Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, announces that it will soon complete installation and commissioning of a large 2-bar external gas quench horizontal vacuum furnace at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Mexico.
Continue readingWorcester Polytechnic Institute receives $424,000 to develop aluminum-matrix composites
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., has received a three-year, $424,000 award from the National Science Foundation to support the development of a new way of manufacturing aluminum-ceramic composites to make vehicles lighter and more energy-efficient.
Continue readingThree-step continuous process to heat treat 17-7 PH steel provides improved properties
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., has developed a unique three-step process to austenite-condition, transform, and bright-age-harden 17-7 precipitation hardenable stainless steel without removing the material from the furnace for transformation.
Continue readingFEI’s third-generation Helios DualBeam FIB/SEM adds workflow-specific configuration
FEI Co., Hillsboro, Ore., has released the third generation of its Helios NanoLab DualBeam FIB/SEM microscope, which provides unmatched image contrast and resolution, while at the same time adding a new, easy-to-use user interface.
Continue readingRenault Samsung develops magnesium sheet alloy for auto body applications
Renault Samsung Motors, Korea, announces that its engineers have succeeded in developing magnesium-base sheet metal for vehicles together with POSCO, and will be the first car company in the world to use it in mass-produced automobiles.
Continue readingMulti-element high-entropy metal alloys crystallize as a single phase
The Department of Energy’ s Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge National Laboratories announce that a new concept in metallic alloy design – called “high?entropy alloys” – has yielded a multiple-element material that is strong at cryogenic temperatures.
Continue readingIpsen builds small-footprint heat treating system for Mercedes-Benz
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., developed and delivered a special atmosphere three-row pusher heat treating system that required comparatively little floor space and power consumption for a Mercedes-Benz facility.
Continue readingFlexible grid and segmented silver fingers cut cost and weight in solar panels
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Merrimack, N.J., announces that solar modules incorporating its new Merlin metallization and interconnect technology have met the requirements of several important PV industry certification standards.
Continue readingAustempering firm Applied Process takes on equity partner
Applied Process Inc., Livonia, Mich., has taken on a majority interest equity partner, High Street Capital of Chicago.
Continue readingBattelle elects ASM Fellow Subra Suresh to its Board of Directors
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, announces the election of Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh to its Board of Directors.
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