Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the separation from its parent company Alcoa Inc. (now named Arconic Inc.) and has begun operating as an independent, publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AA.
Continue readingBuehler IsoMet High Speed precision cutter enables consistent metal sample sectioning
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the IsoMet High Speed, a precision sectioning machine designed specifically to create consistent and efficient cuts in metals and other materials using diamond or abrasive blades.
Continue readingIowa State wins $2.8 million DOE grant to make ductile 6.5% Si electrical steel
Iowa State University and its Ames Laboratory report that researchers have received a three-year, $2.8 million grant to develop a ductile electrical steel containing 6.5% silicon, twice the amount in electric motor steel today.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Variations in Heat-Treating Cycles of PH Stainless Steels
One of the principal advantages of these materials is their versatility.
Continue readingThermo-Calc and QuesTek partner for advanced modeling and materials design
Thermo-Calc Software AB, Stockholm, and QuesTek International LLC, Evanston, Ill., have partnered to establish a joint company, QuesTek Europe AB, which will offer Integrated Computational Materials Engineering modeling services and novel materials design and development to the European market.
Continue readingHarper teams with Oak Ridge to improve carbon fiber production
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., announces that in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, it has been awarded funding for a project through the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program.
Continue readingUniversity at Buffalo receives $2.9 million for modeling/simulations lab
The University at Buffalo, N.Y., has received a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant to transform the traditional role of a database as a repository for information into an automated computer laboratory that rapidly collects, interprets, and learns from massive amounts of information.
Continue readingVoestalpine opens $740 million direct iron reduction plant in Texas
The Voestalpine Group, Austria, has opened a direct iron reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, at a cost of $740 million, the largest investment ever made in the United States by an Austrian company.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: CA-6NM Stainless Steel Casting Alloy
A significant practical advantage of the CA-6NM stainless steel casting alloy is its relative freedom from the rapid drop in hardness when tempered above about 950°F.
Continue readingConstellium invests $200 million in aluminum sheet finishing line in France
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, has invested $200 million in a new state-of-the-art finishing line at its plant in Neuf-Brisach, France, to meet the growing demand for aluminum automotive body sheet.
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