Engineers from Wayne State University and Ford Motor Co. presented “Low-Temperature Austempering of Ductile Cast Iron,” at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingDante Solutions heat treatment software models press quenching parameters of a bevel gear
Engineers from Dante Solutions, Cleveland, discussed the modeling process for press quenching of a bevel gear made of carburized AISI 9310 at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingFluxtrol engineers test ceramic coatings for corrosion in soft magnetic composites
Engineers from Fluxtrol Inc., Auburn Hills, Mich., discussed results of a study of ceramic coatings on soft magnetic composites at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres invests in state-of-the-art lathe to bring machining in-house
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania recently invested in a new Haas ST-10 CNC lathe to support rapid growth in machining of test specimens within its mechanical testing department.
Continue readingNASA Glenn and Boeing partner to test shape memory alloys in airplane winglets
Researchers at NASA Glenn Research Laboratory, Cleveland, have partnered with Boeing to test how shape-memory alloys can be used in deployable vortex generators (VGs), the tiny fins on airplane wings that help control airflow during flight.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Carbonitriding
In addition to having many of the same benefits as carburizing, carbonitriding also has the added benefit of nitrogen diffused in the surface layer, which stabilizes retained austenite.
Continue readingNickel-titanium SMA developed for elastocaloric cooling via additive manufacturing
The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) at Colorado School of Mines announces that its scientists are part of an international research team that developed a new nickel-titanium elastocaloric cooling alloy that is highly efficient, eco-friendly, and easily scaled up.
Continue readingTenaris NKK Tubes develops corrosion-resistant grades of 13% Cr steel with 110 ksi strength
Shuji Hashizume of Tenaris NKK Tubes, Japan, discussed high-strength, low-carbon, 13% chromium martensitic stainless steels at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingFriction stir welding technique joins magnesium with carbon-fiber reinforced polymers
Engineers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Wash., discussed a friction stir welding technique known as Friction Stir Interlocking in a presentation at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingATI to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings for GE Aviation commercial jet engines
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached agreement on multiple new long-term contracts with GE Aviation to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines.
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