With advances in science and technology, today’s high school students could end up working with materials that don’t even exist today.
Continue readingNew method for friction stir welding aluminum is ten times faster
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., in partnership with General Motors, Alcoa, and the Tailor Welded Blank (TWB) Co., have developed a friction stir welding technique that is said to be ten times faster than current FSW techniques.
Continue readingMagnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite floats on water
Researchers from Deep Springs Technology, Toledo, Ohio, and New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have reportedly demonstrated a magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite with density so low that it can float on water.
Continue readingLaser shock peening improves fatigue and durability of aircraft structures
The University of Cincinnati reports that its researchers and Airbus engineers have developed a laser shock peening technology in which several lasers simultaneously focus beams of infrared light on sections of aluminum, titanium, or nickel-base superalloy components.
Continue readingIpsen TurboTreater heat treats castings for aerospace applications
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped a horizontal TurboTreater vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching to a metal-casting company in Texas.
Continue readingBodycote expands operations in Houston
Bodycote, U.K., announces that it will expand its services at its two locations in Houston.
Continue readingAmetek acquires Global Tubes for its high-precision small-diameter tubing
Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., has acquired Global Tubes, a leading manufacturer of high precision, small diameter metal tubing, for approximately $200 million.
Continue readingLinde launches compact hydrogen generators with high natural-gas conversion rate
The Linde Group, Holly Springs, Ga., launches its Hydroprime plant line of innovative, cost effective compact hydrogen generators based on proven steam methane reforming technology.
Continue readingIpsen shaft-sealing mechanism enables placing motor outside the vacuum chamber
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded a U.S. patent for the development of a new shaft-sealing mechanism.
Continue readingSMST is proud to announce that a fellowship has been funded in support of basic research!
The fellowship is intended for use in a graduate basic research effort, specifically addressing shape memory materials such as nitinol. It is intended to be the foundation for a future funding grant or research funding mechanism award.
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