This graph shows the effect of different cooling rates on the toughness properties (un-notched samples) of AISI 420 and the nitrogen alloyed M333 (AISI 420 Mod).
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ASM Fellow Richard D. Sisson has received Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 2016 Board of Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship.
Continue readingInstron HDT and Vicat materials testing systems boost efficiency
Instron, Norwood, Mass., announces a new generation of HDT and Vicat Testing Systems designed to significantly reduce workload and increase efficiency in the testing lab.
Continue readingNanosteel delivers first advanced high-strength steel sheet to General Motors
Nanosteel, Providence, has delivered its first advanced high strength steel (AHSS) sheet to General Motors for initial evaluation of its role in vehicle lightweighting to meet rising global fuel-economy regulations.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres to heat treat Ferrium C61 drive train for Venus robot
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has been selected by Honeybee Robotics to provide heat treating for the robotic Venus explorer on drive train components comprised of a specialized alloy, Ferrium C61.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH pit furnace designed for steam heat treating tool steel
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a pit furnace to a leading manufacturer of mechanical components for steam treating tool steels.
Continue readingDual-beam laser spike anneal system enables process flexibility in chip production
Ultratech Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces a follow-on order from a major foundry for its LSA101 laser spike anneal system equipped with the dual-beam option, which provides a second low-power laser that adds flexibility to chip production.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Carburizing Tool Steels
P20 mold steel is seldom carburized for molds used in compression molding, particularly for molding the more abrasive plastics.
Continue readingSSAB introduces five steel product families for specific applications
SSAB, Stockholm, introduces five steel product families tailored for production processes and maximized end-product performance: SSAB Domex, SSAB Boron, SSAB Form, SSAB Laser Plus, and SSAB Weathering.
Continue readingMetallographic sample mounting system provides durability, speed, ease of use
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the SimpliMet 4000, a compression mounting system that eliminates bottlenecks at the mounting stage, rapidly transforming cut samples to specimens ready for grinding and polishing.
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