extremely flat metallographic specimens
Leco Corp., St. Joseph, Mich., introduces its advanced PX400/PX500 Grinder/Polisher Series, which enables production of exceptionally flat specimens that are ideal for microhardness or microstructural work at the next sample testing step.
Continue readingCan-Eng awarded contract for aluminum furnace system integrated into forging cell
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, was recently awarded a contract for an aluminum furnace system from a leading North American manufacturer of forged aluminum suspension components.
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