Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Warren, Ohio, recently shipped a bright annealing induction furnace to a major stainless steel tube manufacturer in the Northeast United States.
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Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an atmosphere box furnace to a leading supplier of the medical device industry for heat treating parts.
Continue readingPraxair and GE Aviation form joint venture to develop advanced aircraft engine coatings
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., Danbury, Conn., and GE Aviation, Cincinnati, announce the formal creation of PG Technologies LLC, a joint venture that will focus on development, support, and application of specialized coatings tailored for GE Aviation’s and CFM International’s current and future engine models, including the GE9X and LEAP engines.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Tempering Martensitic Stainless Steels
This graph shows AISI Type 410: Effect of tempering temperature on tensile properties. Heated to and held at 1800°F for 30 minutes; oil quenched; tempered 1 to 4 hours. Impact energy test used Izod specimens. Elongation was measured in 2 in.; yield at 0.2% offset.
Continue readingPowder metallurgy systems combine reactive metals with inert gas atomization
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that its subsidiary Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, Calif., has developed metal gas atomization systems that combine melting of reactive metals and alloys with inert gas atomization to meet a variety of powder specifications.
Continue readingTexas university receives grant to develop stronger concrete rebar
The University of Texas at San Antonio announces that its researchers have received a $248,083 grant to support R&D to increase the strength of concrete rebar.
Continue readingTexas university receives grant to develop high-strength concrete rebar
The University of Texas at San Antonio announces that its researchers have received a $248,083 grant to support R&D to increase the strength of concrete reinforcing bar.
Continue readingSandvik opens ultrasonic testing facility for pipes in the oil and gas industry
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art, fully automated ultrasonic testing facility for pipes in the oil and gas industry
Continue readingMaterion supplies beryllium for retrofit of Belgium’s nuclear test reactor
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, reports that beryllium components supplied by Materion Performance Alloys and Composites are helping Belgium’s BR2 nuclear test reactor to continue operation and contribute to the world’s supply of radiopharmaceuticals.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Heat Treating of Martensitic Stainless Steels
The effect of tempering temperature on hardness and tensile properties of high-alloy steels appears to have the same general form as those of low-alloy steel.
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