The Metal Processing Institute (MPI) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Mass., announces that it has been selected as one of four core academic facilities for the American Lightweight and Modern Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (LM3I).
Continue readingWhite House Announces ASM as Member of Lightweight Metals Institute
President Obama is hosting an event at the White House today to announce new steps in a partnership with the private sector to boost advanced manufacturing and strengthen U.S. defense capabilities.
Continue readingFast tracking “frozen smoke”
One day, Union College’s (Schenectady N.Y.) Aerogel Team’s novel way of making “frozen smoke” could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars.
Continue readingFort Wayne Metals develops high-strength CP Grade 4 titanium medical implant wire
Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., introduces 4TiTude, the first medical implant wire to combine the benefits of pure titanium with the strength of Ti-6Al-4V ELI.
Continue readingVac Aero commissions horizontal vacuum furnace for South Korean university
Vac Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, recently commissioned a horizontal vacuum furnace at a major South Korean university metallurgical research center.
Continue readingMaterion introduces zirconium-base metallic glass alloys
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has introduced a bulk metallic glass product line based on zirconium.
Continue readingIpsen ships 14 vacuum furnaces over the past two months
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has shipped 14 vacuum furnace systems over the past two months, including several MetalMaster furnaces, both horizontal and vertical; Titan T tempering furnaces; a vertical aluminum brazer; a TurboTreater; and several other Titan furnaces.
Continue readingCentorr offers lab furnace with a graphite hot zone and operating temperature to 3000°C
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., introduces its Series LF vertical lab furnace with a graphite hot zone and operating temperature to 3000°C.
Continue readingRenishaw builds 3D printed titanium bicycle frame that is 33% lighter than aluminum
Renishaw, U.K., has collaborated with a leading British bicycle design and manufacturing company to create the world’s first 3D printed metal bike frame.
Continue readingAllegheny Technologies acquires Dynamic Flowform for capabilities in the aerospace and oil/gas industries
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has acquired Dynamic Flowform Corp., Billerica, Mass., which fabricates thin-walled tubular components in net or near-net shapes by a precision flowforming process.
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